My name is Chris Thomas and I live in Barry, which is a town in the county of the Vale of Glamorgan, in the UK, and welcome to my website!
I have been very interested in art and photography for many years now, since studying it at school, and really enjoy taking photographs whenever I can. I suppose I first became interested in photography at a younger age when I would watch my grandfather develop black and white photographs in his home built dark room. He was a talented man of many skills, of which photography was just one of them. I can remember watching and thinking it was magic the way the image would appear on the photographic paper as it was soaking in the developer. Later in high school I took Photography as a subject at GCSE and A Level, and learnt a lot more about the subject, it's history and how to develop colour photographs.
The whole concept of me having my own website was something that just happened. Never before had I shown an interest in any aspect of wanting to do something like this before. Many friends had created websites but few with any centre of direction, so I never saw the point of doing one for the sake of it. I’d done some website development in work, but never personally for myself. I think the idea began when my uncle had uploaded a few pictures to the Pbase system, and had shown them to me. It seemed an ideal, and professional way to present and show people photographs without having the need to email them lots of files. Visit www.pbase.com/aviator to see his photograph galleries. I got hooked pretty quick to Pbase, but soon realised that I didn’t want my galleries to look the same as everyone else’s, so I designed my own graphics, which I have recently revamped, and learnt how to create and modify style sheets in PBase to make my pages unique.
As a career I have the pleasure of working with a wonderful team of colleagues supporting IT in the schools in this authority, where we provide technical support and assistance in every aspect of modern day information technology. I have also been teaching Adult Education classes in the evenings at a local high school for the last ten years, where I have taught a variety of computer classes including, Microsoft Office, Corel Draw and now currently Digital Photography and PC Maintenance . Those attending my nightclasses will find the Nightclass Resources section of this site very useful, as there are a variety of downloads available, plus a whole host of other related information and advice.
My interests naturally include digital photography and computers, but I enjoy country walking with my good friends Rachel, Richard and Huw. Rachel and Huw I originally met through my nightclasses and have in recent years have been kind enough to welcome me on several of their fascinating walks through the countryside. Since then we have all become very close friends. Never did I imagine that we had so much beautiful scenery literally on our doorstep! Also when the weather is good, and I get motivated enough, I do enjoy the occasional cycle ride on my mountain bike – but definitely weather permitting, and not as much these days as I should!That being said, I have just bought myself a new one, so there is no excuse now, and rest assured that where ever it takes me, the camera is bound to be not far behind!
The Photo Galleries that I have online (hosted by Pbase.com) are a wide and varied collection of photographs taken in the last few years with my digital camera! A lot of them are simple snapshots and happy memories, but there are some that I am really pleased with and I hope you enjoy them - and if you do, your comments in my guestbook are always really appreciated.
If you want to contact me, you can email me or with MSN Messenger and my email address you will probably find me online at some stage!
Enjoy your visit...
