I have been interested in photography since I was about fourteen, so that is er-um years.  It was really nurtured when I did A-Level Art, as we did a lot of black and white work and processing in the school darkroom. Towards the end of this time I also had my own black and white darkroom at the back of my Dad’s shop.  Nowadays I use a Canon EOS 300D digital SLR.  I recently bought the 10-22mm zoom lens for it, and this is the result of a trip to try it out.  All the photos are of my home town, Hull.  You will notice we have cobbled streets.  We don’t trust this new-fangled tarmac stuff!

• 008_5.JPG The Tidal Barrier, part of the City’s flood defences, with Myton Bridge in the background.
• IMG_0318a.JPG The Princes Quay, a shopping centre in the middle of the former Princes dock!
• IMG_0319a.JPG Prince Street, with a well-preserved terrace of Georgian houses.
• IMG_0320a.JPG King Street, with Holy Trinity Church in the centre.
• IMG_0321a.JPG Lowgate, with Holy Trinity reflected in the glass of King William House.
• IMG_0323a.JPG At the end of the Victoria pier, looking back towards the town.
• IMG_0324a.JPG Looking west from the Victoria pier, along the river Humber.
• IMG_0325a.JPG Looking from the Victoria pier towards the Minerva pier.
• IMG_0326a.JPG Looking east from the Victoria Pier towards the mouth of the river Hull and The Deep, a sealife centre.  For more information about The Deep, visit www.thedeep.co.uk.
• IMG_0328a.JPG Boats in the Marina, which was formerly the Humber dock.
• IMG_0329a.JPG There has recently been a lot of regeneration in the town.  These are new houses at Lisle Court.
• IMG_0330a.JPG More new houses at Trinity Court.
• IMG_0331a.JPG Trinity House, which was formerly responsible for navigation in the Humber.
• IMG_0332a.JPG The new Combined Courts building at the corner of Lowgate and Alfred Gelder Street.

You are welcome to copy any of these pictures for your own use, but please credit the photographer, Martin Houlton 2004