I love taking photos and sharing them with the World.
About Me:
“Darren is an incredibly versatile blogger and photographer. He has taken publicity shots for me and yet I always admire his landscapes. Darren’s also very skilled at editing pics and can do them at great speed.”
“Always approachable and with a real talent for photography, Darren brings huge amounts of expertise and passion to the blogging community. he is widely recognised as one of the friendliest people on the blogging scene and his expert use of social media demonstrates this.”
HI I'M DARREN COLESHILL AND I'M A LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND WITH MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
I've had a passion for photography from the moment I received my first Polaroid camera for Christmas as a child. As time has moved on this has developed into something much more.
I love being out in the fresh air and capturing the ever changing landscape. I don't get caught up on the technical side of photography; instead I try to focus on the unique moments that nature gives us.
I try to inspire people to get outside and enjoy the freedom that landscape photography gives.
Rapid Fire Points
At school I didn’t put the effort it, for subjects that interested me I was perfectly fine and enjoyed them. The ones that pushed and tested me I put all my effort into…it was the others that my concentration struggled.
My passion for photography really started when I was asked to take some points for a paper advert at work. Back then it was a point & shoot but it developed into wanting to improve and learn new techniques.
In the past I’ve had a few different blogs and over time it has morphed into Photalife.com, the roots of this site started back in 2010. I love it here and I wouldn’t be without my little corner of the web.
On this journey I’ve won a few awards for my work and I’m so grateful for this, we’ve also built a nice community on social media with over 26k followers across the platforms.
My photos have been viewed millions of times on Google and it’s growing each day and I’m so happy people are enjoying my photos.
I sell prints and calendars on my site and every time someone buys one I do a happy dance.
Social Media Reach
My audience is made up of people of all ages from all around the World with most of them in the UK, USA and Europe with a keen interest in photography and being creative.
Google+
YouTube
Tutorials and Reviews
I happy share my photos and lots of different tutorials with everyone. I use the Creative Commons license, that means that people are free to use my stuff on their own, as long as it is not for commercial purposes. I try to give as much information for photographers as possible and make the tutorials as easy to understand as possible. The most popular one is my HDR Tutorial. My Camera Reviews section is always growing and hopefully you’ll find something of interest there.
The Basics of Me
Name: Darren Coleshill
Gender: Male
Primary Language: English
Place of Residence: Brighton, England
Family: Wife, two children. Two daughters: Aly & Mia
In a Nutshell
I love to be busy, to be creative. I don’t like idle time…well ok sometimes but I hate wasting time. Oh and I also hate people being late. I’ll try my hand at anything. I try not to take myself too serious.
Hobbies
Photography
Gardening
Video games
Sports
Football
Running
F1
Food
Italian
Chinese
Chocolate
Anything with cake
Movies
I tend not to watch too many movies but here are a few favourites.
Catch Me If You Can
Ocean’s 11 (the remake)
Music
Ambient and world new age electronica
Inspirational instrumental music
Eminem
P1nk
TV
The Office (US)
The Big Bang Theory
Taskmaster
I haven’t climbed a mountain or swam in the sea, but I have taken photos of where I have travelled. I love being creative either using still or moving pictures to tell my story.
If stranded on a deserted island I’d go insane without photography, music, my wife Laura and our two daughters. Storytelling, being creative make my blood pump; and sharing this online makes me happy.
