Photographer who says no to digital

Sep 2 2009 by Matt Hurst, Birkenhead News

DESPITE being repeatedly informed we are in the midst of a digital revolution, photographer Dave Parry is happy to stick with his 35mm film.

The Tranmere-based snapper compares loading his Nikon to “putting on an old pair of football boots”, adding: “I like never knowing what’s going to come out.”

Dave only picked up a camera four years ago after ill health forced his dad, an enthusiastic amateur photographer, to give up the hobby.

He passed his equipment to Dave and since then the 44-year-old has “just gone round Wirral snapping anything I like, the things people don’t notice”.

Dave is particularly drawn to post-industrial scenes and often gets up at dawn to explore the peninsula at its quietest moments.

He said: “I’m known for getting up and going out before dawn, or at night-time.

“I particularly like dawn and just wandering around areas some people would think are strange, but I think are beautiful.

“I love doing it.”