Behind the Lens

About Liam Alford Photography

About me

I was always an outdoors kid. Rain or shine we were outside. Whether it was up a tree, covered in mud or exploring the surrounding fields (usually bearing big sticks like some Protective tribe) we were outside, and thats all that mattered

 As I got older I swapped the climbing trees for Sports. Skateboarding, Surfing, Bodyboarding, cliff jumping, BMXing

 I spent my 20s abroad living in countries such as France, Greece, Egypt, Austria teaching people how to windsurf in the summer and then snowboarding all winter. During those years I briefly documented my adventures with a semi waterproof bridge camera my mum bought me. I really enjoyed taking photos, but that was that . . . take a photo and back to windsurfing

 It wasn’t until I got my first smartphone with a camera built in back in 2014 (yes I was 29 when that happened) that I started to realise I enjoyed taking pictures more than I realised

Fast foreward to present day and I rarely leave home without my camera or drone (much to the annoyance of Liv)

 

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