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William David Photographic Projects Limited

                                Bamboozle Arts Centre

                                Unit 10, 115 Burnmoor Street

                                Leicester LE2 7RJ

                                Phone:- 07962 449582

                                e.mail:-  enquiries@wdpp.co.uk

Welcome to WDPP.

Some of you may know William David from the recent photography work, others from my 30 +  years in the photographic retail trade or as a freelance photographer, or in the many other fields I have wandered into since leaving education!

As you can see from the "Polaroid" on here I have not worn well, and prove once again why photographers often don't get their picture taken!

To be serious in those years so much has changed, and with change comes the need to adapt.

This is in all walks of life ofcourse, but in regard to the photographic and electronics industries which broadly speaking is my field, the changes are incredable.

Just writing this website would not have been possible in the late 70's when I qualified. Could have something to do with us having no computers in the home!

I remember their introduction in the consumer market, and how we photographic dealers of the time jumped into this latest technology. Yes I too programmed various knot tying programs into a Sinclair ZX80 and played basic games on a Commadore 64 or Dragon 32!

In cameras the first autofocus 35mm consumer compact was launched as I was joining my first camera shop part time whilst at college.

Konica launced this little marvel at Thames Televisions Studios - but it was soon followed by Canon and Nikon. Indeed my first AF compact was the Canon AF35M which was great for shooting the start of pro cycle events and news shots.

Anyways back to the plot - cine a passion of mine since a lad became video, and autofocus became common place!

Suddenly my Amstrad 1640 DD PC with "green screen" and "bulletin boards" and the crude online message system "Prestel" was replaced by a 1995 Compaq with AOL internet on dialup!

So my phone bills went up, but so did my computer time.

Then whilst working at Selfridges we began to see the very first consumer digitals - big, basic and very expensive!!

Generations now, and really it's not that long ago [!] fail to understand just how we lived without the i pod, the mobile phone, Facebook and Jeremy Clarkson.

But we certainly did....

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