About Fruit Dragon
"...developing a careful process to create a staged scene to photograph whilst also acquiring the skill needed to capture a feeling in a scene that immerges in front of me! Patience and Opportunism are my watchwords"
Philosophy
Patience, Process and Opportunism
Richard is a maker of photographs working within a self developed process which he constantly seeks to improve. He trains repeatedly to be good at what he does and to improve every aspect of the creation process. But photography, by its very nature, is a discipline that rewards opportunism so Richard has also learned to seize the moment when it presents itself.
Output
Scarcity Alongside Abundance
Richard presents his best work to the world in two distinct forms. Firstly there are the mass media, social media and low cost print products. These exist so that anyone can get access to his work. In addition to this he produces special limited edition pieces. The Limited Edition pieces are created at the optimal size (normally larger) which is most often larger than is available through the lower cost print route.
Roots
Richard's Story
Richard spent his early working life in the British Army. He saw operational service in The First Gulf War, in Northern Ireland and in Bosnia. He was awarded an MBE in December 1999. He also served in Germany, Cyprus (twice), Denmark, Norway and Australia. It was during the last operational tour in Bosnia that his interest in photography began when he deployed with a Olympus OM10 and a couple of lenses borrowed from his wife. He was in big trouble when he got home because the camera was lost somewhere near a place called Gornji Vakuf. Richard has a watchmaking YouTube channel with 121K subscribers and over 15 Million views and runs his own watchmaking business majorwatches.co.uk