PENTAX Photo Gallery: Artist Bio

René Box

East Grinstead, West Sussex - United Kingdom

I am Dutch from origin but currently live in the United Kingdom where I moved to in 1994. I've worked in the IT industry for the past 8 years but am a mechanical engineer by trade. I have been interested in photography since I was a child and was always fascinated with my parents photo books as they always maintained a meticulous record of their lives. Most were shot in black and white with the occasional colour photo. Soon I wanted more than this and wanted to start taking photographs myself. My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic 155x which I bought somewhere in the 70's with my pocket money. I also used to "borrow" my parent's Agfa Click and later on an Olympus Trip 35 whenever they were not looking. I really got into photography when I bought my first film slr, a Minolta XG-M in the beginning of the 80's (1981 if I remember correctly). With hindsight, I wish I had chosen Pentax instead like my best friend did at the time as I would have been able to use the lenses today. During the 90's I kinda lost interest in film photography and moved to the UK. I regained my interest in photography again in the digital era. I went through several compacts, a bridge camera and in March 2007, I finally bought the K10D, my first DSLR; and what a revelation that has been in the short time that I have owned it. My main interests lie in urban landscapes, macro, flowers/plants, people, animals and steam railways. I currently have the Pentax SMC-DA 16-45mm F/4 ED AL, the Tokina AT-X 28-80 F/2.8 AF Pro, the Tamron SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di Macro and the Sigma 100-300mm F/4 EX DG APO IF. More of my photos can be found on my personal website: http://www.luminous-pixels.com

Camera Bag

Pentax K10D Pentax DA 16-45mm F4.0 ED/AL Pentax D-BG2 Grip