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Tim Baggaley photographer

12 October 2020

I inherited my love of photography from my father, Mike. I cannot remember a time when he was not carrying a camera and, likewise, I can’t remember when I did not either. My earliest memories are of him with his twin-lens Rolleiflex and me with a Kodak Pocket Instamatic. Mike didn’t teach me how to shoot and develop photos, using cameras and a darkroom were ordinary things that happened in our house. I absorbed it.

My father, Mike, with his camera in 2006
My father, Mike, with his camera in 2006

When I was 15, we moved to Miami, Florida.  Mike bought himself a Nikon F1 and gave me his Pentax Spotmatic 1000. We both of us owned a variety of other cameras over the following years but right to the end of his life, he insisted that the Pentax was the best camera he ever owned. Certainly, for me, it was a game-changer. That, and the Florida light.

Photography at school

I studied photography in high school and worked after school in a photo processing lab. In the two years we lived in Florida, I learned about cross-processing, black and white infrared and I shot and processed about a million miles of Kodachrome and Ektachrome.

Photography at college

At the University of St Andrews, I studied Experimental Pathology and my thesis was a study of the non-centriolar nucleation of microtubules in the ommatidia of Drosophila melanogaster. This involved transmission electron microscopy. I took black and white photographs of incredibly thin slices of the eyes of fruit flies. It was a whole new world for me up to the point at which the film came out of the microscope, then I was in very familiar territory.

Photography at work

After university, I become a journalist. Working on a variety of magazines and as a motoring journalist for around 13 years, I shot and directed thousands of photos. I then moved into design and production as desktop publishing went fully digital and then freelance as the internet arrived in full force.

photography has been and continues to be, an integral part of whatever I do

In 2003, I became a freelance writer, designer and project manager in business communications and marketing.  I also became an actor. That is another story but I mention it here because my study and training in video post-production took on another aspect when I started working in front of the camera as well as behind it. It is a demonstration of how photography has been and continues to be, an integral part of whatever I do, and I thank my father for that. ◽

Tim Baggaley
October 2020

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Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2.

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SALSA DANANG – If Vietnam is not hot and humid e SALSA DANANG – If Vietnam is not hot and humid enough for you, try dancing Salsa in The CohibaR in Danang, Vietnam. March 2018.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia Z5. 

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DOUBLE VISION – no smoke, no mirrors, just tango DOUBLE VISION – no smoke, no mirrors, just tango. Dancing the Argentine tango to the Hyperion Ensemble in St Johns Church, Paddington, London UK. April 2022.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2. 

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HAND OF GOD? – No, hand of follower but it is an HAND OF GOD? – No, hand of follower but it is an Argentinian dancing tango at Tango Terra milonga, Covent Garden, London UK. February 2022.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2. 

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DOWNSTAIRS BLUES – Nathalie and Keith dancing Bl DOWNSTAIRS BLUES – Nathalie and Keith dancing Blues in a basement bar in Hammersmith, London UK. December 2005.
Straight out of the camera, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7.

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PASSEGIATTA CON ZELDA 3 – This photo from an eve PASSEGIATTA CON ZELDA 3 – This photo from an evening walk in Venice with my dear friend Marija in the magnificent 'Zelda' costume makes 'Passeggiata con Zelda' a tryptic. Quayside at the Bascilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy, | November 2017. Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia Z5.

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HOT SWING – I just found this one in my archive. HOT SWING – I just found this one in my archive. It is swing dancers in London in 2007 but more than that I cannot say. It looks like I used some strobe flash so it does not qualify for my Digital Impressionism project but I love the heat and movement in it. Straight out of the camera, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7.

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SHOW ALL – Daniella and Alejandro perform a show SHOW ALL – Daniella and Alejandro perform a show-piece tango at the Tango Terra milonga in Covent Garden, London UK. December 2021
Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2.

See the full-frame photo on my website at timbaggaley.com

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BIRTHDAY GIRL – The birthday girl celebrating an BIRTHDAY GIRL – The birthday girl celebrating and Swing dancing in The Junction, Coldharbour Lane, London UK. January 2018. 
Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia Z5.

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