The Devils Kitchen
All the Images on this Website are now available to buy, I can also supply them Framed (Below Left) or on Canvas (Below Right) to your required size. If you wish to make a purchase please use the Contact Form below to send me your name, e-mail address and phone number, I will then call you back or email you to discuss the size of Print or Canvas you wish to buy or, what size and Colour of Frame and Mount you may require for a Framed Picture and also a Price for the completed item.
Every image has a number printed in the bottom right hand corner, please quote this number when enquiring about an order and also which Album it is located in, eg: Landscape number 312, Macro number 517, Black & White number 093 etc...
Every image has a number printed in the bottom right hand corner, please quote this number when enquiring about an order and also which Album it is located in, eg: Landscape number 312, Macro number 517, Black & White number 093 etc...
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My interest in Photography first started in the late 70's when I bought my first SLR Camera, an Olympus OM10 with a couple of zoom lenses, back then I took photos of anything that moved... ...and most things that didn't!
After a couple of years of taking Colour photos which was proving very expensive, I was introduced to Black & White film, I set up a Darkroom in our (tiny!) third bedroom and started to develop my own Black & White photos with some considerable success.
In the late 80's we moved, to a two bedroom house and I unfortunately forfeited my Darkroom.
Around this time (1988) I developed (excuse the Pun) an interest in Target Rifle and Pistol Shooting, joined a local Shooting Club and in 1991 became Chairman of Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Marksmen. I progressed in Pistol and Rifle shooting and over the next 17 years I became one of the top 10 shooters with Gallery Rifles in the UK . My Photography consequently took a back seat.
In 2008 I sustained an accident at work and injured my shoulder, it was over 12 months before I finally underwent surgery to repair it, and approx the same amount of time recovering from it, this meant I didn't shoot competitively for over two years.
During a clear out at home in early 2011 I came across my OM10 with a couple of rolls of colour film, I took them with me on a trip to a local beauty spot, fired off both rolls (over 20 years old!) and was pleasantly surprised when I got them back from the developers.
Realising I still had the Photography bug and as my shooting was suffering I took the decision to sell one of my Rifles to fund the purchase of a Digital SLR. In May 2011 I bought a Nikon D3100 which now rarely leaves my side.
Soon after I changed the Kit Lenses that came with it for an 18-200mm Nikon Zoom lens and recently sold my other Rifle to buy a Sigma 10-20mm Wide angle Zoom. My most recent acquisition is a Nikon D5100 to use as a second Camera body.
The 18-200 Zoom now stays permanently on my D3100 and the 10-20 Sigma is always attached to the D5100, this makes life a whole lot easier than always swapping the Lenses over on one Body and it cuts down the possibility of dust and grit getting into the Cameras when changing Lenses...
I use Photoshop, Lightroom, Photomatix, HDR Efex, Colour Efex & Silver Efex to process my images.
My HDR Photography has kindly been described by some as "Different and Vibrant"
My Black & White images as "Dark and Moody"
My Landscape photos as "Beautiful and Stunning"
Whatever I'm photographing I enjoy the taking and the editing.
I now use every chance I get to capture moments in time that would otherwise be lost forever, like tears in the rain.....
After a couple of years of taking Colour photos which was proving very expensive, I was introduced to Black & White film, I set up a Darkroom in our (tiny!) third bedroom and started to develop my own Black & White photos with some considerable success.
In the late 80's we moved, to a two bedroom house and I unfortunately forfeited my Darkroom.
Around this time (1988) I developed (excuse the Pun) an interest in Target Rifle and Pistol Shooting, joined a local Shooting Club and in 1991 became Chairman of Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Marksmen. I progressed in Pistol and Rifle shooting and over the next 17 years I became one of the top 10 shooters with Gallery Rifles in the UK . My Photography consequently took a back seat.
In 2008 I sustained an accident at work and injured my shoulder, it was over 12 months before I finally underwent surgery to repair it, and approx the same amount of time recovering from it, this meant I didn't shoot competitively for over two years.
During a clear out at home in early 2011 I came across my OM10 with a couple of rolls of colour film, I took them with me on a trip to a local beauty spot, fired off both rolls (over 20 years old!) and was pleasantly surprised when I got them back from the developers.
Realising I still had the Photography bug and as my shooting was suffering I took the decision to sell one of my Rifles to fund the purchase of a Digital SLR. In May 2011 I bought a Nikon D3100 which now rarely leaves my side.
Soon after I changed the Kit Lenses that came with it for an 18-200mm Nikon Zoom lens and recently sold my other Rifle to buy a Sigma 10-20mm Wide angle Zoom. My most recent acquisition is a Nikon D5100 to use as a second Camera body.
The 18-200 Zoom now stays permanently on my D3100 and the 10-20 Sigma is always attached to the D5100, this makes life a whole lot easier than always swapping the Lenses over on one Body and it cuts down the possibility of dust and grit getting into the Cameras when changing Lenses...
I use Photoshop, Lightroom, Photomatix, HDR Efex, Colour Efex & Silver Efex to process my images.
My HDR Photography has kindly been described by some as "Different and Vibrant"
My Black & White images as "Dark and Moody"
My Landscape photos as "Beautiful and Stunning"
Whatever I'm photographing I enjoy the taking and the editing.
I now use every chance I get to capture moments in time that would otherwise be lost forever, like tears in the rain.....
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Some very kind comments from Facebook users about my Photography.
Maureen Edwards:- What wonderful colours you've captured. Andrea Newton:- I love this one - it would look fabulous on my landing. James Payne Ltd, Llandudno:- We would like to say a big thank you to Mike Shields Photography for the amazing job he did taking photos of the store inside and out. We hope you all like them as much as we do. Colwyn Bay Heritage Group:- Hi Mike, Love your photos, many thanks for letting us share them. Looking forward to seeing more... Rita Henty:- Fantastic photographs! you really have got a gift. Well done! All Images are Copyrighted to Mike Shields Photography
“ You don’t take a photograph, you make it". - Ansel Adams “ Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph". - Matt Hardy “ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst". 
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