'When I broke my spine I had to find a new hobby'

But we thought it would be good to find out more about the people who make up the club.

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Andy Futers

This week, we meet Andy Futers, from Darlington.

What inspired you to get into photography?

I’ll cut a long story short. I broke my spine in two places – this is now fixed, which is great, but the hobbies I did before, I wasn’t able to do, so my wife and children said, “there’s a camera, you like taking photos so go and do something with it”, so that’s what I did. I’m self taught, but my dad John taught me few things and the rest was YouTube videos and I’ve gone on from there.

Max Coates

What was your first camera?

My first camera was a Fuji pic Bridge and then I went to a Nikon d3100.

Arthur Wharton Foundation

What is your favourite lens?

I’ve got two nifty fifty Nikon lenses 1.4 and my Sigma 70-200.

Action photo that is definitely ‘ouch’

What is your go-to kit?

Nikon d750, Nikon 50mm, Sigma 70-200 and 24-70mm Sigma.

Gary Barlow

What is your favourite type of photography?

Sports and concerts/gigs

Favourite photo of suffragettes in Darlington town centre

Favourite photo?

My favourite is the one I took of the suffragettes in the town centre, because that’s the one that made me a few penny’s and people really liked it.”

Darlington Football Club

Darlington football team

F1 legend and Mark Blundell

F1 legend and Mark Blundell