G'day all from Max.

Hi there, I am Max Jefferies, going under the name of my non-commercial website, maxEphotos.net.

I love the concept of this website - being free and suitable for the non-commercial sharing of images. I used to be with Webshots image sharing for a number of years, but they changed there image sharing so that only your friends and invited guests could use them, so I pulled the plug. So this FotoForFree.com.au is a fresh start for me. It is my view that God made the scenery and the colours, it is up to us to share them at no cost (unless commercialism gets in the way). So about me...

I was born (1951) and bred in the great state of Western Australia, a long way from the rest of the world. My birthplace was Bassendean, a small suburb of Perth, which is also where Rolf Harris comes from (maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that). I attended Ashfield Primary School, but only lasted a year and a bit at Cyril Jackson High School. My family was very outdoorsy, so I got to see lots of great places and at age 16, received my first camera - a Kodak fixed lens 35mm. I started into transparencies from that time and now have boxes of the things that never see the light of day, though I have been picking out the best, scanning and printing them for the family album. I bought my first SLR, a small Pentax something with fixed lens, at 18 years of age and later had a Ricoh with screw-on lens. The last film camera was a Pentax MZ50 - then I went digital. I will probably share that elsewhere soon.

I married the girl next door in 1973, after being the best of friends for 8 years, and have been together ever since. We have two sons, one is with the Australian Army where he obtained the rank of Captain, serving in Darwin, Northern Territory. He is married with five children. Our younger son is a welder up north in Karratha, in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. I have always loved good photography and regret not pursuing it as a career, or at least as a more dedicated amateur, though that is being fulfilled more of late with the shift into digital. Having good equipment is half the battle, and I am fortunate that this has been achieved, allowing me to concentrate more on the content side of my hobby. I hope you enjoy my photos but please, do not use any of my images for commercial purposes without written permission.

Cheers, Max.

2:23 pm 17-Jan-2010

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judyf

Gorgeous photos

Hi Max,
Your photos are absolutely great. They make me wish that one day I will be able to do the same as you. Spend time doing the things I love and sharing all the joys of life with everyone.

Your website maxEphotos.net has lots of photos to enjoy and is absolutely well worth perusing. Australia, with its vast expanses and contrasting scenery and people provides a great depth of variety for photography.

We here at fotoforfree are pleased that we are able to provide an arena for like minded people. Sharing photos and meeting lots of friendly photographers.

Judy

1:34 pm 14-Mar-2010

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Willy

Hi Max

Just a quick email to let you know that your photos are great. I really liked seeing different parts of Australia through your photos especially places that I have never been to. To me you are a photographer as you seem to capture that right angle as well as an interesting subject. Great work and keep taking photos. Willy

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