LEARN ABOUT ME
WHO IS CHRIS BATES PHOTOGRAPHY
Hello and thank you for visiting my website.My name is Chris Bates and I live in the Northern Chicago suburbs. Originally from Nottingham in the UK I moved over to Chicago in 2001. A few years afterwards I met my future wife, Allison and the rest is history... I am now officially an ex-pat!
I've had a long time love affair with photography starting way back when I was 8 making my first pin hole camera and developing the exposure in a dark room. I was always the one taking the photographs and I have boxes full of prints from my younger years..
In 2005 I decided to step up to the world of digital SLR cameras and then my hobby turned into an obsession! My photography skills improved along with my equipment as I persisted in the urge of capturing the world around me.
I hope you enjoy viewing my images as much as I enjoyed taking them. If you have any questions or want to talk about photography needs you may have, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Chris Bates, 2010