Me!

steve.berryman.org.uk

who am i?

I am a 20-something guy, just graduated with a computer science degree at the University of Manchester. In my spare time, I like to take photos, listen to music, play music (trumpet and sing), code, cook, eat, drink, travel, read, buy gadgets, all kinds of things.

find me

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • del.icio.us
  • MSN Messenger
  • AIM

read my blog

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hire me.

Do you need an event photographed? A website built? Anything else you think I might be able to do? Email me!

my photography

I like taking pictures of all sorts of things. Gigs, club nights, party things, arty things, landscapes, cityscapes, animals, people, everything.
I have a Nikon D50, and my lens bag includes a 10.5mm f2.8 fisheye, 12-24mm f4, 28-75mm f2.8, 50mm f1.8, 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 and 55-200mm f4-5.6.
I also have a Manfrotto tripod, Nikon SB600 Speedlight, a number of filters, and a few other odds and ends.
I have been hired to photograph various events for people, including formal balls, gigs, and club nights, including the the UK's most popular student pub crawl Carnage.

My pictures can be found on flickr, but here is a sample of some of my favourites:

gigs/parties/clubs

arty/abstract

landscapes/cityscapes/buildings

people/pets

my geek stuff

I know a number of programming, scripting, querying, and markup languages, including Java, Ruby, PHP, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, (X)HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML, XPath, XQuery and XSLT.
I have worked with a number of frameworks including the popular Ruby on Rails framework, the Java struts and spring frameworks and the PHP symfony framework.
I am very able with a number of different database systems, including MySQL, Oracle, Postgresql and sqlite.

I have had a lot of experience using and managing *nix-based systems.
I run Ubuntu linux at home, and have managed gentoo and redhat web servers in the past.
I know my way around windows as well, but try to avoid using it where possible. Sadly there isnt a linux version of photoshop yet, so I am forced to use it quite often.

websites i have worked on

I have designed, and written the backend code for a number of websites. I also help out in a sort of consultancy role for a few others. Here are a few websites i have worked on:

Auction Sniper