Geoff Linge’s passion for photography has lasted decades.
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Originally from Essex in the UK, he made Devonport his home nearly five years ago with his Tasmanian wife.
It’s his patience that seems to give Linge his photography edge.
He’ll put in the hours to get the shot he is waiting for.
“I wanted to photograph a steam engine, and one time I sat there all day waiting for that one shot.
“It’s the opportunity to see and preserve something that may be a once in a lifetime.
“It creates memories.”
Linge’s love of aircrafts saw him volunteer in the Air Force.
“I was brought up just post-war and I’ve always loved aeroplanes.”
He was in the Royal Air Force for 14 years, leaving in 1979.
“I was a nurse and photography was just a hobby,” he said.
“I worked as a volunteer on The Fighter Collection at Duxford in the UK from approximately 1990 until 2010, mainly on the Spitfires.”
And now, he’s been taking photographs for more than 40 years.
I love Mount Roland. There’s always something different – the cloud formation, the snow, at the right time of the year, it turns pink.
- Geoff Linge
When he lived in England, Linge would travel to Wales to take photographs of military aircraft training in the low fly areas.
“This usually meant standing on a hill or mountain top and hoping something was flying that day, we never knew what type of aircraft we could expect,” he said.
One time, he managed to capture a BAE harrier in flight.
“They were discontinued. No one will ever take that shot again.
“It's the surprise I love – you never know what could come along.”
Although he can’t sit on a mountain waiting for aircrafts to fly overhead in Tasmania, Linge’s passion for photography has continued.
It’s the scenery he likes to capture here.
“Wherever you go in Tasmania, it’s never the same twice.
“I love Mount Roland. There’s always something different – the cloud formation, the snow, and at the right time of the year, it turns pink.
“You wouldn’t believe how many pictures I have of Mount Roland.”
And he continues to capture still images of things in flight.
“Every time I hear a wedge-tailed eagle around, I try to go and find it.
“I’m trying to get a good one.”
Linge still appreciates the traditional physical prints of photographs.
“It’s sad now with everything taken on the phone and never printed,” he said.
“It’s a dying art really.”
