About Us

About Us

Alina Tait
During my early childhood in Transilvania and during the reign of the dictator Ceausescu, my father was a photographer. Our bathroom was turned into a darkroom and my father would not let me go in because of the danger of touching solutions or disturbing him.
Once I insisted so much that he finally agreed to take me with him. I didn’t see too much of what he was doing, but I loved to stay there, watching every move and feeling that smell of chemicals. That was my first experience in the darkroom and after that I kept asking my father to let me take photos.
After a while, because of the hard times, he gave up being a photographer and I lost the chance to develop my skills. I never lost this fascination with photography and now I have been given the chance to follow my dream.

My dad and I

Charlie Tait
My love of photography began many years ago when I was given a camera as a child. I would experiment with it and did the best I could without really understanding the settings.
As I started work and began to earn some money as an engineering apprentice, I bought my first SLR camera. My photography developed as I travelled Eastern Europe shortly after the fall of communism. I worked as an Aid Worker overseeing aid distribution and my camera became my means to show people at home the many sights that I had seen.The photographs could better explain the things I had experienced than my words alone.
From this I went on to University to study Business and Information Management and then to work in IT. It’s this business and technology knowledge that I bring to POTO and ensure the back office is running while others get to do the interesting stuff! When I am allowed out I get to carry the bags and occasionally I get to handle a camera, (but only if I am good!).

Charlie
Charlie