about me

Photography was always part of our family, stretching back at least three generations now. So picking up a camera to grab some frames feels almost natural to me. And so it did when I  was a mere ten years old.  With expert tuition from the late JB Winterbourne I watched and learned. At an impressionable age I knew more about ISO, F Stops & Shutter Speeds than most adults.

The journey had begun; In the days when film came on rolls in small canisters the width of a two pence piece; when light was either measured by guessing the aperture or using a light-meter (if you were lucky). We had no way of checking back then. It literally was a guess, the worst bit was simple. You had to wait for the results. Simply put, if you messed up a one off shooting  opportunity then that was just tough luck.

By the time I reached a mere sixteen years of age I was already advertising for simple photography services. Family portraits were the most common along with Rugby & Soccer Team Photos on a Saturday and a Sunday.

The wedding bug did eventually bite; but it took me until the start of my twenties before I took the leap. I say leap as its not for everyone. The fact you are taking “once in a lifetime images” and there is no margin for error really does put some photographers off these opportunities.

Digital Photography changed the way we all take photographs at the turn of the century. I jumped in and grabbed it while it was still finding it’s feet in this world. Adobe Photoshop had already become part of my photography arsenal whilst studying photography. It seemed the right thing to do as they went hand in hand right in to the next century and advent of digital imagery.