Originally from the Medway Towns in Kent, I am now based in South Gloucestershire. My hobby of photography started in earnest in 1978 when I spent my savings on my first SLR, a Praktica LTL3 to which I added a couple of lenses.
Getting at job in the photo trade was a bit of a help furthering my gear acquisition and I worked my way through Pentax, Bronica, Olympus, Rollei, Nikon and Fujifilm. After 11 years working in major photo retailers in central London I relocated with my family to South Gloucestershire in 1990 and started working for Fujifilm UK.
Getting at job in the photo trade was a bit of a help furthering my gear acquisition and I worked my way through Pentax, Bronica, Olympus, Rollei, Nikon and Fujifilm. After 11 years working in major photo retailers in central London I relocated with my family to South Gloucestershire in 1990 and started working for Fujifilm UK.
Initially selling film and point-and-shoot cameras in 1990, after 30 years I was selling top end digital cameras. The majority of the images on this site are shot on Fujifilm X-series cameras.
Now retired, I can spend more time and effort on the hobby which has endured my adult life.
From Ansel Adams' Autobiography:
Photography is an investigation of both the outer and inner worlds. One might consider that if one is born an explorer he will never find existence dull. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the lens, trusting the instrument will “capture” something “seen”. The terms shoot and take are not accidental; they represent an attitude of conquest and appropriation. Only when the photographer grows into perception and creative impulse does the term make define a condition of empathy between the external and internal events. Stieglitz told me, “When I make a photograph, I make love!”