My love and passion for photography has been with me since childhood. It has become an integral and defining part of my life and I view and treat my camera as an extension of myself. I bought my first camera, a Nikon N65 – 35mm film camera, sixteen years ago. We maintained a solid, intimate relationship for a very productive nine years. Our love affair taught me to respect photography for the beau
tiful art form it is. We spanned the globe together documenting some of the world’s most beautiful wonders and landscapes. Beginning in China, we made our way through Southeast Asia, skipped across the pond to the land down under then swam across the Pacific Ocean to traverse South America together. When we landed back on the shores of the Emerald Isle I decided to retire my long time friend and upgraded to a beginner DSLR kit, a twin lens Nikon D60. My interests broadened from travel shots and stills to the development of street photography and portraits. After building up a hefty shutter count I was now fully competent in the art of manual photography. Since then I have greatly expanded my knowledge of the craft and upgraded my arsenal of photographic equipment to fully professional standard. The inspiration for my work mainly comes from life itself and all the wonderful and not so wonderful things we encounter in it. Nature provides us with an infinite, ever changing canvas to work with allowing for our true natural expression to take control. Other inspirations include travel photographer and photojournalist Steve McCurry and Dave Hobby of strobist.com. Art must begin as a personal journey and an artist must be at one with their craft to really understand and appreciate it. My photographic interests range from the dark and gothic to the bright and beautiful wonders that the world provides. Everything we see can become a photograph and I strive to capture the essence of life within each and every frame I shoot. Got an exciting photographic project I could get involved with? Do get in touch and we can have a proper chat over tea & biscuits.
