I grew up on the edge of the West Midlands conurbation but, unlike most of my schoolmates who spent their time around town, I preferred to spend large parts of my weekends heading out into the South Staffordshire countryside armed with my father’s Fuji ST801 35mm camera, taking photos wherever I could.

During the mid-nineties, I spent four years at University. I continued to use the Fuji with varying results. However, as a cash strapped student, buying camera film and paying for processing only to reveal a couple of mediocre images, effectively put an end to my interest in photography.

Then, in 2000, I got a job in Gloucestershire which involved travelling around the Cotswolds, and the Forest of Dean. As part of the job I was given a 1.25 mega-pixel Epson PhotoPC 700 digital camera. I’d heard of digital cameras, but up to this point had no idea what they were or how they worked. It’s fair to say that the fascination with photography returned with a passion and the little Epson did more work, out of work, than in!

I could go on forever about the various cameras I have owned like my first ‘proper’ digital camera, a Fuji Finepix S5200. To this day, I still think that camera was way ahead of its time and at a price that was just about affordable to a young office worker!

In 2018 my wife and I moved to West Worcestershire, a stones throw from the Herefordshire border. It is a fantastic part of the world full of friendly people with a thriving community spirit. The beautiful countryside, villages and towns of the two counties provides limitless inspiration for any photographer.

I'm a self-taught enthusiast with no delusions of grandeur about my abilities. I currently using a Canon D80 and L-Series lenses.