I have been an avid amateur photographer since my teens using my dad's film SLR, but didnt really start taking it seriously until I bought my own in my twenties.

I purchased a digital SLR in late 2004 and combined with an old Minolta traveled the world in my job and snapped thousands of shots along the way.

In the last 2 years however, photography has become a little more and has grown beyond being just a hobby these days, although I still class myself as very much an amateur.

More recently I was introduced to the amazing world of HDR and have embarked on yet another adventure within the world of photography.