I joined SCC in 2006 as I wanted to rekindle my passion for photography from when I was a teenager mucking about with film. I got into photography at about age 11 following my father who loved photographing ships and so I did lots of the same.

As I got older I was intrigued by more creative photos and wanted to be able to take my own. I quickly moved up from my 110 camera to my dads old fixed lens Yashica 35mm, (he bought a sexy Canon A1) which had a needle exposure meter which was useless, so photos were exposed via the Kodak box guide of “cloudy” “sunny” etc ! In time I moved up to my first SLR a Cosina CT1G and this exploded my creative brain along with Cokin filters and “slipping” the camera gears to get multiple exposures, but my imagination was rarely delivered in the end photos, which was never helped with labs colour correcting my work.

Disappointment meant I pretty much left photography in about 1988 but when digital started to emerge I bought a compact in 1998 as it fascinated me, but I had no idea about things like Photoshop. In 2005 I thought I’d try again and then couldn’t stop as I could now do the things I always wanted to.

I like to try all areas of photography and I try to think of original ideas. I believe that great photos are all around us, you just need to be sensitive to them. I don’t travel to exotic locations and love the buzz when I see shot I like. I keep learning all the time thanks to constantly being inspired by others at SCC which constantly fuels my enthusiasm and is much better way to enjoy photography than simply photo magazines.