My interest in photography was sparked by my mum, she was always having new cameras and taking lots of pics so I guess her enthusiasm rubbed off on me.
As a teen I was lucky to have the space to create my own darkroom and with the aid of books both borrowed and bought, I set about learning how to develop my own prints. It was a time of experimentation both in terms of the photographs I was taking and the way I developed them. As a hobby it kind of took a back shelf when I discovered other past-times.
Apart from a bit of holiday photography I didn’t really do much for about 14 years but a new job revived my interest. I started working for a publisher who needed photographs of league football matches, I volunteered that I knew my way around a camera and suddenly found myself, freezing cold sitting on the sidelines, snapping away at footballer’s attempts on goal! I froze or got soaked to the skin doing this for two years but I learned a lot about sports/action photography which later came in handy when I set about capturing images of wildlife.
The camera I used during this time was a digital SLR which meant that we could have access to the prints virtually immediately, it opened a whole new world for me and I was smitten! By 2003 I had taken the digital plunge and owned my own equipment and was out most weekends taking pics, landscapes to begin with but increasingly my preference turned to wildlife.
I attended a few photographic workshops with Chris Weston at Santago and Wildlife Heritage Foundation. I felt so privilaged to so close to those beautiful creatures (sorry Chris, I don’t mean you) and I aim to take every opportunity afforded me to photograph other animals (and landscapes) whenever funds allow. There is so much beauty and wonder which is disappearing on this earth that I feel lucky to be able to see it and with my photography so can you.
Having emigrated to Australia in 2006 I am now based in Adelaide and enjoying photographing my new surroundings and the wildlife of Australia.