From the mid 70's photographing music groups, through the 80's and early 90's travelling

throughout Europe and Eastern Europe learning rapidly with his Nikon EM & FM outfits

with a multitude of accessories. Taking 35mm slides for great quality and less cost then prints.

Biggest cultural experience was to Sri Lanka where the distinctly different geographic areas

were full of very stimulating imagery producing a diverse array of photographic material. In

just 3 weeks he took over 1300 photographs.

In 2001 with the technological advancements of the digital age, he transitioned to digital, (Canon)

and has never looked back. He still retains his Nikon Em & FM cameras. He is an active member of

SWPP & BPPA and had work exhibited in July 2005.

The quality is excellent, the possibilities greater, the risks less. However, he is keen to point out

that the fundamentals are the same. You still “take the best possible photographs and don't rely

on rectifying things afterwards with clever software".

He takes time to analyse each and every selected photograph to ensure it is presented at its best.

Numerous software options are now available and are often utilised to meet the needs of PRagency

requirementsor simply used to compose 'picture-in-picture' compositions for wedding albums.

In addition to Weddings and Studio work he worked freelance as a commercial photographer for

'Oxfordshire Living' magazine, which presented a wide variety of commercial assignments, as

well as those from numerous PR agencies.

In spite of NEVER having a failure in the field he still carries at least two of everything and

spreads images over numerous memory cards to reduce risk of losing any data. On return to the

office/studio, he first backs up data to three separate disk drives.

Data is also archived to DVD to make it virtually impossible to be damaged by any virus attack.

He only ever works on copies of the original photographs. You can go back to the original to make

a new copy or different copy. If you lost or spilt coffee over you wedding album in 20 years time

you will be able to request re-prints.

A wedding assignment was also attended by the BBC as part of a new documentary. The location

was particularly beautiful with many opportunities for great images. He took approx 760

photographs and, (as with most of his clients) created a home page comprising the different

parts of the special day to make it easy for friends and family to view on-line.

Word of mouth recommendations are ensuring a healthy number of bookings up to 3 years

in advance.