Welcome to my website.

There have been many great photographers over the years and some of my favourites include William Klein, Dorothea Lange, Garry Winnogrand, Vivian Maier, Bruce Gilden and Constantine Manos.

William Klein said “I photograph what I see in front of me, I move in closer to see better, and use a wide-angle lens to get as much in the frame as possible”. In trying to ‘feel the scene’ you have to get close and personal, and Klein said you need to be “an intimate participant in the picture”.

Dorothea Lange said “to be a good, photographs have to be full of the world”.

Garry Winnogrand advocated trying to get the picture right first time in camera, and not cropping too much, as this can make you think it doesn’t matter what you do in camera because you can always correct it in post-production. He believed that this requires more concentration and application by the photographer. I’m trying to move in closer and get it right in camera as much as I can.

I’m always looking for light and shadows and for backgrounds that either connect or contrast with the subject. You will see that I like really vibrant colours in my pictures. Vivian Maier said “if you really have something to say, better to be behind the camera than in front of it”.

My special interests are street photography and daylight/night time long exposure photography. In talking about street photography Bruce Gilden said “if you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it’s a street photograph”. With long exposure photography, particularly during the day, I want my pictures to almost look like a painting.

In 2019 I achieved my LRPS (Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society) and am now working towards my ARPS (Associate of the Royal Photographic Society).

Constantine Manos said “it’s easy to take good pictures, difficult to take very good pictures and almost impossible to take great pictures”.

I’m enjoying my photography and continually learning, with the aspiration of one day taking a great picture.

We are all looking for inspiration, but the most important thing is to keep practising and taking pictures. I hope that you enjoy looking at mine.