I was born in 1959 and have been working as a professional photographer since completing my City & Guilds 744 in 1979, working for local and regional press, then as a studio photographer involved with everything from vehicles to glassware, portraits and weddings.

After getting 'roped in' to a one-off job as camera assist for Match of The Day on a very drafty and cold gantry at Aston Villa football ground back in the mid 80's I went on to complete a couple of courses in Audio and Video recording at the School of Film & Television in Beconsfield.

I have worked for corporate and broadcast clients from all over the world and in most fields from ENG news to studio-based programming.

I have always had a passion for wildlife and natural history and have developed a thorough understanding of fieldcraft, derived from far too much time spent in the company of gamekeepers, not to mention the odd 'rum character'!

Nowadays I am fortunate enough to be able to dedicate all my efforts toward wildlife & natural history photography and to helping others to achieve great images with whatever equipment they have.

I AM NIKON - as the new saying goes!

I use full frame Nikon D3 and D3s cameras, together with my trusty old D2Xs and a battered D300 as a backup body.

My favourite lens just has to be the 200-400 f4 Nikor, together with the 14-24 f2.8 Nikor and my trusty old Sigma 180mm f3.5 macro lens.

I am a firm believer in doing as much as possible with as little as possible, so my camera bag isn't very big at all!

Nothing upsets or annoys me more than seeing a great image that's been tortured by awful processing, so about 3 years ago I began offering Digital workflow tuition services; and now devote as much time teaching this to photographers of all levels as I do actually teaching photography or taking my own pictures.

I've heard it said that I have a somewhat unique teaching style - according to my good friend Mark Davies I don't have clients, I have "victims"...!

But I've yet to have a "victim" who hasn't come back for more, so I can't be that vicious!