I first had a real interest in Photography some decades ago when I was introduced to the full process at my school. With a traditional dark room space and a collection of simple Pentax cameras, I started learning the craft and understanding how the most basic of cameras worked. Loading up the film, taking shots and developing it through all the steps – producing negatives and projecting it to photo paper through the chemical baths – cemented my understanding of how the whole process worked and how light is projected into a camera, onto film and ultimately into a print. 

Even earlier I always seemed to have access to a camera, most where simple instamatics, small static lenses and cropped film options that you could take to the chemist, that process was expensive so I didn’t take many pictures back then, but in school I got a better education about focus and exposure which was important to get right else the negatives where not properly exposed and the prints would have a limited range of depth. It was even back then I found I had an ‘eye’ for the shot, framing and timing the taking of a picture instinctively well and this is a skill that is hard to learn and gives every photographer a different style to their work.

A photo is a moment in time. A fraction of a second where light from objects are directed through a lens onto a small piece celluloid (or more realistically some PET plastic) – all by pressing the trigger and opening that shutter at the right time. It’s just as important to have the lens properly focused and pointing in the right direction so as to frame the subject of interest, to balance the settings of the camera to get the correct exposure and outcome of the image and still see that the moment happened right when you took the shot.

I lost my camera soon after school when it was stolen. At that time I was beginning regular work and other things in my life and I moved away from this form of art for many years. Later I encountered digital cameras at the right time, I could afford one and there were some good options coming out on the market. I got a flagship Sony camera at the time, the A77 had a great sensor and a nice lens as part of the regular bundle and began learning the differences of digital photography. I was doing some landscape work but mainly working on events like awards, fashion shows and media press events. It was a great deep dive into producing a lot of images and getting to know the equipment well under complicated conditions. I have upgraded that camera now and improved the quality of images both with new equipment and additional photography toys and accessories.

While I moved away from media and event work I returned to my joy of travel. I began concentrating on the landscape pictures, waiting and watching the light change through the view of an area or mountain. My journeys have taken me to more than 25 countries now and many towns and locations all over the world. Back at home I joined various meetup and camera enthusiast groups who arranged outings and photo sessions in some great locations. I also connected with other great photographers through a prominent local camera club and after a visit to Hong Kong, arranged my next trip to New Zealand where I met with Trey Ratcliff and was shown some of the most marvelous locations and spent time improving my skills even further.

My collection of images, scenes, locations and stories are now a collection I am delivering here as prints and products presenting the work. The opportunity to use Print-on-Demand services allows a way to present these images in a variety of ways and to a variety of functional products that can be useful to you.