Chocoholic photo taker and serial puppy hugger.
Public liability insured. DBS cert.
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
I am an eccentric and slightly ridiculous human being, with a laid-back manner and unconventional sense of humour. I wear my ‘inner child’ on the outside, so I’d really say I have an ‘inner adult’ who has to take over every now and again to stop me overdosing on sugar. I’m a fan of good spine tingles and people expressing variants of “wow” at their finished pictures. If a shoot doesn’t have an element of fun or awesomeness, then it’s not worth doing at all. Mostly I photograph children of all ages, because they’re the most fun to work with, but I have also been known to photograph adults, shows and events too. And pets when they let me.
My photography story began once upon a time with a New Year’s resolution so ruddy ingenious that I kept it going for several following years too - I wanted to do just one new thing each month which I'd never done before, or that I had always wanted to do. Simple enough? During some months that meant watching a classic film I'd not seen, reading a new book, visiting former school friends, or camping at my first music festival. Other months I travelled, swam with dolphins in the Caribbean, cruised the Nile in Egypt, explored Thailand, parachuted out of a plane. One of these resolution months I decided to buy myself a decent camera... and subsequently had to learn how to use it properly.
In 2008 I attended my first film premiere and got hooked on photographing celebrity red carpet events, and in 2013 I was invited to photograph for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Following changes in the London film premiere scene, I relocated to the family home on the Isle of Wight, where I still work from now. I’m currently making creative portraits and trying some new and interesting thematic ideas. I rely on other people to tell me if the work I’m doing is good or worthy, so I don’t sell myself as a proper professional. If you like my work, then you can definitely be my friend.