About

I’ve had 7 years experience as a photographer shooting documentary, fashion, corporate and commercial images for a wide range of clients large and small. Licensing images for use in national campaigns as well as innovating with experimental projects that have lead to a viral campaigns exceeding 130,000 hits on YouTube on one occasion.

I love a challenge, and believe the saying that “under pressure diamonds are formed”. I’m always looking to up my game and push the limits of what can be achieved. Experimental techniques lie at the core of some of my best work and a similar approach even influences the way I go about my business or even live my life. Expert knowledge and a perfectionist attitude coupled with my boundless energy are just some of the qualities I hope to bring to any brief put in front of me and being a people person I hope to portray a humble demeanour whilst competitively aiming to achieve the best out of any situation.

Passionate about creating outstanding imagery that runs beyond making a living from what I do I also keep very busy with professional interests in video production, web design and enough entrepreneurial activity to win awards such as student entrepreneur of 2009 (across Lancashire) the year in which I graduated from a BA Honours degree in photography following 5 exciting and productive years studying and networking whilst building a client-base and producing award winning work such as the ADP Architects highly commended national award for my image ‘London Lights’ which toured the country in a silent auction raising money for the charity ‘Article 25′ which raised funds to help build a school in Goa.

Various elements of my business fit together nicely and compliment each other like a tightly woven fabric with one of my exciting developments over the years being the artwork that is produced and printed directly onto brushed aluminium and sold for a unique display solution suited just as much to corporate applications as appealing to an art buyer looking for a contemporary and eye-catching piece of work that is as visually interesting and engaging as it is provocative and meaningful. A less established aspect of what I do is the prospect of teaching and providing workshops in photography as a natural progression from being asked to do talks and often being approached for advice on various aspects of photography from purely technical matters to more hands on or theoretical aspects such as the general practice of photography as a business as well as an art form.

Playing on my strengths I have a willingness to throw myself into situations in which others would feel out of their comfort zone often coming out of the other end with unique material that has been used & licensed time and time again by entities across the globe.

In what little spare time I have I enjoy adrenaline fuelled activities such as skateboarding and snowboarding, travelling & exploring cultures, night-life, urban exploration all of which is reflected in my ever growing catalogue of stock photographs well as various photography related endeavours such as art nude & fashion photography, film-making, street photography and community based projects such as collaborative & artistic non-profit ventures… or adventures.

Transparency and (sometimes brutal) honesty is not only an ethos by which I work and live by, but also a way in which I present my photographs to the world, and a revealing and what I hope to be an eye-opening way. Plans of mine for film-making include photo-journalism and film-making that tells a story by truly living it as opposed to simply reporting on topics that have been mildy researched and presented in a stereotypical and doctored fashion. Documentary photography has always been an underlying interest, and it may be that it becomes an important part of my life’s work as I feel it is one thing that will allow me to leave my mark on the world, and who know’s maybe even change things. “The camera never lies” is a false statement that has been untrue since the early days in photography when imagery was manipulated using darkroom techniques. Well back then I feel it is as true as today that the honesty and integrity in an image must come from the person behind the lens.

In contrast to my stark ways of capturing the world around me I have a highly creative and imaginatively fuelled work-flow utilising a highly qualified and disciplined approach to advanced photo-manipulation techniques using software such as Photoshop. I refine and perfect some of the highly stylised and polished images that I ever increasingly strive to produce whilst always bearing the adage that you can’t polish a turd. I strongly feel that my work gains it’s value through always making sure the image is as good as it can possibly be on camera before I invest the great deal of time that is spent in the digital darkroom completing what like to think is a style of work that I can call my own.

A self admitted geek at times, I have a love and fascination for technology & gadgets, but importantly those which help me do my job better and push the boundaries of what is possible.

If life is a journey from A to B, it’s not the destination that is of importance to me, it’s what happens along the way, and that journey is what I constantly strive to document creating work that I feel could be important one day.

As this is a relatively new website and ‘about’ page which will be edited with links and illustrations (photographs of course!) added. I encourage you to come back soon to find examples of the work I have done as well as more information on awards & commissions I have won, specific images & videos which have added to my success and that of my client’s as well as testimonials all of which will be added to the site soon.