My interest in photography was stimulated by my father who taught me how to develop and print shots taken on a Box Brownie in a makeshift darkroom in our home. Through the years I have progressed through black and white, colour transparency, E6 home processing and Cibachrome printing. I took up digital in 1999 scanning prints and negatives for a couple of years before taking the plunge into digital capture. All my work has been in Photoshop and I print using Epson printers.

I have always been more interested in producing images than in the latest piece of kit and so all my equipment is relatively modest. I firmly believe in taking pictures which I enjoy; if they are also appreciated by others then that is a great bonus. I hold a Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society (LRPS) am an Associate of the Welsh Photographic Federation (AWPF). I joined PSA in 2005 and have gained five EID stars, a CPID Galaxy 1 and 4 stars in Nature and Photo Travel. awarded PPSA in 2009 and EPSA in 2011. I hold the Excellence award from FIAP (EFIAP). I regularly judge club and inter club competitions throughout South Wales and more recently at International level.