Although I started in photography as a boy in 1946, and was soon developing and printing my own films, I really did not get serious until 1989 when I joined a camera club. I then realised just how very ordinary my pictures were! I started to enter club competitions and to listen carefully to the critiques, with the result that my photography gradually improved. In 2002 I was awarded the Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society. In 2003 I decided to try the international exhibition scene and was pleasantly surprised to get some acceptances. By mid 2004 I had enough acceptances and awards to qualify for the AFIAP award, although I was not able to apply immediately because of a time requirement. In January 2005 I joined the Photographic Society of America, which also offers recognition for acceptances in international exhibitions.

In 2009, I was awarded the AFIAP distinction and later in the year the PPSA distinction of the Photographic Society of America. I was also very pleased to achieve the Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society with a panel of prints showing details of sandstone rocks.

My preference is for landscapes but I also love waterfalls and seascapes. I have tried photographing people too, but only in the environment, not in the studio.