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 am not able to apply until 2008 because of a time requirement. In January 2005 I joined the Photographic Society of America, which offers PSA star recognition for acceptances in international exhibitions, and in November 2005 I was pleased to be awarded the first star level in both monochrome and colour in electronic imaging.

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.

Until early 2004 I shot slides on a Nikon F90, but then bought a Nikon D70 digital SLR camera, and in early 2006 I upgraded to the Nikon D200. I find that changing to digital capture has released my inhibitions as I am now much more willing to try out shots as experiments, whereas with film, I was always conscious of the cost. I don’t claim any greater success rate than with film, but it’s much more fun!