I was born in Bodiam in the county of Sussex but lived in Kent for most of my married life on the Kent and Sussex border with only one exception when I spent a period of time in the Navy. My wife and I now live in the county of Cornwall where we moved to in March 2007 and very close to the Moors of Bodmin, Dartmoor, and the Cornish Coast, areas which had drawn us on many occasions over the years. I have been interested in photography from a very young age and seriously for over forty-five years. It more or less started when I opened a packet of Kodak B&W paper that my father had stored in a cupboard at a very young age and it was not a wise thing to do as I remember at the time as he was not very happy with me. It was not until I had married and settled down that it became a serious hobby when I started to produce my own photographic work in the darkroom. I now produce a great deal of monochrome but initially, it began with Cibachrome prints and printing them in the darkroom, a long-winded and temperamental process. However, I still feel a good Cibachrome print takes some beating. I started printing Monochrome after joining Tonbridge Camera Club in 1982 where I saw some stunning monochrome images produced by some of its members, this then inspired me to do more monochrome which I love.

My first camera was a Kodak 127 which was given to me by my brother so that I could record my travels around the world. I did take some very memorable pictures that reflected my time I had in the Navy however I could only dream of owning a decent camera at the time as they were so expensive. Not long after I was married I purchased a Voigtlander with the help of Heather my wife who gave me some money for a birthday present, little did she know what she was going to let herself in for and where this was going to lead. Heather is now a very good photographer in her own right and stated "If you cannot beat them, join them" so here we are with her photography today.

I am a member of a couple of photographic clubs and organizations. Launceston Camera Club which we joined in 2008. I also belong to the UPP (United Photographic Postal Portfolios of Great Britain) a monochrome group, circle 5. I am also a past member of Tonbridge Camera Club and of another monochrome group, Ag Mono which is another purely wet darkroom group as the name suggests. Leaving, them only because we moved down to Cornwall and left some very good friends behind.
I also enter photographic exhibitions where I have gained medals and awards over the years.