Early days . . . 

I've been a teacher since deciding at the age of 15 that that was what I wanted to be.  I then systematically went about doing what I needed to do, learning what I needed to learn and practicing what I needed to practice in order to be the teacher I aspired to be.  I have taught for many years now but something began to stir a few years ago.  Call it what you will - a mid-life crisis, an awakening or a journey - but the stirrings were stirrings of change.

A history lesson . . .

My photographic journey began as a child.  I always loved taking pictures. I got my first camera - a Kodak Instamatic - for Christmas when I was 8 or 9.  I still remember the excitement of getting the pictures back from the developer.  As I grew, photography became something I did when I travelled although the images were created more to record a sight or an event so I could share it with others later rather than for any aesthetic or creative reasons. With the advent of digital photography however, my interest has burgeoned.  I got my first (small) digital camera in 2003, my first (second-hand) DSLR in 2006 and my first (brand new) DSLR in 2008.  The kit bag continues to grow today.

With access to new-age photography I began a new journey. During recent years the digital age as well as the momentum of personal growth and development have been keys that feel as though they are unlocking the real me.  It feels like I'm on a journey, heading back 'home'.  I know that the years ahead will be be years that continue the theme of change as I continue this journey back home to myself.

 

I take pictures because I like to.  I love to capture the wonderment in the mundane but beautiful world around me.  I like creating the images, capturing the detail or finding a perspective or view that reveals more about the subject than is at first apparent. It's a pursuit for me, although I'm not certain what I am pusuing.  Maybe it's the journey not the destination that I crave.  

If you like my pictures, let me know. If you don't that's OK.  Maybe you'll come back another day to see which direction my journey has taken me.

Today's me . . . 

Today I love to shoot anything - weddings, babies, real estate, mountainous landscape,  family portraits, fast paced sports events or almost anything else you might imagine.  

I'm ready to take on whatever project you may have.  See 'Services' to find out how I could assist you.