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Late thirties, slightly greying and single! From the edge of South London - a slightly dodgy suburb called Croydon. Quite nicely placed on the edge of the greenbelt or for visiting the city, but a right pain if you're going anywhere further north!

I have loved Photography since studying it at school (passing GCSE and A-level) and I worked at a Wedding and Portrait Photographers for three years. Some of the early photographs on this stream date back to the late '80s and my school work but most are much more recent.

I like to do a variety of work, but I'm mostly interested in finding that angle or framing, or precise moment, be it with an object, landscape, person, animal, scene or building that makes it look interesting.

I'm not a big fan of Photo manipulation and especially most of the outlandish colours, textures and treatments that you see. I like my photographs to look and be natural and wherever possible the only image processing I'll do is anything that I could have done at work or school 18 years ago. I like the camera, the available light and my eyes to do the work, not a computer.

Not a purist though, I have experimented a bit, I just think if you can spot the processing it's gone too far to be a pure photograph, although it is still art. I'd also rather be out in the open taking new and hopefully better photographs rather than sitting behind a PC trying to wring something out of an old photograph that isn't there.

Other interests include gigging and football (soccer) where I'm a season ticket holder of Crystal Palace Football Club and also support the woeful England National Team. Other sporting interests are Formula 1 and other motorsport, Cycling and Cricket .

Also have a big interest in movies - my favourite is probably Pulp Fiction or Trainspotting, but really too numerous to mention. And a final shout for my favourite TV programmes, which are Blackadder, The West Wing and Top Gear (new version!).

Please note that I am open to requests to use my photographs, but the requester must sent the request by flickrmail and you must receive a reply from me before permission is granted. Use of any image, whether online or in print, is not free, unless explicitly agreed by myself, so please include your offer in GBP only, in your flickrmail.