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I was Raised in Kenya, Mauritius and Aberdeenshire, and am now living in Leith, Edinburgh. I must have started taking photos when I was about 6 or 7, encouraged by my Dad. this was on an ancient little Kodak 126 camera, which had been passed down from my older brothers and sisters. I still have the prints from those days and they are treasured memories.

In my early teens I saved up and bought my first SLR, a Fujica STX1-n, a simple manual camera which I could attach my Dad's old M42 screw lenses to (via an adapter), and gave me a solid grounding in basic techniques. Later, at University, I bought 2 Minolta bodies second hand (7000i and 8000i), so I could keep B&W film in one all the time. Much of my work was B&W, which I processed and printed myself.

I switched to digital in 2003 and love it. I always shoot RAW to maximise the dynamic range and scope for good post-processing.

Current equipment:

Canon 5DMkII
Canon 17-40 f/4 L USM
Canon 24-105 f/4L IS USM
Canon 70-200 f/4 L IS USM
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX macro
Canon 10-22 f3.5-4.5 EFS (sold)

I print on an Epson R2400 A3 printer, and my favourite paper is Hahnemuhle German Etching and Fotospeed Natural Soft Textrued.

I am an active member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society which I credit for much that I have learned about composition and technique. Through the support and encouragement of its members I was successful in gaining my Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society in June 2006, with a panel of 15 prints on the theme of 'Rocks in the Landscape'

I try to sell the odd photo or print to offset costs (see my website), and also sell images on Alamy and Photographers Direct, but above all I take photos for the sheer FUN of creativity!

Please feel free to critique my photos- I welcome all constructive criticism and feel we should do more on Flikr, not only in the critique groups. This is how we improve... I will do likewise to others if I think it appropriate.

I also sell my images, either for publication or as cards or prints on the aforesaid lovely archival Fine Art papers. You can see and buy some of my work at the Touched by Scotland gallery at Oyne, Aberdeenshire.

See my website or contact me for details.

Here are some of the photos Flickr found interesting.





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