I was born in 1960 and I am a professional photographer specialising in high quality nature and landscape photographs. As a naturalist I have travelled extensively throughout the world in search of birds, visiting countries and continents as diverse as China, India, North Africa, the Middle East, Europe and most of North America at one time or another.

Despite being interested in natural history from a very early age, I only seriously turned to photography from about 1992, although throughout my travels I'd usually carried a camera as a means of recording some of the many spectacular places I've visited and the stunning wildlife encountered. Most of the results of this early photography is destined only for the waste basket and serves only as personal reminders. Certainly none of it is available for public consumption.

My photographs and features have appeared in Photo Answers, Birdwatching, British Birds, Terre Sauvage (France), Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Wildlife & Countryside Magazine, various books and postcards and have been used by The Scottish Seabird Centre, Institute of Biology, Nottighamshire Wildlife Trust, English Nature, English Heritage, RSPB, ECUS, Barnsley MBC, Wakefield MDC, Woolworths, Morrisions and Bemrose Booth. I also market my own range of greetings cards and sell limited edition prints of my work and have a very busy lecture schedule.

I am often asked what gear I use, so for those of you that are interested, here's what I currently work with.

35mm Outfit	5x4 Outfit
Nikon D3	Linhof Technika Mk1V
Nikon D2	Schneider 90mm f/8 Super Angulon
Nikon D2H	Schneider 150mm f5.5
Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 AFS	Nikon 105mm f/5.6 SW
Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 AFS	Schneider 240mm f/9 G-Claron
Nikkor 85mm f/1.8	(Can't wait for a digital back for this lot!!)
Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8 AFS	Panoramic
Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 AFS-G VR	Hasselblad XPAN & 45mm lens
Nikkor 500mm f/4 AFS	Hasselblad 90mm f/5.6
Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 Micro