My passion lies in art, illustration and photography in particular in bird wildlife.  I have drawn and painted for as long as I can remember and entered into my first art competition at the age of ten and remember coming third. Over the years I had always wanted to get involved in photography but in the photography pre-digital age this was cost prohibitive and I stuck to my drawing and painting. 

In 2017 I made my first investment in professional camera equipment, these days my primary equipment is the Canon 7D Mk II DSLR with a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM and the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5 - 5.6L II USM zoom lens. 

I retired from a 40 year career in aerospace in 2022 which has enabled me to develop my photography and online portfolio