ME

I suppose it would make sense for this to be at the beginning of my blog... but i'm one of those who doesn't like to talk about myself and so it makes sense to me that this wasn't my first post!

I started taking pictures around the age of 14, i bought my first SLR then and started photographing pretty much everything around me, as we all know this is how most photographers start out. I'd always be that friend in the group who would sit and take pictures of everyone else, i wanted to document these moments, they were and are my life.

From there i set up my Flickr account and felt proud at the response i would get to my images, friends of family started asking me to photograph for them and also for their businesses. My photographs of food are used on the Kinghams Restaurant website in Shere, where they serve amazing food may i add, and i feel proud to say that my work was almost published for a piece on them in The Sunday Times.

I studied photography for A-level at The College of Richard Collyer and received an A* and went on to study photography at foundation at UCA in Epsom and received a Merit. However, I use my flickr less frequently now, and only update it to keep my friends in knowledge of what i'm up to.

Currently studying at Southampton Solent University, and loving being surrounded by all things photography, i feel it's where i belong. Who wouldn't want to spend everyday of 3 years thinking, talking, writing and practicing something they love! For the future i'm considering a path in teaching photography, i feel passionately about sharing the knowledge i have learnt over the years, and i wish to immerse myself in that process, but who knows...

Right now i'm sitting in a digital suite, with 5 sheets of medium format film i've just processed and a smug smile on my face at how good they already look.... So for now it's time to head to the darkrooms and print, but who knows where i'll be in 5 years time....