Brief introduction

I was born and brought up in the very south of Somerset. At the age of 21, I left my family home and joined the Royal Air Force as an aircraft radar technician. I spent time at Cosford, Finningley, Sealand, St Mawgan and Bruggen, during 15 years of service.

Since leaving the Air Force in 1990, I have been employed mainly in the aerial survey business, apart from a short time teaching Microsoft Office products in London.

I have been interested in photography ever since I was at senior school, and my first SLR was a Zenith E that I got for my 21st birthday. My first brush with professional photography began in the Air Force, when my trade group became responsible for all aerial cameras. I was working with the Nimrod aircraft at the time, which was fitted with both large format (10"x10") roll film and handheld medium format cameras.

Since working in the survey industry, I have used large format aerial cameras, medium format roll film cameras such as Rollei, Hasselblad and Pentax and recently started using the Canon EOS 1Ds digital (35mm equivalent) camera. Most of the work I carry out is for industry or government projects. I do not take pictures of your house and then knock your door trying to sell you a £50 print!

A typical aircraft used for aerial survey. This is a Britten Norman Islander, BN2, based at Coventry Airport.