About

My partial colour-blindness defines my photography. I started with with a box brownie camera and 120 roll-film when I was about 10 years old. Then came wet-plate astrophotography, outdoor, landscape, wildlife and mountaineering photography. I used a Canon QL rangefinder or Olympus SLR and as much Ektachrome slide-film as I could afford and carry.

Then, it was 35mm photography 24 or 36 frames per roll. Now, filling a memory card feels lazy and undisciplined.

I miss the smell of darkroom chemicals and the slow and careful experimentation with light, time and materials. It was methodical and unforgiving.

Digital arrived for me in 1998 using whatever I could afford. ‘Serious’ digital started with a Canon G3. My Panasonic GF-1 was a watershed moment. Now it’s Nikon, GoPro, pinhole cameras and smartphones.