About

I was given my first camera when I was around 8 years old and, with much encouragement from my parents, immediately became hooked. This was in the late 1950s when black and white photography was still very much the order of the day, colour being beyond the pocket of most. For the next 35 years or so my efforts were confined to recording family events, holidays and any other odd things that took my fancy. Then it all changed..........

TIMELINE

1988	Captivated by a friend's black and white photographs. Bought Canon EOS outfit
1989	Set up first darkroom. Joined Sittingbourne Photographic Society
1991	Joined The Royal Photographic Society and awarded Licentiateship (LRPS)
1994	Started lecturing and judging in Kent
1995	Awarded Associateship of The Royal Photographic Society (ARPS). Started entering national exhibitions.
1996	Started entering international exhibitions.
1998	Awarded Distinction of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (DPAGB)
1999	Awarded London Salon Medal. Appointed Premier Judge for the Kent County Photographers Association. Awarded first overseas exhibition medal, in Canada.
2001	Awarded Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society (FRPS). Awarded second London Salon Medal. Nominated as a member of The Royal Photographic Society Licentiateship Panel. Founder member of 'Ag Mono', a Kent based discussion group. Joined Ashford Quest Camera Club
2002	Awarded Artiste de la Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique (AFIAP). Awarded Master distinction of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (MPAGB)
2004	Appointed national and international judge for the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
2005	First one-man exhibition at 'Half a Sixpence', entitled 'As I See It'
2006	Awarded Excellence de la Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique (EFIAP). One man exhibition at 'Half a Sixpence' entitled 'Souviens-toi - Remember', a documentary about the ruined French village of Oradour-sur-Glane
2008	Decided one club membership was enough! Re-joined Sittingbourne Photographic Society. Finally I've been fully dragged into the digital age and closed my darkroom.
2009	Offered exhibition at the Headquarters of The Royal Photographic Society in Bath for August 2010. The exhibition, titled 'As I See It' will run from Monday, 2nd. until Friday, 27th. August and will contain a mixture of both silver monochrome and digital colour images covering the 15 years from 1993 and 2008.
2010	Elected Joint Chairman of Sittingbourne Photographic Society .
2010	Launched new club talk/lecture titled 'Just for the Fun of It' .