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'm based in Broadstairs, Kent and have been a professional wedding, fashion and travel photographer for the last six years. It all started a few years back when I decided that I wanted to see a bit more of the world and purchased a ticket to visit South East Asia. Touching down in Bangkok and flinging myself right into the middle of the energetic hustle and bustle I knew straight away that I couldn’t let what I was seeing in front of me just pass me by. The open fire cooking in the streets, food market traders jostling for business, exotic animals walking through the city streets and tuk tuk drivers speeding down alleyways, the place was crazy ..but in a good way. My camera was swinging around my neck 24/7 for the year I was out there as I captured every ounce of the life that was unfolding before my eyes. Six years on and I now run my own wedding photography business and landscape photography gallery in Broadstairs. During the spring and autumn I love to take trips over to the USA to photograph the deserts and mountains across Utah, Arizona and California. On these trips I use an old Pentax 6x7 medium format camera as well as Leica M6 film cameras to capture the landscapes and small towns I come across. My main inspiration is a large format film photographer called Gregory Crewdson who creates cinematic, spooky scenes of American suburbia to dramatic effect.
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I love the richness in colour and texture of film compared to that created by digital cameras. I also love the slower process of taking a 'film' photograph and the fact that you need to ensure that you meter and compose for the scene correctly before pressing the shutter. When I'm driving I'm always on the lookout for old classic American cars to photograph. There's nothing better than finding a well used Mustang or Chevrolet with an old motel sign behind it. Capturing it on film really adds to the character and life of the shot."
Opposite, Mercury Grand Marquis, Palm Springs. Above, Wonder Valley, California.
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