History:
I have been a keen photographer for 40 years, retiring from Banking in 1978, after which I was able to pursue my passion for photography full time.

I have been a Trustee, Past President and Life member of Croydon Camera Club as well as an active member of Arena (Photographer's from the South) for nearly ten years.

My experience extends to many solo exhibitions and organised the setting up and hanging of The Whiteley's of Bayswater Exhibition, for Arena in 1999.

I currently have pictures on show at various Galleries, one in London

Beliefs:
Photography stands in it's own right as a visual art form.
As a follower of Cartier Bresson for many years, this has taught me the art of instant composition.
We must all learn early in our quest to be a serious photographer that our pictures are really not very precious, but it is very nice when someone offers you cash for one, or more. Ultimately technique must be second nature as early as possible. I do not wish to photograph fat women on weighing machines, perhaps at this stage I can give you food for thought:

What we see as the final product of a photographer's work is that photographer's image, it is his or hers, however it is an extension or interpretation of what the photographer saw when he or she was composing the picture in the first place.

Our own particular photograph is the result of skill, luck resulting in a countless collection of images, pictures and photographs held in our brain all amalgamating, fighting and bursting for freedom, it's all in our heads, we live in our heads, what comes out as a the result, is a release, sometimes not what we intended, sometimes pleasing, many times a disappointment but HOW EXCITING!.