This is an easy and interesting one, and it started many years ago.
I was Serving as an infantry Soldier with very little... actually, no real reading and writing skills on my side, but I wanted to document my life as well as others lives as soldiers and what we went though on a daily basis.
When my first Middle East operation tour came up I was ready and armed, not with just a rifle but with my camera, a trust Nikon D3000 with an 18-55mm Kit Lense.
I have always said this is some of my best and worst photography, because I didn't have a clue how to work the camera and I was trying to do my job an fight a war.
I didn't want to just show what we as soldiers went though but for the civilians that had to live in a war zone.
I remember children playing, people trying to live and work though the hell, and all these emotions was great to document.
Real life !
I remember children playing, people trying to live and work though the hell, and all these emotions was great to document.
Real life !
I still have this camera now, i feel so attached to it as like me it has seen so much and been to many places across this world.
When I left the Army I wanted to see a bit more of the world but I just didn't have the money to jump on a plane and to go to all the places I wanted, So I became a European lorry driver!!!
Yes, that's right a LORRY DRIVER. I moved to Holland and fell in love with the country and started driving,first only covering Holland,Belguim,France and Germany.
I started seeing Europe and armed with my camera again I fell in love with the European landscape.
I would go away for 2 - 3 weeks at a time, each weekend being somewhere new.
I could have up to 45 hours to document as much of the country as I could.
I would walk before sunrise to find somewhere to capture the sun coming up and I would walk till late at night so I wouldn't miss a thing. An opportunity came around where I could cover the whole of Europe.
So Of course I took it, who wouldn’t.
I was doing 2 to 3 months away at a time,each weekend a different city,something new to see.
Yes, that's right a LORRY DRIVER. I moved to Holland and fell in love with the country and started driving,first only covering Holland,Belguim,France and Germany.
I started seeing Europe and armed with my camera again I fell in love with the European landscape.
I would go away for 2 - 3 weeks at a time, each weekend being somewhere new.
I could have up to 45 hours to document as much of the country as I could.
I would walk before sunrise to find somewhere to capture the sun coming up and I would walk till late at night so I wouldn't miss a thing. An opportunity came around where I could cover the whole of Europe.
So Of course I took it, who wouldn’t.
I was doing 2 to 3 months away at a time,each weekend a different city,something new to see.
I never thought about editing the images I captured and to be honest I didn't even know I could.
But regardless, for me it was more about the images and places I wanted to see and go to rather than that finished product you see in my work now.
But regardless, for me it was more about the images and places I wanted to see and go to rather than that finished product you see in my work now.
In the end, as I created more images, I would go online and say to myself "Why don't my images look like that" ?
So what I did was found out what programs were needed and I taught myself how to edit.
So what I did was found out what programs were needed and I taught myself how to edit.
So every weekend I would be out capturing stunning landscapes and throughout the week when I stopped driving for the day, I would be learning how to edit.
And making those images captured more fantastic! Giving them life.
And making those images captured more fantastic! Giving them life.
A opportunity came up after 9 years of being on the road.
A chance to move and work in Spain.
A chance to move and work in Spain.
i had been to Spain many times and loved the landscape of the country, so I said to myself "why not" I packed my bags and went. As quick and as easy as that.
My photography was never going to be my job, I loved driving.
It became a secondary job when someone came to me and said "How much do you want for that picture" not thinking I said you can have it!
It happened again, so I was left thinking people are actually enjoying my work, i had never thought of it as a business, it was, then, to me, just a hobby and something I enjoyed.
It happened again, so I was left thinking people are actually enjoying my work, i had never thought of it as a business, it was, then, to me, just a hobby and something I enjoyed.
7 years I have now lived in Spain and I have the best job I could ask for. Capturing moments for people that will last a life time. As well as beautiful scenery.
I love shooting Weddings, the fast pace of it all, being creative and to see the clients face when they receive there images back is a brilliant fulfilling feeling.
And now with a photography business fast growing, it’s turning into a family run business with my wife now learning and running the office.
JUST ONE LAST THING, I started my career in photography without really knowing. With no academic skills... there was a lot of mistakes in this but the wife helped.... anyway, if you are really set on something it can happen!
I am 100 percent self taught and proud of it.
You can achieve anything in this world if you put the work in, it all pay off!
I am 100 percent self taught and proud of it.
You can achieve anything in this world if you put the work in, it all pay off!
