As a photographer of thirty years experience, I rely almost solely on intuition when it comes to looking for an image and the technical requirements to bring it to life.

You can somehow feel the warmth in the sun. We get to glimpse the ethereal ray of light that has travelled vast distances across space to be captured by my camera.

Velodromes are a source of heightened emotion for me. They both excite me and scare me. As a photographer this is the perfect tension point and creates a unique drive for me to want to visit and photograph them.

Photography by it's nature renders the past still. It expands time, perhaps grabbing some ‘space in between’ and then allowing us to sit with it and importantly in it.

It certainly isn’t like the biomimicry seen in birds where the flock moves in unison to confuse potential predators. It is every bug for themselves!

I like to start my days slowly but with purpose. I get up early before the rest of the house is up and the day’s activities have begun.

There is a gentleness in the act of draping a cover over a car, like tucking in a loved one when they fall asleep on the couch.

Still standing, though clearly no longer able to participate. It is both here and gone.

Although I like to talk and muse about art, I veer away when it feels like a description of a piece of work tries to justify it’s existence.

I share a trait with my mum - that is, we quite enjoy staring out a window at nothing in particular.

Black and white film has the ability to leave time alone, just like how it feels to be gazing out to sea waiting for the next wave to build on the horizon.

One of my current photography projects is named Garage doors. What it is about, I am as yet unsure. Here are some early thoughts on the project as it develops.

At the moment the back of the camera popped open I knew exactly the stupidity of my actions. However no matter how quickly I moved to undo my stupidity I had let light leak.

A photograph renders a moment immortal, frozen, stalled in time. It tells a story and can create a story snatched from the magic of life.

My photography career started by looking deeply at the work of Ansel Adams.

Photography is intentional tension. Finding enjoyment in the space in between is the fuel.

When using a camera that was owned by my grandfather (my Poppy)…

I’m working on a series named ‘Old caravans in the wild’. I love old caravans…

‘Zen mind beginners mind’ by Shunryu Suzuki is a wonderful book. What does it have to do with photography?…

Thoughts is a space for me to celebrate, rant, consolidate, ruminate and explore the world of photography…