About
I didn't want to be a photographer.
It all started when I was young with my father, who was an absolutist. Film costs money, you get it right in camera or don't make the image.
I've carried this thought in my head every single time I've gone out to shoot since. It doesn't apply anymore in digital but I treat each moment as it does. I want to make sure my work is as good as I can get it before I take it to post process. The least interesting part of current photography is the post processing. It's how I work into a nap.
I'm not interested in the "get it right in post philosophy", it becomes the work of the computer quite quickly and not an authentic image.
I want to help people be better than this. I want it right in camera and contest worthy with little need for extensive post processing.
Partners
Kit I trust in the field.
I'm a Swarovski Optik Opinion Leader and a NYA-EVO Professional Ambassador.
When you spend as much time in the field as I do, whether that's photographing owls on the Yorkshire moors or working on safari in Africa, your camera bag becomes rather more than something to carry equipment in. It needs to work as hard as you do.
The NYA-EVO Fjord 80 has genuinely impressed me. It swallows an extraordinary amount of equipment, including the rather substantial lenses I insist on dragging around, yet somehow manages to remain remarkably compact and comfortable. Having everything organised, protected and accessible without feeling as though I'm carrying a small wardrobe on my back is no small achievement.
What has impressed me equally is the team behind it. NYA-EVO is an exceptionally responsive brand that listens to photographers who actually use their equipment in the field. There's a genuine willingness to engage, understand what we need and continually improve their products.
Good equipment should allow you to concentrate on making photographs, not managing the equipment itself. The Fjord 80 does precisely that.