1960s: art college fashion victim
1970s: illustrator and book designer in Fleet Street
1980s: newspaper artist, ad agency visualiser and commercial photographer.
1990s: formed a design agency expanding from Yorkshire to New York.
2000s: freelance designer, photographer and graphic artist.

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1960s: art college fashion victim
1970s: illustrator and book designer in Fleet Street
1980s: newspaper artist, ad agency visualiser and commercial photographer.
1990s: formed a design agency expanding from Yorkshire to New York.
2000s: freelance designer, photographer and graphic artist.

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It all began with a Box Brownie in 1957. I managed to get a picture of Chi Chi the giant panda through the bars at London Zoo on a school trip without chopping its head off. I progressed to my father's Kodak Colorsnap 35 and at art college saved up for the ubiquitous Zenit E, a monster of a camera (in those days) with a shutter that sounded like a car door slamming. I then worked through a series of Pentax bodies, but returned to Nikon with an F401 then a F601.

Turning professional in 1985 meant an investment in a Hasselblad with Polaroid and film backs, a set of all-encompassing lenses and a travelling studio of Elinchrom lampheads and soft boxes.

I went digital in 2002 with a Fuji S1 Pro, then when Nikon caught up, I moved to a D70, then D200. I now use a Nikon D700 with a backup D300, with a variety of zoom lenses 80-400mm, 10-20mm, 28-300mm, 18-200mm and a 50mm macro. SB900 flashguns complement the kit.

In my jacket I carry either a Lumix G3 or an Olympus Pen-1.