ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The first photographs I saw of Iceland was Vik church in the mist. That image has stayed with me ever since and became symbolic of my love for Iceland. Last year was my first trip and the impact of seeing Vik church was exhilarating, if not overwhelming. I had been dreaming of coming to Iceland for so long.

Unfortunately, last year at that time it was an unusually sunny day. Whilst I took literally hundreds of Vik church, they never really captured for me the feeling evoked by that first photograph. However, on my second trip, I was rewarded (if that is the right expression) with an approaching storm. I was going to get my image of Vik church in the mist after all.

AUTHOR
Photography has entranced me since the age of 13 when given my first SLR film camera. Since that moment, it has been a lifelong passion, hobby and now career. Initially, I focussed almost exclusively on monochrome – fine art landscapes, architecture and cityscapes. For the last few years, I have been working in colour, in particular cinematic street photography.

My creative output is strongly influenced by my work within the design and advertising industry. In a competitive creative industry, you quickly learn to recognise the importance of simplicity to create drama and to elicit an emotional response. My recent landscape work following numerous trips to Iceland was well received with numerous images winning awards. Following my Iceland experiences, I formed a working relationship with the Royal Photographic Society and deliver both online lectures as well as leading a number of their online landscape group workshops.

Although I have tended to focus on landscapes, cityscapes and architecture, I have also recently returned to street photography. Living in a city like London, the interplay of a large multi-cultural urban environment and its inhabitants provides a rich tapestry of subject matter.

I order to broaden my street photography portfolio, I have recently embarked on a number of personal street photography projects. As part of this project, I am exploring the ways in which urban environments impact the shadows, silhouettes and reflections we encounter in our streets and public spaces. Finally, I am looking at how architectural design in our cities imposes an informal geometry on our lives.

I am a strong advocate for the importance of storytelling in photography. Although there is a belief that the image itself should communicate the story, I believe that more often than not, an understanding of the context of the photograph and the reasons behind its capture.

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