I grew up surrounded by arty family and friends and for a long time discounted myself as not being creative because I couldn’t draw or paint like those around me. Being a perfectionist, anything I tried to draw just wasn’t good enough for me.

While working for my family publishing company I found myself doing food photography. As I became more and more proficient as a photographer I realised that this might be my opportunity to scratch that creative itch.

I still remember the feeling when I took that first photo that I really loved. The feeling of creating images that I think are beautiful is what drives me on every shoot to this day.

Ever since my ‘A’ Level art teacher pulled me aside and told me he didn’t think of me as an artist I knew deep down I was! I just didn't paint like he wanted me to. I spent the next 10 years looking for a medium that felt right for me. I always found myself looking through a lens or framing a scene in my mind quietly kicking myself that I had forgotten my camera.

Before long, like most wedding photographers, I was asked to photograph a friends wedding. That first wedding was amazing and I wanted to do more of them and quickly got the opportunity as people loved the shots I was taking unlike my art teacher at school, so I knew this is what I wanted to do.