Biography

I started life as a Zoologist, graduating from Worcester College, Oxford University, with a degree in Biology.  However, academia soon lost its attraction and since finishing in 1993, I have been heavily involved in both photography and diving.  I acted as Science Officer for a reef-survey expedition to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, in 1994, before joining Science Photo Library as a Picture Researcher.  In 1996 I worked for one year as a dive guide on the remarkable island of Sipadan in the Celebes Sea, where I finally realised that life in the UK was no longer for me.  After a short stint back in the UK with Corbis as a Picture Researcher in 1997, I returned to Sabah and the island of Mabul to join Scubazoo as a Photopro.

I have had articles published in Asian Geographic, Asian Diver, Scuba Diver Australasia, FiNS Magazine and Scuba Globe, and photo credits in a huge variety of publications through my stock agent in the UK, Science Photo Library.  I also wrote and provided images for two books published by Scubazoo – ‘Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai – Sabah’s Underwater Treasure’ by Natural History Publications and ‘Reef’ by Dorling Kindersley – and was commissioned to shoot for two other books published by Dorling Kindersley – ‘Go Dive’ and ‘Go Surf’.  During my stint based out of Sabah, I also worked as a cameraman on the first UK ‘Survivor’ show and Channel 5′s ‘Killer Shark Live’, and acted as location manager/fixer for productions including ‘Life in the Undergrowth’, ‘The Jeff Corwin Experience’ and ‘Austin Stevens – Snake Master’.

After 10 years in Sabah, I made the decision to go freelance and am now available for commissions anywhere in the world.  My experience shooting underwater, adventure, travel, natural history and promotional photography, combined with an extensive knowledge of locations and subjects throughout SE Asia and beyond, means I am capable of delivering stunning imagery, whatever the brief, and wherever the location.

In recent months I have worked with the Vodafone Foundation and the Milton Keynes Community Foundation in UK, LivLife in Tanzania, the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust in Sudan, Action for Children in Conflict in Kenya and Child’s I Foundation in Uganda.  My future photographic goals revolve around documenting the work of NGO’s, charities and other organisations working to conserve the environment, endangered species and disappearing cultures.