I am a retired web designer and keen amateur photographer. My main interest is travel photography, however, as I progress in my photography I find that I am enjoying monochrome more and more.
I won ‘Photographer of the Year’ in my local camera club in 2007/2008 and again in 2008/2009. The death of my son in June 2009 eroded my passion for photography, but I am slowly rekindling my interest. As a NIPA (Northern Ireland Photographic Association) judge, I have found that judging is helping me get back my interest in Photography.




My Gear:
Nikon D300; Nikon 18-200 VR, Sigma 10-20,
Nikon D700; Nikon 50 f/1.4G, Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VRII,
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8,
Sony NEX-5, 16 f/2.8, Nikon Adapter 50 F/1.8
Capture NX2.
Website
“The best camera in the world is the one you have with you at the time”.
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Journal
My son is dead / how can that be? / He made a stupid but fatal mistake / and I was not there to help. / He didn’t want to embarrass me, or his mum / he didn’t want to hurt us. / But he did.
Rachel is concerned that her daughter spends too much time on the Internet. When a young girl is found dead, Rachel suspects that she was ‘groomed’ and decides to investigate. Suddenly her life starts to fall apart and she senses a conspiracy. She’s not wrong. / Click here to find out more
If I have ever done some work for you, or helped you out in some way, perhaps you could do me a favour and say a few words in my guest book to help me get it up and running. Although the guest book is in my photography web site, please feel free to comment on any recent web design or any other help I may have recently provided. What you say is up to you! / Click Here
A free domain name, free web hosting, free design, all instantly linked into Google! / Sometimes; if it sounds too good to be true it is either stolen, broken or worthless. / But I have checked this out, on your behalf, and made a site within minutes… You can too… (And by the way there are no checks to see if you are really a registered business or just someone wanting a free web sit…