My greatest strengths: compositional detail Lighting exposure metering
I have been in photography: 25 Years
How I got started in photography: From College Course
My photographic skills: Good visual communicator, creative artistic style
My personality: Analytical deep fun flexible good communicator teacher interesting not materialistic good attention to detail good listener generous calm in crisis love life artistic creative good friend
Geographic areas I cover: East and south East of Ireland UK Europe
Venues I frequently attend: Public Gardens Hotels Studios Well lit public buildings City Landscapes Beach front balconies
I found inspiration from: Magnum Photographers Portrait Photographers Teaching Photographers Wedding Photographers Mark Cleghorn Guy Gowan
Success in photography: My work has been published in a number of books and catalogued in a number of exhibitions.
Photographic training: Have had several solo and Group exhibitions. I organize annual exhibitions of my students work and encourage them to join professional bodies. I am a City and Guilds Photography tutor for twenty years I hold a B.A. in Fine Art Photography from the University of Derby, UK & a Masters in Interactive Design from the University of Limerick Ireland. I have City Guilds Qualifications in Photography.
My interests outside photography: Travel Reading Attending Professional Photography training Courses and Seminars
Major events: Uncovering all of my latent skills and abilities
Why I like the SWPP: I like their training courses and their membership fees, the magazine is very educational and inspiring as a teaching and training tool.
Tagline: Whatever works for you works for me.
Future plans: To keep enjoying what I do and get well paid for the privilege
Specialist Photographer for:
Wedding photography
Portrait photography
Sport
Commercial images
Landscape photos
Still life photography