Biography
Simply put, I shoot places and people, gobally and locally.
Everyone and everywhere has stories to tell and it is my job to visually tell that story or to produce an image that makes you want to know more about the person or the place.
I am good humoured and keep a cool head under pressure. From years of shooting portraits of rock starts to Royalty, CEO's to members of the mafia I would like to think I have an ability to connect with people from all walks of life.
Photography is thinking smart and problem solving. What to do when you arrive in the Atacama Desert and the location refuses access due to strikes? Or you have men with guns telling you to leave the location you want to shoot in? I am curious about the world and the people.
On a shoot sometimes all I have to worry about is having enough money to feed the meter. On other occasions I have closed down streets, hung out of helicopters, had armed body guards and played golf in St Andrews with an Oscar winning actor. I have been commissioned to shoot in locations as diverse as Greenland to The Seychelles, China to Chile. I have been chased by a full-grown lion in Africa, been saved from drowning and hung off the edge of cliffs to get the best picture.
Out with photography I love screenwriting.
I play tennis now having previously played rugby for London Scottish and in complete contrast I have appeared on stage at the Edinburgh Festival in a several plays.
The picture opposite is ©William Fiennes. It was taken in the Verdon Gorge in France on a shoot for Intelligent Life Magazine. It rained like this all day and we had an absolute ball.