I have always had a talent with regards to media; whether it be radio, video, graphic design or photography. I think the ball started to roll when an old friend photographed a steam train! I hassled my mother for countless months, and it worked, continued determination! It was a 35mm film camera. I was only thirteen when I had this camera, and being unable to drive, it was very tough to photograph what I enjoy most, the countryside, Dartmoor. The 'fad' as it were soon wore off and the camera was hidden away in the cupboard for countless years.

When I was around fifteen years old, I began using photo shop, just messing around in general and seriously thought about using this program to the best of it's ability - in which I learn the program inside out. I then progressed from Photo shop onto Flash, which led me to Fireworks, which led me to In Design and before I knew it, I used the entire Adobe Creative Suite package.

I did in particular enjoy desktop publishing, I found it something I could sit back and be very proud of (when I had completed a design, project, etc). I then became the magazine compiler for my local church magazine. The magazine was a great success. However, there was one problem, I always relied on a friend who wasn't local to photograph the church, etc for use in the magazine. I was quite eager to pick-up from where I left off with my photographic 'fad' a couple of years before hand. Although two things prevented me, one was I'm very picky at quality and didn't like the idea of using my 35mm film camera, to use up the film, get it processed, scan the image, etc - the picture quality by the time the magazine got to print was quite poor. The second thing which prevented me from going full steam ahead with regards to photography was a lack of money to buy myself a digital SLR - oh no, a compact wouldn't do, I wanted an SLR or nothing. I chose nothing.

Two years later, I find myself in full-time employment, passed my driving test and have a good, reliable set of wheels - with a good and reasonable amount of income. From that I decided to buy myself at long last a digital SLR. I started off with a fairly basic DSLR. After a couple of fantastic photographs that I had captured, I decided to start saving for something much more versatile and professional.

And here I am today, I have a good kit, still eager to expand and grow my camera kit. With a nagging mother saying it's stupid how much I'm spending, it's time I made money from it. For me, it's a hobby, I'm in no rush or have an eager desire to make any money...but hey, extra cash would always be nice! :)