I know it's a cliche to say such thing but I've had an interest in photography for as long as I can remember, specifically I recall setting up a display at Infant's school that explained how the camera worked, carefully illustrated and presented with a box Brownie and a borrowed SLR. It was all down to my cousin who first introduced me to the wonders of the camera and the darkroom, I ended up with his hand-me-downs and soon established a darkroom in my parents attic.

Somehow though I ended up more or less leaving photography behind and art college was taken up with product design which I ended up doing a degree in. Realising that that wasn't for me, and more importantly, realising I wasn't going to be the next Kurt Cobain, I somehow ended up becoming a graphic designer. Slowly photography returned and I found my skills useful for product and site photography, I still do product studio and location work to this day.

It wasn't until September 2006 that I decided landscape photography was for me – little did I know at the time how time consuming this seemingly simple activity would be. At that point I was a keen Lomographer but only really used my 'proper' camera for work – all was about to change!

Unlike most (sane) people I gave up digital in 2007 and 'went film' after a visit to the Joe Cornish gallery in Northallerton convinced me that a large format view camera was the way forward for me. The quality of the 4x5in film blew my digital SLR out of the water, and the slow method of working helped me become more aware of the landscape and how to frame it. I have now partly returned to digital but still prefer the working methods and results from the large format and medium format film cameras.

I live in Sheffield with my ever supportive girlfriend Caryl and Mog and Humph, our less supportive cats. I work as a web/print designer and photographer.