He has been published in numerous books and magazines and regularly works for the National Geographic, The BBC, The Tate, The Forestry Commission and more.....
Unlike many other well known photographers, he has no formal training and no degree. Rather, he has been essentially self taught, learning his craft by trial and error. It is his sheer dogged determination and his love of all things natural that has driven him to succeed.
I have been particularly looking at his pictures of flowers and it is interesting to note that his floral photography only really took off when he purchased his Macro lens. The range of colours and the textures that close up photography opened up, changed his view. This element really opened up his mind to the smaller things in life and since then he has been a prolific taker of macro images.
This is a delicate image with two small flowers surrounded by a bed of green. You cannot help but be drawn to the flowers as they are the real contrast in the image.
I love the colour in this image, which is a riot of many shades of purple.
The clarity with which he has taken this crocus really makes it stand out from the background, even though it is very much within a complimentary colour range.
Gold on gold - this daffodil almost bleeds into the background. Yet again though, a very well set aperture completely blurs out the background, leaving the detail in the areas of specific interest.
How close can you get?
I believe that the interest point of this image is the yellow part of the petal. It is however, not the section that is in focus. The actual focal point seems to be just to the edge of the yellow on the right third segment of the image.
You are drawn to focus on this and then, with the lines in the flower exaggerating the effect, you are drawn to the yellow centre of the petal.
I absolutely love the way that this flower looks like it has been 'stick' on a backdrop!
Simlar to the above image, this flower is so clear compared to the background, that it almost looks like it has bee superimposed onto the backdrop!
Rich, red, and luscious.
This picture has everything going for it. It could almost be a berry falling into a bowl of 'not set' red jelly or something.
The harshness of the stamens is in complete contrast to the softness that he has managed to achieve with the petals.
A more simple image, this photograph works because of the contrast between the bright red flower and the pale greens in the background.
The colours in the back of this pitcure is what makes this work so well. Just a simple, delicate, yellow flower against a mess of purplues and blues. Had the background been green, as with the previous photograph, then this would definitely not have worked anywhere near as well.
Yet again, perfect clarity in the flower vs a blurred out background, creates a superb contrast.
The way that this flower droops from left to right allows your eye to flow thoughout the image.
It is not especially bright and there are no massive shadows in the image, but this has enable him nto to 'blow out' the white in the petals.
With just two colours he has created a great image that keeps you looking.
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