A quick intro.

That doesn’t quite look like me! Well, maybe at one time.

Anyway, I began my working life as a trainee photographer back in 1972. By 1976, I had worked for several London photographers, including a wedding photography business in Wimbledon, Surrey. I learned a lot in just a few short years, back when photography meant film, chemicals, enlargers, darkrooms, and everything was analogue.

Let me let you in on a secret: I’m colour blind. No, it’s not funny, okay? But I’ll quickly add that despite being colour blind, I became very good at my job. In fact, one company even told me I was the “best colour printer they had ever employed.” Still, the work was a bit monotonous—mostly being stuck in dark rooms with chemicals, which often left me coughing and spluttering, especially in the warmer months.

I still love photography but again, being colour blind is a bit of blessing and an obstacle, a blessing because I love Black and White photography, and takng pictures with an old analogue 35mm Camera. If I had the space I would develop my own prints.

Just in case you’re wondering what happened to my photography career. You know, I don’t know, somewhere along the line I ended up as a trainee manager for WH Smiths only to find out everyone in the place was a trainee manager. It was fun, way more fun than a darkroom!

My next move saw me working for Nikon Cameras in West London when I saw a job for a Packaging Development role. Well, did I fancy a 9 to 5 job, a decent wage, dealing with art studios, photographers, food manufacturers, marketing people, and a lot more besides, that was right up my street. Hello UB McVities. I was back in a world I knew.

If you want to know what happened after that then off you pop to the about me page.

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