I was born by the sea in Hastings in 1970

My father worked for the Foreign Office as a surveyor - my mother, a teacher for a local school

My teens were spent exploring the south coast on a push-bike with dreams of riding the Tour De France one day

After a year racing as an elite for a team in Australia (and my dream over) I headed home to get my education back on track with a place doing art (printmaking and illustration to be precise) at Kingston University

I took my first “proper” pictures in Sofia, Bulgaria, which impressed the examiner enough to give me a degree and got my book in front of Eamonn McCabe at the Guardian who encouraged me to keep going

I spent the next few years cutting my teeth as a studio manager in advertising agencies whilst immersing myself in my newly found passion for photography. Eventually, buoyed up by a healthy economy, I took the handful of pictures I had and said goodbye to the agency, heading out into freelance world of Photography!

No sooner had I made the leap, Getty Images came knocking offering me the post as their “London Creative Photographer”. Naturally the promise of shooting all over the world working alongside some great art directors and all my equipment supplied with a monthly salary on top, swayed my decision to join

I stayed there for 6 years shooting everything from still life to exotic locations, which was an unbelievable opportunity and experience given the little formal training I had. But eventually the drive for self-expression and autonomy won out and I left to set up my own studio from which I work today

I’m now working with some of the best brands and advertising agencies in the World and yes, I’m still riding my bike and dreaming about riding the Tour