Born and raised in Clackmannanshire, I’m still here now. I love the hills and the fields and the winding roads between villages.
When I was young my dad gave me his old camera, it was nothing fancy, but I would take it out with me, making photographs of my friends and our family dog, Flash. I feel a need to record things. Memories. Moments. It’s a part of me, and photography facilitates that. It’s a good job I love it too.
My passion is making photographs of people. Helping to tell their stories. I have always adored my camera, but shyness held me back. Stubborn-ness is also a trait of mines though and one day I decided that I would learn portrait photography and eventually start my own business. Following that decision, I began photographing hundreds of locals in my little studio that I, daily, put up and down in my kitchen. Aside from that I also photographed on location, weddings and events as well as working freelance for the local paper and various organisations along the way. I am very proud of my self-taught beginnings, spending hours working out what I was doing wrong because I was determined to learn from it. Eventually I went to college thinking it would be a chance to earn a certificate and make connections, but it turned out to be so much more, and was just as much the making of me as my self-taught beginnings. I went on to study for my degree and then my path led me to teaching photography and media at the same college I was taught. I've been teaching since January 2018 and have since earned my teaching qualification for further education.
When I was young my dad gave me his old camera, it was nothing fancy, but I would take it out with me, making photographs of my friends and our family dog, Flash. I feel a need to record things. Memories. Moments. It’s a part of me, and photography facilitates that. It’s a good job I love it too.
My passion is making photographs of people. Helping to tell their stories. I have always adored my camera, but shyness held me back. Stubborn-ness is also a trait of mines though and one day I decided that I would learn portrait photography and eventually start my own business. Following that decision, I began photographing hundreds of locals in my little studio that I, daily, put up and down in my kitchen. Aside from that I also photographed on location, weddings and events as well as working freelance for the local paper and various organisations along the way. I am very proud of my self-taught beginnings, spending hours working out what I was doing wrong because I was determined to learn from it. Eventually I went to college thinking it would be a chance to earn a certificate and make connections, but it turned out to be so much more, and was just as much the making of me as my self-taught beginnings. I went on to study for my degree and then my path led me to teaching photography and media at the same college I was taught. I've been teaching since January 2018 and have since earned my teaching qualification for further education.
2019
Published on The British Journal of Photography website.
2017
Exhibited in the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London in 2017.
Finalist in the Association of Photographers open photography awards 2017.
2016
Exhibited in Sterling Mills, Tillicoultry.
Published on The British Journal of Photography website.
2017
Exhibited in the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London in 2017.
Finalist in the Association of Photographers open photography awards 2017.
2016
Exhibited in Sterling Mills, Tillicoultry.
