Digital Painting by Marne Potgieter

April 20, 2021  •  1 Comment
Recently I received an email, attached was this fantastic digital painting painting of a portrait I shot of a soldier from the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces. The image was one in a series, which won the Portrait Award 2015 Juror's Pick in a LensCulture portrait competition. The talented artist is Marne Potgieter and she has kindly given me...
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Wedding Portfolio

February 07, 2021  •  Leave a Comment
I am happy to announce that my Weddings portfolio is now online. I am based in South Wales near Swansea and cover the UK. Check out the new Wedding Portfolio for more information and pricing.
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I've been featured in the Professional Photography Magazine

November 19, 2016  •  Leave a Comment
Some months ago I was contacted by a feature writer working for the Professional Photography magazine. She was creating a feature on the different ways you can learn photography. The magazine was interested in where my qualification with the Photography Institute had taken me since I qualified around six years ago. It's been quite a ride, my qua...
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Remembrance - Armistice Day 2016

November 11, 2016  •  Leave a Comment
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. " Armistice Day - The First World War officially ended on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day on the eleventh month, 1918. A year later began the act of...
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I won the British Army Photography Competition 2016

November 01, 2016  •  Leave a Comment
This is the third year in a row that I have entered the British Army Photography Competition and I managed to bag 1st prize in the Portrait and Best Overall PR Image categories with my 'Army Boxer' image! I have now won the portrait award two years running after just pipping Rupert Frere to the prize. It's an honour to have the opportunity to...
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Cambrian Patrol and Aberfan

October 23, 2016  •  Leave a Comment
What an amazing and privileged week! Over the past five days I have covered the arduous Cambrian Patrol exercise in Wales, photographing soldiers from the Czech Republic, Australia and the UK, been knee deep in mud on the Sennybridge training area, had a run-in with a group of wild horses, photographed Welsh Assembly Members on a VIP visit, had...
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Kent Beach Portraits, Sierra Leone

October 12, 2016  •  Leave a Comment
Earlier today I was looking through my archives and stumbled upon a set of unedited portraits taken at Kent beach in Sierra Leone whilst deployed on operations fighting Ebola. I was scouting for locations for a shoot and exploring the beautiful country a little. We arrived and made our way to the beach where I met the guys in the photos. Taking th...
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My entries to the Army Photographic Competition 2016

October 01, 2016  •  3 Comments
Here are my entries to this year's Army Photographic Competition, please let me know what you think. (Some are entered more than once) The categories: Portfolio (Consisting of six images - Portrait, Sport, Equipment, Ops & Training, PR, Black & White) 'Tell a Story' (Four images from a single job showing the story) Portrait Soldiering Spo...
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The year in pictures 2015

May 13, 2016  •  Leave a Comment
It’s almost four years since I became one of the small number of Army Photographers and it has flown by. The job has taken me to Afghanistan, seen me as the photographer to the UK Prime Minister at No10 and win the portrait award at the Army Photographic Competition this year. This past 12 month journey I have exercised as a Combat Camera Team p...
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Sierra Leone, Part 2 – Streets & People

April 09, 2015  •  Leave a Comment
Two months in and I feel honoured to be able to visit a country like Sierra Leone. Since I last wrote about the country I have been on the streets more often and met many more people, been given the thumbs up with a cheer and been shouted at for taking photographs as I pass by. Whether it’s a cheer or a disgruntled yell there is always an underlyin...
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