As a child of the mid 70's growing up in Manchester I was always fascinated with the old camera to be found under my dads jumpers in the top of his wardrobe.

I have no clue what type or make it was but I liked how it felt in my hand.

As a teenager we always had a 110 camera and some flash cubes, why our parents felt it important for me and my sister to have these cameras I don't know but I will never complain.

After several point and shoots that went out of date so quickly I decided to stick to my mobile phone until such time I can afford a nice body and a set of lenses.

Today I live in St Helens with my wife and I like to upload my photos to stock photography agencies, it's never going to replace my primary income but its something I enjoy doing and use the money I make to buy accessories to allow me to do even more.