I never wanted to be a photographer. As a child, I wanted to be a spaceman. I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon with envy, wand I sang along to The Police, who were also “walking on the moon” although, in their case, they were in love and weak at the knees.
I recognised that same feeling years later when I first encountered the work of great photographers such as Snowdon, Ansel Adams and Terry O’Neill. Their images intrigued me.
I bought my first camera in 1977, and somewhere along the way I realised photography was something I loved, something I was good at, and, most importantly, something through which I could create images that I liked. Not necessarily images that were marketable or profitable, simply images that meant something to me.
So photography became mine. Mine alone. A hobby, not a career.
Today, I still go out with a camera and photograph the things that catch my eye. I don’t take pictures because I have to, or because someone needs to buy them. I take them because I want to.
There are no deadlines, no clients, no bills riding on the next shot. Just me, a camera, and the freedom to photograph what I like. And that makes photography my happy place.
You can’t put a price on that.
That said all images can be purchased, not for profit but for charity. (See Below)