Photography & Video


I first gained a love for photography as a member of my local Boys’ Brigade company in the late 1970’s, where one of the Officers taught us about SLR photography and developing and processing black and white negatives and prints. As I progressed through the organisation, I ended up teaching the class that had first fired my imagination.

When I became interested in railways, I first used my Mums’ box brownie camera, then progressed to using my Dads’ 35mm SLR until a tragic day at the 1985 Haymarket Open Day, where I missed the step while climbing out of 47712 “Lady Diana Spencer” and fell a long, long way!! I survived, but the camera didn’t!!

Dad wasn’t happy, but he did eventually buy me a Zenith 35mm “Photosniper” which served me well until I went digital in 1999, first with a Fuji Finepix 2200 compact, then in 2007 with a Canon EOS 400D. You can read full details of the photographic equipment that I use on the equipment used page.

The story has now turned full circle as my youngest daughter now has an interest in digital SLR photography and I acquired a Canon EOS 350D for her, which she now uses frequently.

I have had several photos published in the Railway Herald Magazine and some other publications. You can see a list of published photos and also photos which were accepted but not published in the Published Photos section of the website.