I retired at the end of 2005 from an academic career at a British University (initially a pharmacologist, evolving through director of studies for biosciences, then dean of health sciences, to become university pro vice-chancellor) and, alongside my present part-time role as chairman of an NHS Trust, I now pursue my passion for wildlife photography. 

I qualified as a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) in November 2006 with a panel consisting of ten landscape and wildlife images.  And, after submission to the RPS Nature board, I was successful in becoming an Associate of the Society in September 2007.   I was elected to a Fellowship of the Society in November 2009.   My FRPS panel consisted of twenty pictures of British birds displaying behaviours typical of their species, photographed within natural habitats.   Each of these panels appears on the subsequent pages (My FRPS Panel, My ARPS Panel and My LRPS Panel) of this website, accompanied where appropraite by a Statement of Intent.  Further information about the Distinctions offered by the RPS can be located at www.rps.org.

Over the last year I have concemtrated on bird photography and I can confirm that obtaining sharp images of rapidly moving birds, hopefully doing something interesting such as chasing or carrying prey, is a challenge!  However, when it works, for example with the diving gannets (see the Shorebirds and Gulls page), it is very rewarding and I would recommend it to you.   I intend to spend most of 2010 concentrating on nature photography in the broad, including bird photography.  However, I also enjoy other branches of photography, such as landscape and people, and provided they are of the appropriate quality, I will occasionally post such pictures on the website.

All the wildlife images on my website were taken in the UK, mostly in places such as Norfolk, the Highlands of Scotland and the Outer Hebrides and I am most grateful to a range of organisations, especially the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and The Wildlife Trusts, for access to their facilities.

As an ex-academic, I continue to be interested in learning and teaching and if I might help in any way with your photography please let me know: I will delighted to help.