I have been a photographer for over twenty years. But mainly working for a single company both as a photographer and in other roles, whilst carrying out my own photography. I have therefore been in a lucky position of being able to take plenty of personal work without having to be commercial. Having said that, over the years I have photographed weddings, portraits, made many print sales through a local gallery and published ranges of postcards and greetings cards. In the last year I have been making excellent headway into the process of re-editing images and shooting new work for a new range of cards. It is interesting what one finds that has slipped through the net previously and what works best for the square format of the cards I am designing.

As this process has developed I have been mulling over how my photography has changed and it has occurred to me that I bought my first SLR 30 years ago. A second hand Olympus OM10 when I was 15. I soon moved to Canon with which I have stuck ever since moving through several film cameras and onto digital with the 5D range.

30 from 30: As part of this reflection I have given myself the task of picking 30 photographs from down the years. Roughly, but not exactly, selecting one from each year and seeing how they have formed me as a photographer and how I have developed and improved.