I got serious about photography when I was 16. I love being outside and I love the never ending challenge of trying to portray ‘that feeling’, you know, the warm evenings at twilight, the sense of isolation when you have a mountain to yourself, the sound of waves lapping the shore of an empty beach. My images are all about the outdoors and telling a story. To help tell this story I have created a Youtube channel, which has over 590,000 followers and tens of millions of views. It seems I share my values with a lot of other people.
Photography Channel of the Year
In 2025 I was awarded the Content Creator of the Year by Amateur Photographer Magazine. This is a respected publication that’s been around for over a century. This award was made all the more special as it was a ‘reader’s choice’ award. I had no idea that my name had been put forward by so many photographers.
Life Outside of Travel & Photography
I live in the North East of England with my beautiful wife, Charlotte, and Monty the dog. I enjoy most things that can be done in the outdoors. Second to photography, another passion is rock climbing where I partake in 3 disciplines; sport, trad & bouldering. For those interested, I climb to a bouldering grade of f6c-f7a (on a good day), sport 6C and trad E1 lead (on a good day). Needless to say I also enjoy camping, hiking and running. Can you sense a theme?
When I am not lost somewhere in the wilderness I like to spend time with Charlotte and Monty. We travel, eat, watch Only Fools & Horses together, go on long walks and enjoy the bliss of married life.
Career
I went straight from my media degree to a full time job at a large events company. I was a ‘Video Technician’ and travelled all over Europe making corporate videos for various events and campaigns. After 4 years I made the decision to go self-employed as a freelance camera op before focusing more on photography to generate income. I shot weddings, events, products and lifestyle. During this period, I stumbled upon YouTube, which would open the door to a dream career shift.
Youtube
In 2014 I started a Youtube channel. This was purely for fun and was a great method of telling the story behind the image, I wanted to create videos that would inspire others and entertain. I taped my iPhone to a stick and went on a shoot. It took me several videos before I realised the power of Youtube and what it was capable of. I didn’t even know what subscribers were. Over the course of a year my channel improved, my videos improved, I started to understand social media better and began to appreciate the platform more. I now have an amazing following of loyal viewers and hope that in some way I have inspired people to see more, do more and photograph more. Videos have no doubt become a large part of my photography and I am blessed to have such a great audience who seem to care a lot about my journey.