My career started with a focus on extreme sports. I would photograph BMX riders, skateboarders, and rollerbladers on a touring show. This meant my training was extremely fast-paced. I learned to predict the perfect moment and capture crisp images of subjects mid-trick.

I also photographed roller skaters for various brands. I worked with athletes, not models, so I learned to take photos of ‘normal’ people while they were moving, and also make them look and feel like models.

I’ve always admired photographers and videographers who began with capturing extreme sports. The world’s best videographer, in my opinion, who filmed the Spider-Man movie, was originally a skater. Some major scenes in the movie were actually filmed on skates.

In short, once you’ve mastered making people look good while doing sports, you’re as competent as you can get.

I captured my first wedding by accident. My weekend job was to take photos of marquees for a large supplier. One day, this company set up a marquee for a wedding. By the time the tent was up, wedding guests were arriving… Somehow, I missed the memo and thought I was responsible for capturing the entire wedding.

Turns out, the couple sent a grateful message to the company I worked for. From then on, I became their events photographer!

Fast forward 10 years (or a little more), and I have photographed hundreds of weddings. I absolutely love them. On a wedding day, everyone is part of one big team, all creating moments to last a lifetime. Often, brides and grooms haven’t been professionally photographed before, so I get to gift them a level-up in confidence. I think this is my favourite part.

I’ve captured enough weddings to know exactly where to place myself, when to run, when to hide, and how to navigate couple shots, as well as herd large numbers of guests. I have a sixth sense of when a smile, a laugh, or a tear is going to come. I focus on my subject, and, like in sport, I know there’s a millisecond to capture the right moment.

I’m also a nerd for editing. No one really sees that bit. But I’m a bit of a geek for Photoshop…

I love the tradition, I love the depth, I love the joy.

I simply love love!