I began by documenting the 1940s/World War II re-enactment community in Lincolnshire and the resulting portfolio became first a book and then a small exhibition. I was hooked. I followed it up with a two year project investigating the practices and work environments of local artists and crafts people and I steadily honed my ability to move through situations without disturbing the participants whilst still capturing moments of expression. I'd didn't realise it at the time but I was training myself for a career in wedding photojournalism.

The move to full time wedding photography came when I was asked to cover a wedding at a local historic house I had connections with. They wanted images for their literature and the bride was happy to have two photographers document her day. I worked the way I always had, observing, documenting and looking for human interest whilst the main photographer concentrated on line-ups and posed shots. I had tremendous fun and immediately began to think of ways I could repeat the experience, not really considering I could make it my profession.

That was until I met the bride and showed her my images. She was terribly upset with her main photographer, her pictures were flat, boring and uninspiring and she was close to tears. I showed her my work, imaging it would be little compensation for what she had lost in her posed shots, but hoping she might like something. She loved my images and had copies made of all of them, I was surprised, thrilled and well on my way to a new career.

Those images formed the nucleus of a new portfolio that launched me into wedding photojournalism, where I have remained, pushing myself to achieve ever better images and find new perspectives. That first bride (thank you so much Alison!) gave me the confidence to shoot my vision and not follow well worn paths and I feel so lucky that this wonderful career came my way.