BIO

 

I was born in Derby, England. I have very fond memories of living in England in the 70′s. I remember playing on the streets with my mates except on Sundays, well not all Sunday’s. See, on some Sundays the streets were jammed with parked cars because Derby’s football team was playing at home. Back in day, Derby actually had a competitive team playing at the top of their league. Well, hopefully one day they can recapture that glory.

When I was four, my parents decided to start all over again in Toronto, Canada. I remember when we first moved to Canada, we were staying with friends. Eventually we got our own place and few years later my parents bought their first house. I remember my first barbecue that summer. The sun was shining, everyone was smiling and I was stuffing my face with barbecue chicken. Still love barbecues till this day.

I was very energetic in my early teens and participated in sports. I use to play ice hockey in the winter and soccer in the summer. Yes, I said soccer. Also, I was into karate and participated in tournaments. Unfortunately, once I got to high school I learned about partying and the sport activities went bye bye. While in high school I was never really into photography, even though I use to mess around with my dad’s Nikon FE.  I wasn’t one of these photo geeks running around school taking pictures for the yearbook. No, that wasn’t me.  I was more into art and dramatic arts. After graduating high school, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do until I met photographer who was moving to the Bahamas to make a living at what he loved to do, photography. That’s when it hit me. I WAS GONNA BE A PHOTOGRAPHER!!!

When I first enrolled at the faculty of arts at Humber College, I lasted only five weeks. Yes five weeks, man I was out by thanksgiving. I remember the look on my dad’s face when he found out. Even though he lost a lot money for my photo course, he told me straight “time to find a job” and that’s what I did. After 2 years of working odd jobs, I decided to take another shot at the photography course at Humber College. After graduating I decided to assist professional commercial photographers until I eventually started shooting for my own clients.

At the turn of the century, year 2000 I needed a change of environment, London was calling. Don’t get me wrong, I loved growing up in Canada and would do it all over again but London was were I wanted to be and London is were I am now. Since moving to the Big Smoke, my style (photography) has totally changed for the better. I also am directing now and will be working on more music videos and commercials. Filming is also in the cards for me and I will be pursuing this next phase in my career with the same dedication and determination that I have accomplished with photography.