About

I've been a photographer and a railway enthusiast since the age of 10.

Over the years one or the other has taken precedence, helping me bring a fresh, approach to taking pictures of railways.

My earliest memories are of my father taking me to Perth Station to see the last of the A4s on the Aberdeen to Glasgow workings. Even then I had a simple Kodak Instamatic in my hand.

Over the years I moved through a variety of cameras and films, but somehow, despite processing and printing myself, I never was totally happy with the results.

Enter digital SLRs. When Nikon brought out their D100 I took the plunge and bought one of the first into the country. Over four years I took thousands of frames with it and was delighted with the results.

I want more than just a record shot, I want a picture that conveys the emotion of what was going on at the time.

The result is pictures that show more than just trains - they say something more about the point in time when the shutter fired.