Favourite food:
Olives
Favourite Film:
Grease/Magnificent Seven
Qualifications:
BA Hons Fine Art
A Bit About Me
Professional organisations:
Elected member of Sports Journalist Association (SJA)- 2008 - present
Elected member of Association of International Sports Photographers (AIPS) 2009 - Present
NUJ member - 2006 - 2022
Associate member of Royal Photographic Society (ARPS) - 2012 - present
Research:
2018 (June) –APHE Conference - Winner of the National teaching award in Photography – Paper given on collaborative student projects
2019 (March) – International guest speaker at the SPE conference in Cleveland, Ohio – Paper given on the gap between education and professional life
2022 – Lead organiser of Symposium: Connecting Creativity and sustainability
2023 – Setting up of Green group at Nottingham College and delivering sustainable goals within the local and wider communities. Designing learning opportunities for 1400 college staff members around NCC28 and NC30 carbon neutral goals.
Teaching:
FdA Photography - Course leader 2013- 2023 Nottingham College
BA(Hons) Photographic Practice - Course leader 2023- present Nottingham College
Guest lectures given at:
Whitecliffe University, Auckland, New Zealand
Karl Hoffer Schule – Karlsruhe, Germany
Nottingham Trent University
Derby University
Leicester College
Industry Experience:
20 years as a sports photographer for:
2012 - 2022 - Shutterstock Photographic Agency
2010 - 2012 - JMPUK
2006 - 2010 - Pinnacle Photographic Agency
2003- 2006 - Derby Evening Telegraph and Nottingham Evening Post
Events covered include:
Olympic Games,
World Athletics Championship
Rugby World Cup
Cricket World Cup
International Football matches
Over 10,000 images printed in National Newspapers, Website, Books and Magazines.
Tv usage on Sky and BBC
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