Who is your inspiration?
The photographer I admire is Patrick Yager who's been doing this for a bit longer than I have and does really come out with some wonderful pictures, really is a very, very good photographer. Going back to when you were saying before about what first got you into the job, it was interesting - I was working on a newspaper and I got sent along to just cover something I knew nothing about. It wasn't even a game it was just to photograph somebody at a particular match. I went down to Canterbury and had to photograph this one person and he was a cricketer and got down there and in those days I was used to photographing football and footballers and various other sports and you're never really made to feel welcome. But I got down to Canterbury and this chap that I had to photograph said right okay now what would you like so I said "sit right like this and that" and some of the other players - they all joined in quiet happily and very jolly, laughing and joking doing pictures with no problems. "Anymore you would like to do" to "do some more" and I'm almost suspicious. Normally they're telling you "right that's it finished now go", but in cricket I thought wow this is great and at the end this chap said "is that it? is there anything else you need to do?" I said "no I'm fine, I'm happy with that; thank you it's great". He said "we're all going out for a drink now would you like to come?" I though wow this is the job i need - this is great. It was Chris Cowdrey and after that I thought wow - I was touched by this.
