When I was 11 I inherited a broken camera from my godfather but it was a long time before I could start clicking away at life.

I qualified as a clinical psychologist and started my working life counseling prisoners at Johannesburg prison from 1992. My interest was also with visual things and and I joined the Market Photo Workshop at the Market Theatre under David Goldblatt and T.J. Lemon for training in documentary photography. This experience changed my life.

The surprise of finding what things and people will look like photographed gave me a thrill. In 1996 I started photography as a full-time career and am now based in Oudtshoorn, in the Little Karoo. I’m not a fan of the ‘stylized look’ and believe in using that which is available at that moment in time. I value the relationship that develops during wedding photography and take my best photos when interacting in a playful and light-hearted manner. When I’m not working you might see me walking the dogs with my wife Lindie or find me paddling my canoe on any body of water that stretches far enough.