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As a young boy I had an interest in commercial vehicles, but when I obtained my first camera in 1955, I started taking pictures of steam locomotives. By 1963 steam engines had all but gone, so I took up taking photographs of motor racing mostly at British circuits although I did make a trip to the Nurburgring in 1966 and in 1967 I somehow got into drag racing photography. That lasted until 1978 and included a trips to Los Angeles for the Supernationals in 1972 and the Indianapolis for the Nationals in 1975. The 1980s and early '90s saw a complete change from photographing vehicles of all sorts to wildlife in Africa. The late '90s was back in a complete circle to my boyhood love of commercial vehicles which I continue to this day as the webmaster for the Historical Commercial Vehicle Society and as a contributor to the in-house magazine. Although in the digital age I have not been so active, I have visited the Festival of Speed at Goodwood and the Silverstone Classic to keep my hand in at motor sport. I also had the opportunity to go aboard a couple of US Navy aircraft carriers, which fostered another interest to add to the many others. My photographs have appeared in numerous magazines and books over the years connected to motor sport and other subjects. Of course, some of you many remember the shots of girls and the car at the Custom Car Shows at Crystal Palace in the 1970s and '80s which appeared in National Dragster magazine.
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