Have I ever told you how I learned photography? I used to visit the zoo. After spending far too much money on my first camera, I realised I had better figure out how to use it and the zoo was the perfect location.

Photography has become my most honest form of communication. Creatively, I am able to affect others and encourage them to view our surroundings differently. The process of capturing an image has evolved each time I press the shutter.

There was a time for me when landscape photography was little more than an excuse to spend a week sleeping under the stars in some remote location, far from the masses. I’d search for those moments when the land became harmoniously balanced in the frame. I found I had one objective – to record beauty.

One of my earliest lessons in photography began with a trip to the Perth Airport. Aged no more than 5, I remember sitting on a wall and watching as aircraft launched themselves into the air. These were the days of very little security. At the time, waiting passengers were invited to enjoy the thrill of takeoff from an outdoor garden next to the runway. In fact, had I slipped off the metre high wall I was perched on, I would have found myself along side a boarding plane. How things have changed.