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Ryan Sidebottom, Bowling against Hampshire at the rosebowl

I took up photography in 2004 by accident. I took a digital camera to a music festival where I took pictures of bands and acts that appeared over the course of a weekend and decided to place them on a website and received a number of orders for photos after a few successful years I have manages to photograph at a number of festivals and some of the larger venues in London, and the south east.

it wasn't until a year later when I became interested in cricket after watching the Ashes I started to follow all forms of cricket both on TV and even tried to play a bit. I soon discovered that I was no good with a bat or a ball and thought that thought I would be better off on the boundary with my camera.

Michael Carberry Celebrating his Century against Ireland in the 2009 Friends Provident trophy

Hartley Wintney Cricket Club in Hampshire was My first stop in 2007, and this was simply because they had a small boundary and allowed me to catch the action with the limited zoom that my camera had.  I adopted Hartley as my local ground and spent most weekends taking photos.

I spent most of the summer 2008 on the boundary at Hartley Wintney and slowly moved round towards the club house as my lenses and cameras improved. I was invited to to John Crawley Benefit day where I took photos and met Hampshire's team and special guests Andrew Flintoff, Dominic Cork and Glyne Chapple. my pictures made it in the local press and this is when I decided to concentrate my photography on cricket.

2009 saw a great investment in new equipment, you can still see me at the weekends at Hartley Wintney Cricket Ground, I have since had the opportunity to photograph at Hampshire's Rosebowl and Trent Bridge, and always looking for more cricket opportunities what ever the level. and hopefully one day (soon) I will have a picture published in the national press, who knows it could be England wining the ashes in 2009!!!!!