Thanks for taking the time to look at my images. All of the Kenya pictures were taken in the masai mara on individual safaris, so its pot luck what you came across (which is why its always worth paying a good guide). The Lapland pictures were taken on a week long expedition staying in remote lodges (it was actually my stag-do before I got married) The Borneo ones of the orangutans were taken in a sanctuary for orphaned orangutans - not the main one at Sepilok but a smaller one that was less well known (again my thanks to a local guide) it was interesting because one of the wardens was very taken with my camera equipment and I took the time to show him everything and how it all worked. So after every one had been ushered away he invited us to go and see the mother and baby feeding and we had about an hour on our own. Wonderful experience! I also like the pictures of the young lad which were taken in an Iban village which was only reachable by boat. He had never seen a digital camera before and was puzzled how I got him inside my camera. (he was looking at the screen) after that he used to follow me everywhere and was always wanting his picture taken.

The Maldives and Singapore were taken on my honeymoon.

For the record I shoot on a Canon 1Ds with a variety of lenses (i'm after a couple of bigger prime lenses to aid my wildlife stuff as I'm stuck at 300mm)

I cheated a little on the website - I bought a template which is the index page and then created everything around that. I had to go to college (night school) to learn dreamweaver and then developed it from there. I'm still very much a novice and it probably takes me three times as long to do it or change something but at least I'm in control. Previously I had paid a company to do it and was left very unsatisfied and out of pocket. I've only been doing it since the start of this year so I'm pleased with the progress so far. I have two other sites under development both using flash which are aimed at particular customers of mine. Again I used a template for the bare bones as it saves so much time and have then just altered it to suit me.

I recently stumbled across an Austrian chap who has created the gallery template which enables you to create an on-line ecommerce section. Its tricky to set up but I love the look of it with all the slides. The template only cost about £40 and fits into Breezebrowser (and Jalbum and Iview I think)

I also use a great tool called statcounter which is a free counter which comes with no banner adds or anything. A great way to get statistics to see if people are looking at your pictures. If anyone wants further information let me know and I will happily point you in the right direction.

I did have lots more African pictures - some taken on the summit of Kilimanjaro but I was burgled 2 years ago and as well as all my computers and back-ups which contained all the pictures they cleaned me out of evrything (including two cars!) I cant decide whether to climb it again - especially after a friend of mine summited Mount Everest in June and has pictures to die for.

So much to do and so little time.....

I have been a photographer since I was 19 (I was an apprentice for 4 years until I was 23) and then I set up my own company. I am now 33 and still have my own company - I now employ 4 staff, but still feel as though I'm spread too thinly although I can't afford to take on more staff.

I shoot weddings, portraits and commercial/advertising - anything really that pays the way. I have just finished taking images of a summer school (its the largest in England) which was hard work (I shot 4357 images over 3 weeks AND published them all daily onto my website) http://www.marlboroughphoto.co.uk/06b-Gallery.html which people could then browse and buy. Its the first year of doing it and so far its going quite well. I was also paid a retainer by the college themselves so they can use the pictures for advertising and I teach photography in the mornings (and get paid for that) so overall its worth it. I'm not afraid of hard work if I think it will pay in the end and I love the fact I can speculatively shoot something and then stick it on the website and see what happens.

Anyway I think I have answered most of your questions. Feel free to ask anymore.