I’ve been a professional photographer for over 30 years. The first 15, working in a newspaper and later in an advertising studio shooting company reports, brochures and above-the-line advertising. Following that I co-directed Slidefile, a stock photo agency, where apart from the usual managerial duties, I liaised with photographers and edited thousands of their images in my role as picture editor. During those years I continued to shoot a substantial amount of stock photography for the agency – when I was let out – for use in calendars, magazines and books.

I established a specialist Irish agency, but sold it a couple of years ago after coming to the conclusion that a small, one-person agency was no longer viable in an age of on-line stock. However, as part of the deal, the sale included my entire photographic archive up to 2007. It’s taken a little while to build up my new archive.

I have been running residential photographic workshops for novice and advanced photographers on the Copper Coast in Ireland’s County Waterford; working on assignment for a few clients; and shooting stock imagery which that I’m selling through international agencies…

Ireland photoblog – Minimalistics