Photography is one of my great loves and I’ve always been dubious about turning it into a “commercial endeavour”. As a result, I’ve never gone out with my camera and said, ah, this is a picture that will sell. I’ve just taken pictures that I love and would be happy to have hanging in my own home. Through the years I’ve had quite a few folk telling me I should sell some of my pictures. Nobody ever willing to put their hands in their pockets of course!!
So why now? Well, all a bit of an accident really. I was in Australia recently, Melbourne to be more precise and we went to an art gallery which just happened to have a fantastic photography exhibition. It really inspired me to do something with my own photography. It’s such a waste having all these great shots just sitting on my laptop. Other people should get to see them and hopefully experience some of the joy I had while taking them. They don’t even have to buy them, just admire, absorb, worship…ahem!
My two main interests are plant life and animals. I have two cats and I absolutely adore them. I’d often considered becoming a musician photographer. The hard work is essentially done. They are the star, you’re just lining them up and taking a shot. I feel exactly the same way about cats. My job is to catch their personality at its absolute best but like musicians, they’re not always willing to play on cue! As for plant life, well, it’s just amazing. You have this beautiful thing seen from afar and then you get up close and see all those little details and it’s like a whole other world right at your fingertips!
The prices for my work will be subject to the exhibition, location, overheads etc etc. All very boring. As such, they will be listed on the individual exhibition pages. Not all my work is for sale so if you see something that you’re interested in that isn’t listed with a price, just drop me an email (drew[@]ironthumb[.]co[.]uk) and I’ll see what I can do.
Keep checking back in the next few weeks as I put together my full portfolio of images I’m either planning on selling or just happy to show off here. For now though, enjoy my Exhibitions