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"Aside from photography and a general love of my natural surroundings (extending from the vastness of our universe through meteorology and vulcanology to the minuteness of microscopy and even the sub-atomic world), which plays a pretty large part in my life, I have a few hobbies that I find rather entertaining and fill my heart with such joy and happiness.

 

The first is singing - I have regularly sung in choirs for around ±14 years now, although more recently (last 2-3 years) I have been unable to attend any locally due to the dissolving of my choir through unforeseen circumstances, and lack of time. I find music, however, plays a vital role in my everyday life and, although I have a very eclectic taste in music, very often I'll play either some classical or soothing music to accompany me whilst either editing images I have taken or with written work to get my creative juices moving - in fact even whilst I write this little piece about myself I am listening to my Spotify playlist De-Stressing Music and feeling very much at peace!

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My second joy is planting flowers and plants, getting stuck in with the potting, repotting, or placing them in the front and back gardens, which again links to my enjoyment with capturing the natural world. The medium of photography allows me time to spend looking, admiring, and analysing what it is I am attempting to save as a physical memory or as an identification of the plant life that I love, and capturing the tiny details, or the vastness of a landscape full of the beauties of nature.

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Last, but by no means, least, is my previous amateur junior and senior athletics career where I was, for a number of years, the Wiltshire Counties and South West Counties champion in both Long and Triple Jump. I competed a few times nationally in various stadia around London and in Birmingham, and internationally in Europe. Additionally, on two occasions I competed in the English Schools Wiltshire Athletics Team where I was given the captaincy of the girl's team in the second year. I have found the discipline and determination that I developed throughout this time in my life has stood me in very good stead in my photography, as this has given me patience and resilience to deal with difficult technical and location issues. 

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I love to travel and explore and, as I continuously evolve and update my website and skills, I will add more images of the spine-tingling locations I have had the privilege of capturing "on film"."