Nature and wildlife photographer, pioneering podcaster, and international workshop leader who is well known for his fine art work in Japan, Antarctica, Iceland, and Africa, among other locations. He worked as a lace engineer in England after high-school, then moved to Japan doing the same job for four years since 1991, before going to college in Japan and graduating at age 30. After moving back to England for three years, he moved back to Tokyo, and worked for a Florida based tech company in Tokyo for 10 years before he incorporated his company and started doing photography full time in 2010.