I am ...

My name is Andrew Brenchley and I am an amateur/aspiring professional photographer. I have over the years, shot professionally on projects for business, nature and weddings, but I have been an enthusiastic photographer since I was a kid - ever since my father put a camera in my hand and showed me the view through the rangefinder. Then he showed me the 'magic' of bringing that 'wind-and-click' into life, on paper, in the darkroom. Wow!

So, as I child I wanted to be a nature photographer and find all the creatures that David Attenborough had shown us on the TV. After learning the basic skills of camera and darkroom use from my father, I had spent most years honing my use of the camera and I recall being extremely pleased if I managed to get 5 or 6 shots from a roll of 36 that I actually really liked!

When in my late teens, I began the 'adventure' of work,, it was then that I also discovered the wonders of travel after meeting a well-travelled New Zealander at work. He is still my best friend and is also a photographer, and in those formative years I discovered many European cities with him on weekends away from our girlfriends! Our cameras and an assortment of lenses also went with us and so began my love of travel photography.