It all started with a school trip ...

... which got me hooked on photography. Back in the olden days, photos were taken with SLR cameras (not the digital ones, mind!) and then developed in dark rooms - an art, which is still popular today, but which has rapidly been pushed to the sidelines by digital cameras and smartphones. I'm guilty as charged, when it comes to the latter - and I actually pick a new phone solely for the quality of the in-built camera.

Long story short: Even though I got "sidelined" by my studies, where I discovered my passion and love for the English & Scottish Middle Ages, I've been passionate about photography ever since that school trip to a little Danish island. 

I have been known to drive travel companions, family and friends alike nuts with my incessant need to take pictures of pretty much everything - almost driving my mum to throw my camera into the Arno in Florence.

After moving to the Algarve in November 2019, this passion has reached a new high - and you've probably bumped into me at one of the many beautiful beaches at some point or another, if you can call yourself lucky enough to live here.

I hope you enjoy my pictures. May they be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. May they be windows to a different world (or my view of it) that will brighten up your days - especially in times like these.