‘Who likes talking about themselves?’

As I get older, greyer & make strange noises when I bend down to pick things up, I find that I do not like talking about myself ….not even in the slightest ha ha.

My name is Lee & I am originally from Dumfries (SW Scotland). I have just served 22 years in the Royal Air Force as a chef/logistics manager before deciding to hang up my apron & come out into the big bad world known as civviee street & get a real job doing something that I adore - taking photographs. However I do still love food!! but dosent everyone?

When I look back at my little boring life, I have really been taking photographs since I was a wee boy, usually on the old Kodak Cameras, point & shoot!!! then I would hurry to Boots & wait at the kiosk in anticipation for the photos to be slowly developed. I knew way back then that photos were absolutely priceless as they have the ability to freeze a moment in time that can never be repeated - the emotional connection to a time & place - like a song or familiar smell. It triggers something in us that takes us back to the moment & the feeling accosted with that moment.

I have only been a professional photographer since 2022 when as part of my resettlement into civilian life I took a weddings & portrait photography course & completely fell in love with the whole process - I finished the course, bought my first professional camera & boom…..i’m here now writing about it to you.

I live in Darlington with my fiancee Ashlea & have three Dachshunds Woody, Buzz & Bonnie. I have a daughter called Lacey who is 11 (going on 16) at the time of writing this, I love guitar, music, marvels movies & the colour blue. My fav food ever is fillet steak & I tell the worst dad jokes ever!!! I don’t really dislike anything apart from the last season of Game of Thrones….like what were the writers thinking.

Any way thanks for reading this very boring Bio & I really hope that I get to speak to you soon. x