I've always had a love for all things historic and mysterious. The older and more enigmatic the better. It allows room for the imagination to breathe. This island has a rich landscape, with hill forts, stone circles, ruined abbeys and ancient barrows confronting the traveller at every turn. In recent years, I've been catching up on a long neglected ambition to visit asmany of these sites as I'm able.

When I first discovered digital photography in 2002, that discovery corresponded with my rekindled passion for Britain's ancient landscape. I was avidly capturing every place I visited on virtual film. The two interests fitted like a glove.

When I was hunting for places to visit on the internet, it struck me how many sites were poorly represented photographically. I was blown away by some of the places I was visiting, quite often unexpectedly - the internet hadn't done justice to the location. This was the main inspiration for this website - to paint a better picture of our heritage, and to thereby encourage people to get out there and see it for themselves.

Some of the early photographs were taken using a basic old 2 megapixel Kodak digital camera. I quickly upgraded to a Kodak DX6490.

It wasn't long before I was pushing the limitations of the compact camera and decided to invest in a digital SLR . Currently, I'm shooting with the Canon 5D - a 35mm equivalent full-frame digital camera. I use the 28-105L as my walk-around lens, switching out to the 17-40L for wide-angle work. I also carry the 70-200L 2.8 lens, but it doesn't get much use for the kind of photography featured on this site. I frequently use polarising filter, and I've also started using a Cokin graduated ND filter - and this has already proved its worth on a couple of occasions. I also carry 580EX II and 430EX flash guns in my bag, which I'm starting to use for illuminating stones at night and in low light.