When I received my first camera from my grandfather at the age of 13, my love of photography began. However, it wasn’t until many years later that I returned to this passion and finally pursued photography as a full time career. Upon leaving school, I followed my other passion of music and began studying to be an audio engineer, while also working in a recording studio. Following this, I spent a lot of time travelling with and working for a number of well-known Australian musicians. In my mid-twenties, things shifted and I held a highly successful career in sales and marketing within the consumer electronics industry. After many years of working in this field, I made a significant career move which led me to work in the media industry. Throughout all of this time, animals always featured in my life. While on a month-long trip to Africa in the summer of 2015, I realised that my lifelong love of animals could translate to something more. The combination of my passions, photography, music and animals, came together in my personal project “Pet Rock”. I was excited about shooting animals as rock stars, with the aim to create the same sense of drama and energy in my photography of animals, as I had also been able to get from live music performances. As I explored this project, it became the inspiration for Tame & Wild Studio.I have had a longstanding relationship with Sydney Dogs & Cats Home as both their volunteer photographer and Ambassador. This experience led me to create the book "Lost But Found" which profiles 40 special dogs that spent time at the Home and documents their adoption stories - some of the tales are confronting, some are devastatingly sad, others are uplifting and joyful, showing the best of dog- and human-kind.My patience and ability to work efficiently in a high-pressure environment is a perfect fit for the field of photography. I am very easy to work with and my work ethic has earned me a lot of respect. I love collaborating with like-minded, creative individuals, and I relish a challenge.