I established Travel Images Photo Tours in 1991, and am originally a Welsh speaking Brit, having moved to the United States in 1985.

THE QUEST
Photo travel is my passion, and I know just what my clients are seeking in terms of high quality images.  Having guided small groups over all my itineraries multiple times I know where to be at the best time of day. 

I make it all relaxing and fun, and don't hesitate to pass on all that I have learnt over the years. Nothing pleases me more than when clients become friends, and return home with images of a standard they didn't think they could achieve when they set off for the trip.

INTEGRITY
When you sign up for a trip, you're traveling with someone, initially, of whom you know little about. Consequently, my position is one of privilege and responsibility, and what every client undoubtedly seeks is a Guide in whom they can trust in every respect. The basis of this trust deserves the utmost integrity from me at all times, and be reflected in all that I do on each trip. For me, this is also based solidly in spiritual values which is reflected in attitude, care shown, and a general 'can do' disposition.

GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING
I was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, and primarily raised in Warwickshire orphanages where my many photographic odysseys have their roots. My Father thought that this all began on the Rhyl pier in 1964 while on a day trip with the other 20 kids! I had a small plastic camera back then which cost 7s 6d, but eventually I cut my ‘photographic teeth’ in the early 70’s on a Russian Zenith B which was a crude, very crude, Pentax Spotmatic clone of that era.

Involvement as a Group Leader of a Welsh Young Ornithologists group led me into my initial passion of bird photography via the many species that were often nursed back to health and released. This work led to the receiving of a Prince of Wales Award in 1978, and one doesn’t pass up the chance of pointing a lens at an English Prince when he’s chatting with you!

MOVING UP
One Morris Jones had to ‘persuade’ me to join Deudraeth Camera Club in 1979, and this further immersion with my passion soon saw me turning professional. I freelanced for Welsh and English publications, and whoever would buy his work and/or his occasional writing.

The awards flowed within the Welsh and English Photographic Federations, and also at the Welsh National Eisteddfod [a festival of the arts] on a regular basis, plus my work also found recognition in several nationally distributed British photo magazines.

FROM A SINGLE IMAGE TO ‘MULTI-IMAGE’
At about this time I got involved in what the British term as ‘slide-sound’ production. In the U.S. this might be termed as ‘multi-media’ or ‘audio-visual’. Perhaps the more accurate term of ‘multi-image’ goes a little further in conveying the delicacy, deftness, sensitivity, emotion and creativity that goes into my two-projector work. The programs are collectively titled ‘Visual Journeys’, and have been screened frequently throughout the United States as an ‘introduction’ of myself and Travel Images to the photographic fraternity. Go to Camera Clubs for a review of ‘Visual Journeys’.

PHOTO TRAVEL
This distinct style of creating ‘third images’ led to many repeat presentations, and they caught the eye of the Close-up Expeditions owner while I was visiting Idaho in 1984, and for whom I went on to lead many photo trips. Clients soon began to request that I lead customized trips for them, and thus, in 1991 Travel Images was established.

[WHERE] TO BE OR NOT TO BE
After moving to the United States in 1985 I had resided in the mountains of the McCall, Idaho, but the distance to the nearest major airport was a factor that brought about the move to Boise, Idaho in 1998. This coincided with an increase of flights for Travel Images business, and the frequent appearances at various Camera Clubs throughout the nation gave me the feeling of emerging from the photographic wilderness!

Even during this ‘wilderness’ spell, I was published in many British and Canadian magazines, plus the likes of 'Natural History' to 'Farm and Ranch Living' here in the United States. I have written 80 plus photography columns, teach the ‘photographic arts’ at conventions and seminars, and [still] plan on having a ‘coffee table’ book of images on release before I meet my 'Maker'. Just being realistic!

Anyway, my work with 2 projector multi-image programs continue to attract attention, though these days the format is digital. This work is a feature on several Travel Images’ trips too.

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