London By Moonlight

When I was younger I was in a band, gigging around London.

I wanted to get signed and become successful, and it almost happened when I had a track played on London’s Kiss FM, but sadly it wasn’t meant to be. My late father had always wanted me to get into photography as he was a film photographer, so after my musical journey ended, the photography quickly took over.

When I decided to upgrade to a D-SLR from my compact Nikon Coolpix 995, I held both a Nikon D70 and a Canon EOS 300D to compare them, and the Nikon just felt better in my hand. Most reviews slightly pointed towards the Nikon, too, so that’s what I chose, and I have stuck with Nikon ever since. I absolutely think that kit choice is important. As a Londoner, I love how the city looks at night.

I took these images over several nights to capture its beautiful transformation from day to night. I was photographing at around midnight in Canary

Wharf’s South Dock one night when I spotted that the moon seemed to be almost directly over the O2 arena, so I quickly packed up and rushed to the riverside. Once I’d found a spot where I could see the O2,