About

I’m a severely visually impaired photographer based in the UK. I am registered blind – but I am not completely blind. I lost most of my vision in my early twenties due to pathological short-sightedness and resulting myopic macular degeneration. At the time I got a digital camera mainly to help with practical things – like reading labels or post, by taking photos and zooming in on them. Little did I know that would be the start of something bigger.

Soon, I found myself taking pictures not just to see things more clearly, but because I wanted to. Photos of my pets, flowers, insects – anything that caught my eye (what’s left of it). Nearly thirty years later, I’m still at it.

There’s a saying amongst photographers – “Get your kids into photography and they’ll never have money for drugs.” 🙂 Fortunately I have an enabler for a husband who isn’t against eating beans on toast repeatedly so I can buy camera gear ! His website is here, should you want to hop across and take a look. https://blindmanmakes.co.uk

Nature inspires me. The rhythm of the seasons, the textures, the tiny details. I can’t see much through my own eyes anymore and what vision I do have works only very close to my right eye, but I can see through a shaded viewfinder. Falling light, pollen-heavy stamens, the shimmer of insect wings … they stand out to me like neon signs in the fog. I may not be great at literally seeing the bigger picture, but give me a bee in flight and I’m your woman. What I lack in eyesight I make up for in persistence, technical ability, and not worrying about my throwaway shot to keeper ratio !

I shoot mainly macro, close-up, and landscape work. And I’m drawn to things others might miss – small, quiet, overlooked details.

I’m especially passionate about making access to nature better for disabled people, because as long as we move with respect wild places belong to all of us. My past “proper” work has included disability rights campaigning, co running an access and inclusion charity, accessibility testing, and working with local councils and service providers to improve access for disabled folks.

My photographic work (and my life) has been shaped by two extraordinary guide dogs: Stella, a flirty black flat-coated retriever who retired in 2019 and passed away as a pampered diva who ruled us all in 2022. And Biggie, a pale golden retriever cross, with the soul of a poet, the manners of a saint, and a love for babybel cheese. Biggie was by my side until recently, when he developed an aggressive cancer aged just seven and a half. We let him go at the end of May 2025 and his absence is a raw, constant ache. I miss him every single day.

​While I wait (as of July 2025) – the average waiting time for a guide dog from Guide Dogs UK is around two years- for his successor, I’m stumbling about with a long cane. Badly, I might add – my cane skills have all the grace of a drunken fencing instructor. I also suffer from fibromyalgia so my daily pain levels are quite something to behold. I’m doing my literal best to keep moving forward. Camera in hand, and biscuits on standby.

​I believe that sight loss is not a barrier to visual creativity. As the great Maxi Jazz of Faithless said, ” You don’t need eyes to see, you need vision.”