For as long as I can remember I have been interested in taking and making pictures - even as a young boy I used to photograph the steam trains in my home town of Bedford.

I served as a Russian linguist in the Royal Navy and travelled throughout the West Indies, Central and South America as well as other less warm places - if I told you what I did I would have to shoot you - but nonetheless my camera was never far away.

After a life on the ocean waves I ventured into Fringe Theatre with the Abacus Theatre Company where we produced shows such as Wagner's Ring Cycle for children at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

I have also spent time in front of the camera appearing in movies such as Royal Flash, Thunderball and The Man with the Golden Gun to name but three.  I also learned my trade working on many television commercials and feature films alongside the likes of David Bailey and Neal Jordan.

Inevitably I became involved with computer animation and worked on a variety of productions including a music promo for the Pet Shop Boys' track Liberation. We took the finished film on tour of the UK in an entertainment simulator which proved to be a huge success.

From here I went on to make CGI films in my own studio for the global theme park market and for this work I won International Awards in the UK and in the United States.

The advent of the digital age was a revelation and a release for me - I was able to visit worlds that previously I could only imagine and it is heartening to know that artists such as David Hockney have embraced the computer as a valid tool in the production of their own work.  In fact what Hockney said about computer art sums up my own point of view precisely:

"Most people thought they knew what 'computer art' looked like, but of course that is like saying they know what 'brush art' looks like.  It is daft.  What did Leonardo use to paint the Mona Lisa?  Well, he used brushes; so if I get a brush I can do that, can I?  No!  A brush, like a computer is merely a tool."