I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot.

Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.

Currently I am working on another three books, doing a lot of magazine work, am shooting for fifteen stock agencies, plus my own photo library - all this keeps me quite busy!

All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.

I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective.