Acknowledgements

I’m an extremely lucky person. I’m a photographer. I get to travel, I get to meet fine people all over the world...but most of all, I get to make pictures.

Photography was a relatively late calling for me, but a calling that I have relished receiving and have thrown myself at with gusto. I am very fortunate to be in a position where I make a living doing exactly the thing I enjoy doing most.

I’m very aware that this chapter of my life has not come about purely of my own making. There is one person in particular who has sacrificed so much, in order for me to achieve my goals: my wife, Gemma. Simply put, without her, this book and almost everything I do now could not have happened. She’s my anchor, and I cannot easily put into words how much her encouragement, love, and support has helped me.

I have become great friends with many people in the photography world, but I must take time to acknowledge some in particular.

My friends at Fujifilm, who continue to make amazing cameras that allow me to get on with my job so easily: Katie Teesdale-Ward, Marc Horner, and Nathan Wake at Fuji UK.

Toshi-san, Kunio-san, Yuto-san, Yuta-san, and the whole Fujifilm team in Tokyo have all been a great help in the creation of this book, and more.

Bert Stephani, who is a great Fujifilm X-series photographer in his own right. His picture is my profile picture for this book, and his help in fine-tuning the technical aspects of the book are greatly appreciated. Grtz, Bert.

Damien Lovegrove is another great photographer and friend who kindly allowed me to use his amazing studio in Bristol for some of the shots used in this book.

It would be remiss of me not to mention the two photographers who inspired and helped me the most on my professional journey as a wedding photographer: Allister Freeman and Neale James are two of the most wonderfully skilled wedding photographers out there, and both great gentlemen.

And briefly, thanks to Zack Arias and David Hobby, who are probably totally unaware that a brief conversation over a drink in Japan helped me make a lot of decisions about my life.

The support and guidance received from the team at Peachpit has been invaluable too. Specifically, I’d like to praise and thank Valerie Witte, Emily Wolman, and Tracey Croom. And thanks also, to the rest of the team behind all the great publications that Peachpit puts out every year.

And finally, to all the faces in this book. Thanks.