Ever since I was a little boy, growing up in Melbourne Australia, I have had a keen (perhaps obsessive) interest in wildlife. My mother tells me that I wanted her to take me to the zoo virtually every weekend back then. And when I was at home doing indoor activities, I was drawing pictures of animals and doing jigsaw puzzles of them too! As a kid I even chose the Richmond Tigers as my football team - because they were the tigers! This interest in wildlife and nature has continued long into my adult life. The interest in photography came a bit later, but it fitted in neatly with the other things I enjoy doing, such as being in nature and travelling.