Hi, I'm Clive Williams

I'm based in the south east of London in the UK and have been taking photographs since my Dad gave me a Box Brownie camera when I was about 10 years old. I was also inspired by my Uncle Ted, who had a lovely Rolleiflex and learning how to develop and print my own film in his darkroom occupied a large part of my school holidays.

Over the years I progressed through a dalliance with 8mm movies in my teens, then after a gap of I can't remember how many years whilst I was too busy slaving away in a number of ad agencies (plus the nearby pubs and wine bars!) I fell in love with 35mm and owned a number of Olympus and Nikon cameras, all of which I still have. A Nikon D90 was my introduction to the digital era, which after a couple of years was swapped for a D7200 and then I upgraded to full frame by exchanging it for a D750. Most recently, I added a Nikon Z7ll to my collection and decided that mirrorless technology is definitely the future, and I have just swapped it for the latest Nikon Z8!

I'm not a professional photographer, just an enthusiastic amateur and part time freelance, who's been taking photographs for well over 50 years. Until I got my first DSLR though, if I'm being honest, my efforts were pretty average. But now, having sold my events company a few years ago and having more time on my hands, I want to travel more around the UK and overseas. I am a member of the RPS with an LRPS distinction (Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society). You'll see from the images in my Gallery that wildlife is also way up there for me and you might guess from the banner above, I'm also a petrolhead with a love of Porsche 911s (the blue 997 Turbo in the middle was mine until it was replaced by a Macan 4x4 a few years ago). A tiger safari in Kanha National Park in India in December 2017 gave the opportunity for what I think are some really great images and a stroll around the back streets and markets of Delhi and Mumbai were also fascinating for the street photographer in me.

My gallery is an assortment of my favourite images to date and more will be added as time goes by. In the meantime I'd love to hear what you think. So if you'd like to comment, or give me some constructive criticism, please go to the Contact page and drop me a line. And if I get enough (any?) likes, I might add a sales page, where you will have the opportunity if you want to, to get hold of prints of my work.

But then of course if that happens, I'll have to delete the sentence that says I'm not a professional!!!