JAMES SHEPPARD
In his own words:
"I have a love affair with texture and technique. My camera is my eye and my graphics tablet my hand.
"I am a longstanding textural artist and photographer. I spend my days in a professional studio, I spend my nights designing. When I am walking, I am judging the world in F.stops and gradients.
"I live for imaging. I stem from music photography, and portraiture and I understand pressure. I do not tolerate the substandard and do not settle for second best. If a job's worth doing it's worth doing right. In photography, you can't always rewind. If you fail, your mind will remind you.
"I get fascinated by the textures I see on a day to day basis, and armed with both my camera and my instincts I feel like nothing is a challenge - just an opportunity."