Sharon Stiles - I was born in Bristol and never got round to leaving. I was given my first camera at the age of 7. A camera club started up at my school and I was locked away in the darkroom at every available moment. Watching a print appear in the developer still fascinates me. I did an Art Foundation Course and a two year Audio Visual Course and then I discovered video editing. Through work experience I met someone who let me loose on his company's editing suite so I abandoned photography. After four years in editing a colleague and I set up our own company, but I soon rediscovered my camera and the joy of taking photographs. I left the company some time ago to concentrate on new projects. Most of my photography is colour, although my photographs tend to have a monochromatic bias to them. My favourite subjects are natural ones, such as landscapes and plants, but the shapes and textures of architecture also fascinate me. I think the light is the most important factor.....
....There are special moments when the light is right and the view looks perfect. When you can capture that it makes all the waiting, walking and failed photographs worthwhile.
