A Brief History

After studying for a PhD in Geochemistry at Newcastle University, the career pathway before me was not exactly what I’d hoped for, and so academic disillusionment led to playing on the internet. That led to running my own company, Loquax, and blogging!Internet Guru

This site started life as One Little Duck (OLD), an affiliate blog that won the bigmouthmedia blogging excellence award in 2009 and A4U best affiliate blog in 2010. Everyone got bored of affiliates blogging so I started a photography website, Croeso Photography which then became the easier to spell Tog.co.uk. Tog.co.uk was sold for a nice profit, this site was launched and OLD merged into it.

What Is On This Site?

My first digital camera was a Sony A200 which I received as a Christmas gift from a company that partnered with Loquax. In the early days Sony wasn’t the brand of choice for many photographers, but I’ve stuck with them. Today I shoot with an A1 plus an A9 as back-up.Sony Fanboy

By 2020 most of the old affiliate content was removed and I started trying to develop this site into something resembling a photo gallery and blog. The images you’ll find here are a real mix of subjects. From pets through to local sunsets, water droplets and wildlife of the world, and of course Lego. Yes Lego! I am an AFOL and do find shooting Lego offers some options for creativity. Don’t knock until you’ve tried it. Some images are for sale and you’re more than welcome to enquire about making a purchase.

An Infrequent Blogger

Although I don’t blog that often, a post about So Cameras helped connect with other photographers who had had problems with the company. The blog helped advise people how to get their money back from them.Consumer Champion

Each and every year I make a resolution to try and add more content to the site. It doesn’t happen! All good intentions rapidly diminish as soon as the Christmas decorations get boxed back up. The blog will remain and occasionally I may add to it, but it’s good to acknowledge that updates will be infrequent. As of September 2025 I’ve started a process of improving the overall content of the site so maybe that’ll inspire me to start writing again.

From Wildlife To Sports

I’ve been lucky enough to go on a number of wildlife photography trips to photography birds, bears, whales and elephants. Locations including Greece, Slovenia, Spain, Alaska, South Africa, The Netherlands and Skomer Island.International Jetsetter

Ages back I’d have loved to have become a full-time wildlife photographer but over recent years I’ve moved on from wildlife and cover sports. I mainly cover football although I have done rugby and motorsports. For the last few years I’ve been the official photographer for Evans and Williams FC (Albies). I started off with a couple of first team games but not try and feature all sides within the club. My images are used in the match day programme plus across social media images too.

Going Forward

My main focus is Evans & Williams FC but I can cover other teams and matches if I have availability. I have FAW accreditation for JD Cymru and Adran Leagues for the 25/26 season.Sports Photographer

The aim of this site now is to showcase the photos I’m taking and hopefully stay a bit more up to date. I’ve been photographing Albies since 2021 but haven’t updated content on here. Away from football I’ve also taken photos whilst away in Rome, Lisbon and Prague plus have some cool shots from Pembrey MX which have never been shown here. As mentioned above there won’t be a lot of blogging going but never say never (again).