I'm twenty-one... and always have been. Rumours that I'm well into my forties are...just rumours.

Also unproven are any claims that I used to model for "Jackie" magazine, as an occasional stand-in while learning the photographer's trade. It was a long time ago, it didn't happen and anyway, all the copies are safe in my loft!

It was a family business; my father, John Dixon, was a well known fashion photographer in the 1950s and, later on, one of the royal press photographers (so he did the occasional wedding). He's always been fascinated by the intricacies of colour reproduction and he's passed that on to me. So much so that I have a scientific degree, a PhD, and I'm the author of several patents about digital printing techniques.

I also modify and improve my digital cameras (a Canon 5D for weddings), adding such refinements as a sound-proof casing to avoid the shutter noise in churches and a attachment that allows me to hold and fire two Canon 300Ds simultaneously for horse trials (the second camera has a much lower shutter speed which gives a wonderful action "blur").

And I've always liked teaching people and helping them out with their cameras. Click here for my other website which has information about repairing Canon digital cameras, particularly the 300D or, if you're a budding wedding photographer yourself, click here for my top ten tips about wedding photography.

Wedding photography is most of my work now, generally in Cambridgeshire. I do a few portraits, and some equine photography, mainly for a friend, Polly Taylor, who owns a top eventer called Little Tiger. Ridden by a young traveller girl called Phoebe Buckley, they were in the news recently, contrasting Phoebe (who completed Badminton) with Zara Phillips (who didn't). 

And I take photographs all the time, because it's fun and to keep in practise. Whatever the subject, I make myself shoot quickly and accurately. It's the only way to stay sharp for weddings. Please, click here to see if I'm available to photograph your wedding.