Meet The Team

Meet the dedicated people behind the UK's longest-running digital camera magazine

	Nigel Atherton Editor Nigel studied photography at Plymouth College of Art & Design and the University of Westminster and worked as a professional photographer for over 10 years before joining Amateur Photographer magazine in 1994. He has been a photography journalist ever since, and was appointed editor of What Digital Camera in 2002. He has also written and edited several books on photography. See his pictures at: www.flickr.com/photos/nigelath/
	Phil Hall Deputy Editor Phil graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a Photography BA (Hons) and since then his work has been used by major brands such as Vodafone and Marks & Spencer; featured in a variety of publications, from CAR to Trail; as well as national newspapers. Phil was Digital Photo's Technical Editor before moving to What Digital Camera as Deputy Editor. You can see his images at: www.flickr.com/photos/philhall/ and www.philhallphotos.com
	Mike Lowe Technical Editor Mike became a technology journalist after graduating from Southampton with a Photography BA (Hons). He's written for numerous photographic and technology titles and websites, overseen websites and worked in photographic and retouching studios. Mike looks after WDC's busy reviews section, and when he's not testing the latest cameras he can usually be found lurking on the What Digital Camera site...
	Matt Tuffin Digital Production Editor Matt has been working on photographic titles for the last ten years, and had his images and words printed in numerous national and international publications. With qualifications in photography and filmmaking Matt has assisted in producing a number of multimedia projects, including music videos and short films. Alongside his abilities with the still image Matt is also capable with a camcorder, overseeing the video output for WDC online and interactive editions.

	Paul Nuttall News and Features Paul manages WDC's Features and Techniques sections as well as being the first port of call for readers' contributions to the magazine. Taking regular advantage of the WDC stock cupboard, Paul frustrates his girlfriend by spending most weekends out and about photographing pretty much everything. He especially likes to experiment with new techniques and is our in-house HDR expert. Peruse the fruits of his labours at: www.flickr.com/photos/djsosumi/
	Steve Crabb Art Editor Steve has worked in photography and design for over 20 years. He left Bournemouth and Poole College of Art in 1987 with a diploma in Photography and Design and worked as a photographic assistant and colour printer, before joining ITV as an assistant film editor and cameraman - working on productions such as ITN news and the Ruth Rendell Mysteries. In 1998 he switched careers to become a magazine designer, and joined What Digital Camera in 2002 as Art Editor.
	Jacky Porter Production Editor A keen amateur photographer, Jacky has been a Production Editor and Chief Sub-Editor for more than six years on various magazines, including OK! magazine and Amateur Photographer. She's the 'Chief Whip' on the staff, responsible for making sure the writers all keep to our deadlines (well, she tries!) editing the text, and getting the magazine to the printers on time, to as high a standard as possible. She loves photography and tries to get out to take pictures as much as she can.

	Philip Andrews Image Editing Contributor One of WDC's longest-standing contributors, Philip is a Senior Lecturer, Photography & Digital Imaging, and an Adobe Alpha tester. However, he is best known as one of the world's leading authorities on Adobe Photoshop Elements. He is also a best-selling author of 18 books on Elements and digital imaging. Visit his website at http://www.photoshopelements.net
	Martin Evening Photography and Editing Contributor Photographer, Photoshop Alpha Tester, official Adobe roadshow speaker and lecturer. But perhaps best known as the author of the worldwide, definitive, best-selling series of Photoshop guides, Photoshop for Photographers. Visit his website at http://www.photoshop4photographers.com
	John Freeman Photography Contributor A top professional photographer with a long and impressive client list, John has written more than a dozen glossy photo technique books, selling over a million copies. Prints of his fine art photography are available from his exclusive gallery at London's prestigious Oxo Tower. Visit his website at http://www.johnfreeman-photographer.com

Matt Golowczynski
Technical Contributor
Matt studied photography and worked in photographic retail, before joining the WDC
team as Technnical Writer in 2007. Now at University improving his knowledge even further, he's our regular contributor to the Help section, answering myriad reader queries, as well as continuing with his Matt Explains column. Matt uses a variety of cameras,
both film and digital, and has a passion for black and white
architectural photography, townscapes and portraiture.

Jon Tarrant
Technical Contributor
Former professional photographer and photography journalist, Jon has now put his physics degree to good use by becoming a physics teacher. He contributes technical features to WDC and is our primary lens tester, where his science background comes in very handy. He is the author of eight photography books on topics ranging from portraiture and lighting to Understanding Digital Cameras.

Vincent Oliver
Technical Contributor
Vincent Oliver has been a professional photographer for over 30 years. A member of the Stone (Getty) picture library, for which he supplies original conceptual photography, he uses a variety of image-editing applications and has exhibited his work at art and photo galleries worldwide. In the past few years Vincent has been specialising in digital imaging and contributes technical articles and videos for WDC. He runs the popular www.photo-i.co.uk website and has also expanded into DVD video productions.