Growing up in rural Leicestershire is where this passion for studying animals began. His use of pencil for observing and recording fur and feather was the starting point in training his eye. Photography grew in importance as a creative method and having completing a degree in ecology Mark was set on photography as his chosen path. Primarily a self-taught photographer his training was completed at Central St Martins. Since then he has been profiled by National Geographic USA for his equine work. When Mark is not photographing horses he is working on photo essays of country sports and country life. He lives and works in Cambridge, England.