Professional photographer Adrian Dennis

- ready to shoot in all kinds of weather

Adrian has been working as a press photographer for 20 years, always with a passion for photographing sports.

″Similar to sport, the photography is highly competitive. Working for AFP (Agence France-Presse), an international wire service, I'm expected to capture crucial moments in each game or summarize the essence or atmosphere of an event in a fraction of a second. The results are for everyone to see in the following days newspapers. ″

Adrians job consists of not only photographing the event but travelling to the venues and working in all kinds of weather.

″It's important to be comfortable, warm and dry while working. This is where abacus clothing has helped me work since I discovered the brand at a rain-soaked World Athletics Championship in Helsinki in Finland in 2005. If the weather turns bad, I have to be prepared. I am soon to be leaving for the Winter Olympics, I need to fully concentrate on capturing key moments or making nice pictures and not thinking about how cold I feel.

I wear abacus clothes because they work. They're waterproof. It's an added bonus for me they're also light and easy to pack in my luggage. And over the years I've seen the products develop and they are not only functional they look stylish too. The proof: people have asked me what clothes I'm wearing, shouting from the seats in sporting arenas. The Abacus shorts were a big hit at the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. And the light wind-proof jackets drew the attention of fellow photographers while sitting on Centre Court at Wimbledon last year. ″

Adrian started his photography career working for a local newspaper in Wokingham, about 50 km west of London. At 20 years-old he knew this was the job for him. He wanted to work for a daily newspaper and decided to study journalism. He was accepted for a place at The University of Florida, in the US and attained a BSc in journalism, specializing in photojournalism. Adrian studied and worked for 7 years in America including several newspapers, before making his way back to London. After returning, he spent four years freelancing for The Independent newspaper before starting at AFP.

″It's been 10 years now - hard to believe. But as well as covering the day to day news and sport, I have covered various summer and winter Olympics, world athletics championships, cricket and football world cups, several Wimbledon tennis tournaments and many golf Opens. I can recommend it, "I live the life of a millionaire - just without the money!" But it's a hard and highly-competitive road to travel. ″