A commercial and advertising photographer, Paul embarked on a 2 year MA degree at Nottingham Trent University as a way of examining and pushing his photography a step further.

His resulting final year exhibition has projected him into an almost completely different way of earning a living as a commercial photographer, as well has profoundly changing the type of work he now produces.

So what was that process like and can others follow a similar model?

The SUN Awards recognises and rewards the best commercial photography in the UK regions, working in the disciplines of Advertising, Design, Fashion or Editorial