Photography is a competitive game. Perhaps more now, than ever. With the advent of smartphones and the continual leaps that technology makes, almost everyone now has access to a decent camera capable of taking high quality photos, right in their pocket. The growth of social media and especially instagram has fuelled a photography flux over the past decade or so, encouraging everyone to document their lives. This is an amazing opportunity for a lot of people but it comes with it’s challenges for those seeking to build a career out of the craft.

A couple of weeks ago I drove out to Sexten, a picturesque village the lies in the shadow of one of the worlds most famous mountain ranges. The towering '“Cime” of the dolomites are perhaps some of the most photographed mountains in the world, and rightly so.