Originally I trained as an architect & following graduation practiced for 15 years. Eventually becoming an associate in a firm with a national reputation in the sport & leisure field of architecture.

In my early 30's I began to develop an interest in photography. As a keen walker & back packer I'd started taking record shots of the places I'd visited & on a trip to Yosemite National Park in 1994 things started to get more serious.

I wanted some 'nice' images so my partner lent me a Praktica MTL3 & two lenses (a fact that she has come to thoroughly regret).

Predictably the images I made of Yosemite were poor.

But I'd been bitten by the bug of landscape photography & I wanted to improve.

So with the aid of books & a lot of trial & error I gradually taught myself to make 'better' images.

Over the years I'd become disillusioned with architecture as a creative outlet & my thoughts turned to taking my growing passion for photography further.

However it wasn't until the life changing events of a serious car accident & my 40th birthday that I finally found the courage to leave architecture & follow my dreams.

With the help & support of my partner I started Mark Sadlier Photography & turned professional in 2004.

Please note that all the photographs on this site are copyrighted to Mark Sadlier Photography & may not be used without prior consent.