At the age of 28 Mitch moved to Yorkshire and set up his own graphic design company with his wife, Chris, eventually building up to a staff of 6 working for clients such as Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Richmond College, the Co-op and several holiday companies including Virgin Holidays, for whom the company designed and produced more than 50 brochures over a 12 year period. In the course of producing these brochures Chris and Mitch travelled extensively to Malta, Spain, France, Mallorca and the East and West coasts of America to photograph the various resorts, hotels, villas and local life for inclusion in the brochures.

As a natural extension to the travel photography undertaken for his company, Mitch now spends his time capturing images in the villages and countryside in and around his home town of Canillas de Albaida, Andalucia, Southern Spain.

Chris and Mitch moved to Spain 6 years ago and renovated a townhouse in Canillas in which to live while building a house in the campo just outside the village and moved into Finca Estrellas 2 years ago. A studio and gallery below the pool were incorporated into the plans and this is where Mitch now produces and exhibits his “Painterly Photographs”. These are simply photographs manipulated on the computer to give them the appearance of a painting, Mitch believes that this process gives a photograph an added dimension.The subject matter is mostly around Competa, Archez, Salares and Canillas with occasional forays further afield. Being a musician himself, Mitch is particularly interested in taking photographs of flamenco musicians and dancers which are quite heavily featured in his collection presently on show at the gallery.