“This guy is good, and by good I mean he’s a Jedi with a Leica. You could stick him to the cover of National Geographic and throw him over a rainbow. To understand what separates Cole as a man and as a photographer is to understand what makes some men push the envelope. As an International best-selling author of travel and adventure novels and having completed nine months of filming for Nat Geo, I needed to find a photographer capable of thinking well outside the box.

Cole is an avid motorcycle enthusiast and musician; he is a gifted artist as well, so creatively I am in awe of his talent.

Often the best shots you will ever have are the ones when you don’t know you’re being photographed at all. Cole is driven – maniacally professional about everything he does. He uses the best kit available and has the skill sets to find a unique perspective that time and again delivers exactly what I’m after.

Cole is a chameleon, you can stick him in a tux and tell him to work the room or throw his arse off a cliff and tell him to capture the moment. As far as I’m concerned he sets the benchmark; an inherent drive to find perfection figures largely in his value system and frankly I’d rather nail my genitals to a burning building than use another photographer.”

Paul Carter 2017Author of “Don’t Tell mum I Work On The rigs, She Thinks I’m a Pianoplayer in a Whorehouse”