I was awarded the Shell Petroleum Photographic Training Scholarship in 1956.

This gave me 9 months with their photographic and public relations divisions assisting in everything from photoshoots, progress photography and darkroom work,  including a lot of colour photography and colour printing.

The studio was superbly equiped with a 10x8 Linhoff monorail camera and all the lighting equipment including studio electronic flash - rare in those days.

I also spent time in their cinema. I was just building my first tape recorder which I took in to play over the cinema sound system. It sounded superb.