L.J. McIntyre, born Lord James Patrick McIntyre (sadly, Lord is not his title) in Zimbabwe. As a child he moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne in the north east of England. He studied psychology at undergraduate level at Leeds Metropolitan University, and criminology at post-graduate level at Northumbria University. In his late twenties he moved to South Korea to teach English and this is where he first discovered his love of photography (he is better known as Jimmy McIntyre among the photography community). He has since gone on to capture much of the world as a travel photographer. In that time he has gained a large online following, taught photography on four continents, appeared in large publications, worked with Nikon, and created software which is used by more than one hundred thousand photographers. Due to his enjoyment of languages, he has learned both Spanish and French, but also forgotten Indonesian. He currently resides back in the north east of England.