‘My visible impairment has spurred me on to a images profession’

“If you put your camera out of focus, that’s what it looks like with my left eye,” stated William Hickie.

Despite restricted imaginative and prescient as a consequence of a situation known as amblyopia, the 23‑yr‑outdated stated it has not stopped him from pursuing his dream as an expert photographer.

Mr Hickie, from Tameside, Greater Manchester, has gained a following together with his images of the Peak District and he has lately featured on BBC Countryfile for his work in Derbyshire.

“A camera only has one lens and one sensor, rather than two lenses and one sensor. So only being able to see out of one eye might actually benefit me,” he stated.

Mr Hickie stated his ardour for images began when he was 14.

“I’m not too sure what actually sparked the interest,” he stated.

“I’ve always been creative and I’ve always loved the outdoors, so I think when I picked up the camera, it just kind of put them both together and something happened. I enjoyed it, and that was it.”

Mr Hickie was identified with a lazy eye when he was a toddler and was given eye patches to attempt to right his imaginative and prescient.

He stated: “I had to use patches over my strong eye, but because I couldn’t see where I was going, I just used to rip them off all the time.

“We tried eye drops to repair it, then we tried glasses, however I took them off on a regular basis.”

Mr Hickie added because his eyesight was not “mounted” as a child, his brain has started to “ignore” his left eye completely.

“It [my eyesight] transitioned to one thing known as amblyopia, which is a neurodevelopmental difficulty, the place your mind simply begins to disregard your eye, which implies I’m just about solely seeing out of my proper eye.”

As well as having amblyopia, Mr Hickie said he also has a type of colour blindness called deuteranopia.

Mr Hickie said colours such as green, brown, pink and grey are all “mushy”.

“In between a gradient, most individuals can see all of the completely different shades of colors,” he added.

“Whereas for me, within the centre, that is only one block of color, all of it seems the identical.

“So it’s just like the distinct shades between each colour, they’re just not there.”

Mr Hickie stated his color blindness doesn’t have an effect on his work.

But he firmly believes his visible impairment is without doubt one of the principal motivations behind pursuing a images profession so he might show himself “worthy”.

After taking 1000’s of pictures within the Peak District, Mr Hickie stated his picture of a stag inside Froggatt Woods, close to Calver, gained the eye of BBC Countryfile.

“Photography now has pretty much totally consumed my life, in a good way,” he stated.

“Landscape photography gives me the opportunity to get out of the house, go for a nice walk and enjoy nature and being outside. I think it’s just a really good thing to do.

Mr Hickie is now urging people to not let anything get in the way of people chasing their dreams.

“If there’s something you are actually captivated with and somebody tries to take you off the trail, simply keep on,” he stated.