Ant is a nickname derived from the name Anthony when he was studying at a traditional English boarding school. He picked up photography then using a Minolta XG2 SLR given to him by his elder brother back in the early 1980s. Later, as he read Architecture in London, he started using the Nikon system when he took a part time job as an assistant to a commercial wedding photographer. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in 1986. He came back to his place of birth, Hong Kong, in 1992 after spending some 20 years in England.

Bachelor of Arts (Hons), University of Westminster, London, England, U.K.
Member of the Royal Photographic Society (no.00060620)
Member of the Photographic Society of America (no.093119)
Member of the Photographic Society of Hong Kong (no.2392)
Member of the United Artist Photographic Association (no.B0373)
Member of the HK Photographer.com
Member of the Photo-On-Net Society (Hong Kong)
Member of the International Freelance Photographers Organization (no.56560YEU)
Registered Photographer to the American Image Press