Benedict is a photographer and award-winning journalist, he is former editor of Digital Camera magazine, the UK's best-selling photography magazine (known as Digital Camera World overseas).

Benedict recently founded Brain’s Foto Guides Ltd, with a mission to create beautifully designed and crafted photography location maps and guides.

He has been writing and presenting photography how-to articles and videos for the last decade for titles such as; Amateur Photographer, PhotoPlus, NPhoto, Practical Photoshop and Professional Photography.

He has also had a vibrant and varied career as a professional photographer from a fine art degree in photography and exhibiting prints to working as a cruise ship photographer, running photography workshops and shooting commercial assignments in Miami.