My former husband Brian Morgan, who has died aged 69, was a distinguished cameraman and director of photography. He worked on numerous major network television series such as Robin of Sherwood (1986), Love Hurts (1993, with Zoë Wanamaker and Adam Faith), five series of the popular Wycliffe drama, starring Jack Shepherd, and McCallum, starring John Hannah, for which Brian was nominated for a Bafta in 1996.

A war baby, born in Cardiff, to Edith and Norman, Brian developed a passion for photography after he received a Brownie box camera for his 11th birthday from his parents. He left school at 16 and went to work for Tempest School and Aerial Photographers as an apprentice. At 21, he got a job at the newly created Harlech television company as a camera assistant, working with the talented Tony Impey, who taught him so much about the skills of lighting for film. They worked with the poet John Betjeman on his travelogue series in the 60s.

In the 70s, Brian transferred to the Bristol arm of HTV, where he joined Patrick Dromgoole's "dream drama team" as a lighting cameraman. There he was given his first opportunity to light a network series, working alongside the Onedin Line producer, Peter Graham Scott, on the children's dramas Sky (1975) and Children of the Stones (1977, starring Iain Cuthbertson. Soon he was embarking on major period series such as Kidnapped (1978) and The Master of Ballantrae (1984).

Known as a bit of a risk-taker, Brian was affectionately named the "prince of darkness" by his friends, because he liked to use minimal lighting to create mood and atmosphere. He worked with many talented directors who encouraged this creativity. Robert Young, director on Robin of Sherwood, said he could always rely on Brian to astound and surprise him. It was on this series that Brian earned a nomination from HBO for best photography in a drama series, and he later went on to win a Welsh Bafta in 1996 for his lighting on the arthouse film Wild Justice.

Always up for a challenge, Brian would tackle each script with enthusiasm, whether it would be how to recreate the shipwrecking storms of Cornwall in Jamaica Inn (1983), a nail-biting climax to the horse race in the feature film King of the Wind (1990) or a scene-setter for McCallum which encompassed a murky stretch of the Thames, Hannah driving at 60mph on a motorbike and Big Ben – all at night and in one shot.

Brian retired to Cornwall in 1999 after completing the fifth series of Wycliffe and became landlord of the Old Quay Inn in Devoran. After a few years, he moved to live in Javea in Spain with his new partner, Hedda. She survives him, along with his brother, Robert, and our son, James.