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Happy Christmas Holidays

Posted on December 18, 2012 | 2 comments

My Festive Dance, Gangnam Style!

Wishing you all a lovely Christmas Holiday and a fabulously great new year!!

On assignment at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore.

On assignment at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore.

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Canon & Apple To The Rescue

Posted on December 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

Helping Out Photographers

Recession. Photography market devaluation. Lack of commissions. Extortionate equipment prices. Sound familiar? It’s the market for the majority of professional photographers. Things have become so bad in some segments of the market, that the money made from a picture sale sometimes doesn’t even cover the money spent on parking!

One of the problems as I mentioned is also extortionate equipment prices. Professional grade digital cameras and the pro lenses have just multiplied in cost to often ridiculous levels, with most pros bewildered as to how they are going to upgrade the tools of their trade.

There is some good news though on this front.

Canon 1DX. Photo: ©Edmond Terakopian

Canon 1DX. Photo: ©Edmond Terakopian

Canon

For those needing to get Canon’s amazing flagship camera, the Canon 1DX, there is some good news. As long as you buy the 1DX with one of Canon’s ‘L’ lenses, you can take advantage of 24 months interest free credit. No big deposit either; the cost is just spread over 24 months (interest free deal ends on January 31st, 2013). Personally I’ve found this deal extremely helpful and it allowed me to get a 1DX and upgrade my 70-200mm f2.8L IS to the new MkII version (saving £160 witht he cashback on the lens!), from the fabulous folks at Fixation. There’s even more good news; Canon are offering cash back on some of the ‘L’ lenses, and I managed to save some money too (offer until January 24th, 2013).

Apple

Apple are very helpfully also offering interest free credit, this time over 10 months. So if your MacBook Pro’s looking a little worse for wear and you need a Retina display, spreading the cost will probably be helpful!

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Steve McCurry Shoots The Pirelli Calendar

Posted on December 1, 2012 | 6 comments

Behind The Scenes Video

Steve McCurry is definitely one of my favourite photojournalists and an absolute master of his art. I was a little surprised to hear he shot the Pirelli Calendar for 2013, but watching this behind the scenes video makes the whole thing make sense! He shot it very much in his way and I love the concept of taking it away from the traditional nudes and making more about these amazing women featured. The style of images as one would expect are different too. Beautifully posed models, lit in some cases by LED lights, but juxtaposed against real surroundings, with elements of street photography and teh natural world around them.

Below is the short version of the video:

The photographs can be viewed HERE.

There is also a full length behind the scenes video too:

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Finalist In TPOTY

Posted on November 8, 2012 | 8 comments

Image Chosen As A Finalist In Travel Photographer Of The Year 2012

Hugely delighted to share that an image of mine has been chosen as a finalist in the One Shot, Single Image category of TPOTY, with the theme of ‘Water’.

A heavy downpour of rain soaks pedestrians as they pass an illuminated advertising sign saying “Love Your Job”. Hammersmith, London. January 14, 2011. Photo: ©Edmond Terakopian

The judging will take place at the end of November, so fingers crossed!

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Finalist In The Picture Editors Guild Awards

Posted on November 8, 2012 | 2 comments

The UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards 2012; Photo Essay category

Delighted to share some good news. A reportage I shot at the amazing Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, to highlight the conditions the hospital has to work in and help raise awareness and hopefully funds, has been selected by the UK Picture Editors Guild as a finalist in this year’s competition.

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The 20 images have been selected as a finalist in the Photo Essay category of the awards and the winners will be announced tonight at the awards dinner this evening. The photo essay is one of six selected essays submitted by press photographers from around the country, covering national and international stories. Fingers crossed!

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The Yasmin Parsons Print Auction

Posted on November 7, 2012 | Leave a comment

Print Auction In Aid Of Great Ormond Street Hospital

Edmond Terakopian, Richard Chambury and Kelvin Bruce during Yasmin’s Print Auction, Thursday October 11, 2012 Photo by Andrew Parsons / i-Images

On the 11th of October a group of press photographers got together to help out their friends and colleagues when it was found their two year old daughter Yasmin had been diagnosed with Leukaemia.

Karen and Andrew Parsons have set up a blog, Our Life With Leukaemia, sharing the pain of finding out their daughter is ill and charting the voyage the family has been put on. They also started a Just Giving page to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) where little Yasmin is being treated.

Kelvin Bruce and Richard Chambury show a set of images by Brian Rasic. Yasmin’s Print Auction, Thursday October 11, 2012 Photo by Andrew Parsons / i-Images

Photographers Eddie Mulholland and Kelvin Bruce had the idea of organising a print auction to help raise funds for GOSH. Photographers donated prints and images to be auctioned, the majority being printed by Alex McNaughton on Epson equipment.

Eddie Mulholland works the room during Yasmin’s Print Auction, Thursday October 11, 2012 Photo by Andrew Parsons / i-Images

There were many notable images donated for this auction, with the highlight being a signed and stamped print of a dust storm in Lesotho by Ian Berry from Magnum Photos.

A raffle was also organised and huge thanks go to all who generously donated prizes for this. Cameras were donated by Fuji, Leica, Nikon and Olympus and Calumet donated accessories and sensor clean prizes. The raffle alone raised £1350.00 for GOSH.

An A1 Giclee print of an image, Love Your Job by Edmond Terakopian is shown around the room by Kelvin Bruce. Yasmin’s Print Auction, Thursday October 11, 2012 Photo by Andrew Parsons / i-Images

I’m very proud to say that the grand total, including the raffle, raised on the night for GOSH by press photographers bidding on each others work came to £10,785.00.

We all wish you well Yasmin 🙂

Photographers view the prints on auction. Yasmin’s Print Auction, Thursday October 11, 2012 Photo by Andrew Parsons / i-Images

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