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Shortlisted; Black & White Photo Contest by reFocus Awards

Posted on June 1, 2026 | Leave a comment

Very happy to share that one of my photographs has been shortlisted in the Black & White Photo Contest by the judges of the reFocus Awards, in the portrait category. All shortlisted images are automatically entered into the People’s Vote Awards where the public can vote on their favourite images.

People’s Vote Awards; Just One Click!

If you like my portrait of Marco Pierre White, I’d appreciate your vote! Thank you. (There’s no registration required. Just a single click!)

https://refocus-awards.com/people-vote-award/chef-marco-pierre-white

The portrait was made on assignment for the Irish Independent.

This image was shot on a Lumix S1 and Lumix S Pro 24-70mm f2.8 lens. The raw file was processed in LightRoom Classic, on an Apple Mac Studio with calibrated Eizo CG monitors.

So You Want To Be A National Geographic Photographer

Posted on June 27, 2012 | 4 comments

Randy Olson; Adapting To The Assignment

It’s perhaps the dream job for most photographers; to be on assignment for the “Geographic”. It most certainly is one of mine. However, perhaps we don’t fully appreciate the lengths their commissioned photographers go to, to make the amazing images that grace the pages of the magazine.

Photographer Randy Olson shows how a job in Easter Island involved normal photography, astro photography, underwater photography and perhaps the most challenging of all, aerial photography using a kite, an Apple MacBook Air and an Apple iPad.