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Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2023

Posted on May 20, 2023 | Leave a comment

It’s been an absolutely delightful week, first with the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards’ ceremony, which took place at BAFTA on Piccadilly in London on May the 16th. This wonderful evening was followed by the exhibition’s opening at the Royal Photographic Society in Bristol, on May the 20th.

*Conversations With Depth. Paris Baguette in Battersea Power Station, London, UK. November 03, 2022. Photo: Edmond Terakopian*. Lumix LX100m2.

I’m thrilled to share that one of my images made it into the finals and received a Highly Commended award. My thanks to the judging panel, the organising team, the sponsors and partners.

*Excited and nervous, ahead of the awards’ ceremony. BAFTA, Piccadilly, London, UK. Self Portrait: Edmond Terakopian*

A short scrapbook video of the evening at the wonderful BAFTA on Piccadilly in London, for the awards’ ceremony.

The selected photograph was taken at a cafe, whilst visiting with a close friend. It illustrates how crucial it is to always have a camera to hand (smartphones don’t count in my opinion). When travelling super light, I always have my smallest camera with me; the very capable Lumix LX100m2, which has a great lens, fast aperture and good sensor, carried in a Bellroy Sling. So, ahead of tucking into the cakes and coffees we had bought, I just had to make a series of photographs, my favourite of which is the awarded recipient above.

As always, I shoot raw. The raw file was processed in Lightroom Classic on a Mac Pro, using a calibrated Eizo CG monitor. The monochrome finishing was done in Exposure Software’s X7.

The Exhibition, Royal Photographic Society, Bristol

The second part of this wonderful week saw the opening of the Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society in Bristol. The exhibition is set to continue until the 11th of June 2023, Monday to Sunday, 10am – 5pm.

*Exhibition opening of the Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year at the Royal Photographic Society at the Paintworks. Bristol, UK. May 20, 2023. Photo: Edmond Terakopian*

*Standing by my photograph at the exhibition opening of the Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year at the Royal Photographic Society at the Paintworks. Bristol, UK. May 20, 2023. Photo: Henry Kenyon*

A short interview video for Pink Lady, at the exhibition opening at the wonderful Royal Photographic Society venue in Paintworks, Bristol, UK.

Shortlisted For Professional Photographer Of The Year 2014

Posted on October 27, 2014 | 2 comments

PPOTY Shortlist

Thrilled to share that one of my images has been shortlisted for the Professional Photographer of the Year 2014 competition.

State visit to Britain by US President Barack Obama. Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron greets the US President Barack Obama, welcoming him to 10 Downing Street. May 25 2011. Photo: ©Edmond Terakopian

It’s a shot from 2011 of US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street. Although a straight forward hand shake picture, the challenges were there (it’s often the simple shots that turn out to be complicated!). We had to arrive many, many hour before the President was due to arrive. Once through the security, we waited I think close to five hours. Naturally the light also started to misbehave. On top of which there were probably easily between 50-60 photographers there (and several TV crews), all crammed together like sardines who even more familiar than normal sardines (read that as proper squashed!). When the image happened, amid the screams of photographers trying to get an eye line from both politicians, the sun came out seconds before, causing a massive shadow where the President was standing and a huge area of massive highlight where the Prime Minister was standing. Thankfully shooting RAW and processing in Aperture (at the time) allowed me to save the highlights and bring out some detail front he shadow areas! This version has been processed in Adobe Lightroom and Alienskin Exposure 6. Not one to shout, I waited patiently hoping for both gents to be looking in my general direction and somehow got lucky enough to have adjusted my exposure in time for when they both looked down my lens, together! The shot was taken on a Canon 5D MkII and Canon 70-200mm f2.8L II IS lens.

Update:

Almost a week on and the results have been announced. Sadly my image didn’t make it onto the winners’ podium this year (having won the street photography award last year). The winners’ images are stunning though and well worth a look. Congratulations to all 🙂

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