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For the second year running I’m delighted to be a panellist on the expedition photography panel at this years “Explore – expedition & fieldwork planning weekend” at the Royal Geographical Society which is always the most exciting event of the year for me.
The event runs 22nd & 23rd November, 2008 and the photography workshop is on Sunday afternoon.
Tom Ang, Who chaired the panel asked us to come up with our personal three golden rules. These are mine aimed at the novice expedition photographer:
1. Make sure your camera is accessible
Its no good if your camera is hidden inside your rucksack, canoe or vehicle. Be prepared that some of the best shots may be when you are most scared or in the worst weather.
2. Don’t get too hung up on kit
Its where you go, how you interact with people, your patience and how you use your camera that makes a good picture. However do backup your digital files and physically protect your camera from dust, moisture and impact.
3. Edit in camera and thematically
With digital its easy to return with too many pictures so edit in camera..before you press the shutter release.
Post-expedition the editing process can tell many stories, choosing themes can help make your editing more distinctive.
I now offer a top quality scanning service based in Oxford. Digital images are scanned at the highest resolution and each image is hand corrected for flaws, dust, scratches, tone, colour and contrast.
Profession Scanning: Price list
Scans from 35mm slides / transparencies: £15 per image
Scans from large format slides / transparencies: £20 per image
Scans from 35 mm negative film strip: £17 per image
Scans from photographic prints: £20 per image
Additional Services:
Postage and Packaging – by recorded special delivery: at cost
Burn to DVD/CD: £4.00 per DVD/CD required
Image retouching and photographic printing service also available.
Please contact me with any questions or to place an order.
An ongoing assignment to provide Pembroke College, Oxford University with images documenting, archaeology, buildings to be demolished, demolitions and construction of a major new addition to the college by architects Berman Guedes Stretton.
The portfolio will be an historical archive for the college as well as a recourse of images for marketing purposes.
“Planning consent has been granted for one of Oxford’s largest and most dramatic college developments of recent times. A glass-sided bridge overflies the ancient City wall and Brewer Street to connect Pembroke College’s main site to five new buildings on a site which also capitalises on the view towards Lutyens’ imposing Campion Hall. At the centre of Berman Guedes Stretton’s design is a large new quad shared between the Lutyens and proposed buildings.”
The photo archive, which will be ongoing during the construction process can be seen here
Photography © Quintin Lake, 2008
