Category Archives: Event Photography

Britsoc Photo Lesson #8 – When your subject is just enough

Technical details; Nikon D700. AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm, f/3.2, ISO 1250 @ 1/20s On a job for a corporate client in Rotterdam just before Christmas we visited the now famous Markthal. With a subject like this you may think it impossible to get a bad shot. You’d be wrong. It was my first time visiting so…

Who are the clients that I work with?

Benjamin Arthur – Clients I remember my old days in the agency. Every credentials presentation we’d have to put together a logo soup of our current clients & brands. I never did one of these for my photography business … until now. And I am so blessed to be able to call every single one…

Remember, Remember – Guy Fawkes Night

In this season of Remembrance we Brits not only are thinking about the fallen in the First World war and all subsequent wars but also, for the 5th November, we remember the Gunpowder plot. Each year now I cover the British Society of Amsterdam’s big night celebrating Guy Fawkes Night. There are sparklers, spectacular fireworks,…

Britsoc Photo Lesson #6 – Absorb your surroundings to construct your shot

 Technical details; Nikon D700. AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm, f/3.2, ISO 3200 @ 1/25th s “St.Paul at the Rijksmuseum” Rembrandt’s masterful self-portrait “Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul” which hangs in the Honor gallery in the Rijksmuseum, became the focus of this shot, which I took during the Pritzker Architecture Prize Dinner over the summer … an event…

British Society in Amsterdam Blind Date Night

One of many fun events that I cover as the official photographer of the British Society in Amsterdam is their Blind Date Night. Whilst not always successful on the romantic front, its always a huge amount of fun for everyone who takes part.

A privileged moment

During the preparations for last week’s Pritzker Architecture Prize ceremony, honoring the extraordinary work of Shigeru Ban I found myself alone, for just a few moments, in the NightWatch Gallery of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. That. Never. Happens! Because I was on an important job of course I had my camera with me so I…

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