Photography by Jason Parlour

Appearing in the press

Having just spotted these couple of articles on the web today, I thought this would be a good place to share it:
http://www.getreading.co.uk/...top_photography_prize
Unfortunately, there is a bit of a typo, in that I'm not actually going to get work experience out in Seattle as a result of this round of the competition... but it's not the end of the competition yet!

I've also found myself here:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/...-tech-world-cup.html
and here:
http://www.birminghampost.net/...-imagine-cup-final-.../

I'm also off to the Glastonbury Festival this weekend, and will be using this as a further test run for the finals. It should also be an amazing time away, especially as the weather doesn't actually look too bad!

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Clearing out the old to make space for the new

It was with pleasure today I was able to have a great clear out of the number of photos posted on this site, to help bring greater focus to those remaining.

My thanks go to Jo of www.joannahobden.com for her insight on this.. (She's done some pretty amazing artwork by the way.. :) )

Of course should you wish to see a greater number of any of my photo sets, please do feel free to get in contact.

Labels: Joanna Hobden

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"Award Winning Images"

So what's all this about 'award winning images'?

I've been passionate about finding excellent photographers after being introduced to some photos taken by a press photographer David Fleming, for the Sunday Telegraph, back in 2003... there was just 'that something' about them that really captured the moment, the emotion, and the feeling of the day.I'd say this was this photographer who inspired me to really try and have great images for the commercial photos I needed at various times. (Unfortunately his original website no longer exists)

Although I was keen on taking photos whilst out in New Zealand back in 1996, whilst working for a Mount Aspiring College, (an amazing secondary school based in the middle of the Southern Alps in the wonderful village of Wanaka). After my compaxt zoom 35mm camera stopped working in around 1999, it took me until December 2007 to finally make a choice on which digital SLR to buy! It just seemed that everytime I waited a few months, the price would come down, and the quality would go up!

I finally settled on the Cannon EOS 40D, with a really lovely EF series 24-105mm lens. It was a tough choice between that and the Canon EOS 5D, but I'm glad I made the choice. The 6.5 frames per second have been brilliant for capturing action shots of our dog, Mr Bones (as seen in the pets section). And the resolution and aparture settings have just been superb.

So subsequently, whilst chatting to someone over lunch one day a few weeks later, I heard about the Microsoft student competition of the 'imagine cup'.
The challenge was to take a series of up to 10 photos, which enlightened the theme 'Imagine a world where technology enables a greener future'. Thankfully, on the 23rd May 2008, I discovered I'd actually won the UK competition, and am now one of 6 finalists from around the world now competing in the finals in Paris this July! :)

Labels: Canon EOS 40D, Imagine Cup, Jason Parlour, Paris, Winning Images

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Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Appearing in the press

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Clearing out the old to make space for the new

Thursday, 12 June 2008

"Award Winning Images"

So what's all this about 'award winning images'?

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