My first official front page photo credit, showing the Superkids Group Shot in the main banner of the Sheffield Star, in the December 15, 2015 print edition: The awards ceremony took place at the Magna Science Centre, Rotherham, South Yorkshire on December 14, 2015. The family and friends … Read More…
Sheffield Star Photo credit
My first official photo credit appeared in the online edition of The Sheffield Star on November 24, 2015. A woman's body was found in the River Porter at Summerfield Street, and police had cordoned off a perimeter. I was one of the first photographers there (I even beat the official Ross Parry … Read More…
First Photo Credit
My First photo credit, on the Sheffield College website. It was of Atiba Lyons, head coach of the Sheffield Sharks professional basketball team, and player Jerroll Brooks, who came to the college arts and drama department to train the cast of the colleges 'High School Musical' production. A byline … Read More…
New Year, New Beginning…
Well, that's that bit over - completely stuffed with assorted roast wildfowl, wine and chocolate, and feeling the worse for it, too! Now that all the festivities, and any associated overindulgence-related embarrassments, are over, it's time to get down to business and start writing the next chapter … Read More…
It all depends on your point of view
Seattle Space Needle, Pentax ME Super, Fuji Velvia, Sigma 24mm, 1/60s f22, ©Tony Sullivan 1991 A bit of a blast from the past for this post! I was asked about the importance of viewpoint the other day, and I was trying to think of something to illustrate that a slightly different viewpoint can make … Read More…
Royal Dutch Airforce F16 Falcon
D700, Nikkor 300mm f4; @ f8, 1/3200sec ISO 800 This shot of a Royal Dutch Airforce F16 Fighting Falcon was taken at the Bournemouth Air Show, 2010. I love the way that the flares, having just been dispensed from the jet, are close enough to light up the underside of the fuselage. The … Read More…
Photo of the Day – Sunburst Turtle
Nikonos V, 15mm UW-Nikkor, f8, 1/90s, TTL Fill Flash via Sea & Sea YS-120. Fuji Velvia 100. This shot 'Sunburst turtle' has always proven popular with my friends as a wallpaper or screen saver. It was taken on a trip to Sipadan Island, a tiny coral outcrop in the Celebes Sea, south east of … Read More…
Rhesus Macaque at Angkor Wat
Nikon D200, 70-300mm f4.5-f5.6 VR@183mm, f4.8; 1/125s Rhesus Macaque at Angkor Wat This rather thoughtful looking Rhesus Macaque was part of a troop of monkeys that inhabit the surroundings of the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia. They are very tolerant of humans, and the more … Read More…