rayfin
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Ok youve all heard of Andy Rouse right ? Big time wildlife tog. (http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/) and he does all the reviews etc on the warehouse express site. Some of you will have seen him at Focus the other week. Anyway I went to a talk he gave last week in Middlesbrough he stopped off whilst on route to another shoot in Scotland. The talk was sold out (about 250 people at £7 a head) and Ill say here and now if you get a chance to see his work then take it his images are simply stunning. Im sure when you see his pictures you will recognise at lot of them because so much of it published and used in advertising and magazines etc. Although hes well known for his big game stuff he had just returned from the Falklands so the main part of his show concentrated on penguins and icebergs. He also showed an amazing set of Kingfisher shots taken in a hide near a nest site. Apparently he took 1200 shots to get 32 worth showing theyre just so fast when diving for fish!
As a public speaker he is very lively, has a slightly blue sense of humour and generally kept the audience entertained for a couple of hours. He was also very approachable and I had a chance to chat with him about some of his techniques and workflow. All in all a sound bloke and a good evening.
As way of a contrast I went to a talk last night, at a local photo club, of a visiting photographer who had a string of letters after his name including FRPS so I was expecting something good. What a disappointment. Now I know photography is subjective and its all in the eye of the beholder etc but apart from a handful of shots most of the shots this guy showed wouldnt have made it as far as my printer and certainly wouldnt have been seen in public. Im not just talking poor composition and framing but also bland views and holiday snaps ! Some of the shots were taken in India and Cuba and you cant fail to get some good images there but a lot were just plain awful. Perhaps no-one has ever told him. Whatever rocks your boat though I suppose. Glad it only cost me £1.
Ray
As a public speaker he is very lively, has a slightly blue sense of humour and generally kept the audience entertained for a couple of hours. He was also very approachable and I had a chance to chat with him about some of his techniques and workflow. All in all a sound bloke and a good evening.
As way of a contrast I went to a talk last night, at a local photo club, of a visiting photographer who had a string of letters after his name including FRPS so I was expecting something good. What a disappointment. Now I know photography is subjective and its all in the eye of the beholder etc but apart from a handful of shots most of the shots this guy showed wouldnt have made it as far as my printer and certainly wouldnt have been seen in public. Im not just talking poor composition and framing but also bland views and holiday snaps ! Some of the shots were taken in India and Cuba and you cant fail to get some good images there but a lot were just plain awful. Perhaps no-one has ever told him. Whatever rocks your boat though I suppose. Glad it only cost me £1.
Ray
and just sitting there hoping people will book you to do stuff will never make you a fortune, or a household name ! In a commercial world where there are a lot of people after the same money you are, then commercial whorism is the only way to survive ! 
