Philip

Curnow

Photography

provides

a

professional,

qualified,

experienced

and

fully

insured

Commercial,

Advertising,

PR

and

Sports

Photography

service.

Mainly

to

corporate

clients

-

including

Educational,

Governmental,

Sports

Organisers

&

Sponsors

and

NGO

organisations.

   If

you

have

a

project

in

mind,

we

are

always

happy

to

talk

it

through

and

provide

a

specific

quote.

 We

shoot

for

some

of

the

major

UK

design and Photography agencies, as well as directly for individual clients.

Our

main

photographer

is

Philip

Curnow.

Philip

describes

himself

as:

 a

Photographic

Artist,

Photographer,

Designer ( and Problem-solver for clients !)

Qualifications:

Philip

has

studied

on

both

the

BA(Hons)

and

MA

Photography

courses

at

Newport

with

the

University

of

Wales.

He

has

also

worked

as

a

student

mentor

at

the

University

in

Newport’s

Art

Media

and

Design

School

and

sometimes

lecturer,

researcher

and

tutor

on

photography

at

college

level

and

above,

so

very

up

to

date

and

in

touch

with

the

full

range

of

current

photographic

processes

and

practices

-

but

for

large

projects,

we

also

work

in

conjunction

with

other

established

and

experienced

photographers

of

similar

skill levels.

Philip

is

also

an

accredited

Photo-Journalist,

registered

with

the

NUJ

and

holds

qualifications

in

Financial,

Management

and

Business

services

from

the

Chartered

Insurance

Institute

and

Chartered

Institute

of

Banking

as

an

“Independent

Financial

Adviser”

-

He

started

his

working

life

in

Fashion

Manufacturing,

following

studies

at

Cordwainers College (now part of the London School of Fashion).

Our

ethos

is

to

work

WITH

clients

in

order

to

help

them

achieve

their

image

and

publicity

requirements,

using

our

photography

skills

and

experience.

Good

advertising

publicity

photography

is

not

a

simple

case

of

pointing

a

camera

and

clicking

a

button,

it

requires

an

understanding

of

psychology,

marketing

and

branding,

as

well

as

how

to

balance

light,

shade,

dark

and

colour.

  It

is

often

said

that

a

picture

says

a

thousand

words

-

and

in

many

cases,

that

can

be

true.

  What

can

often

be

overlooked

is

the

sad

fact

that

a

picture

can

say

a

thousand

positive

words

about

your

organisation

-

but

it

can

just

as

easily

say

a

thousand

very

negative

words

if

the

image

you

use

to

promote

your

ideas

is

unfocussed,

has

dark

shadows

in

the

wrong

place,

has

prominent

closed

doors

/

gates

/

folded

arms

-

or

a

myriad

of

other

potential

disasters

that

can

be

overlooked

in

a

quick

snap

taken

for

amusement

-

but

could

spell

disaster

if

used

as

the

public face of your organisation towards the rest of the world.  

Ideally,

we

like

to

talk

through

any

needs

you

have

and

the

potential

photo-shoot

before

we

even

start

the

photographic

process

-

so

-

if

you

are

looking

for

professional

photography,

please

talk

through

your

ideas

with

us,

what

outcomes

you

need,

what

sort

of

budget

you

have

and

anything

else

that

could

influence

the

process

and

we

will

help

you move from start to finish throughout the process.

As

noted,

our

main

output

is

targeted

at

the

commercial,

corporate,

governmental,

sports

and

educational

sectors.

 For

various

reasons,

we

have

chosen

NOT

to

photograph

in

the

Boudoir

/

Soft-porn

arena

-

so

please

don’t

ask

us

to

shoot

those

sort

of images.