ProfessionalPhotographer201008.pdf

welcome

I have just come to the end of editing the second issue of our sister magazine, TurningPro; it’s been an

interesting experience and one which has made me reassess exactly what advice and help we need as pro

photographers. Although, as many of you know by now, I started out as an art director in the late eighties, it was not

until 2000 that I began working as a full-time pro photographer. At first I thought that everyone to whom I showed my

work would respond in the way that I had to photographers who came to see me. How wrong I was! It was then that

I realised just how hard the life of a professional photographer is. Everyone is looking for something different and

very few people agree on anything. As we all know, in photography two plus two rarely makes four, which is why I try

every month to bring you something new and challenging, because that’s what a great portfolio should be, so that

it excites, inspires and gives the person looking at it a reason to commission!

This month we’ve done exactly that by compiling the first ever list of the bad boys of photography. Some lived

bad boy lives, others broke rules, others rewrote and are rewriting photographic conventions. But all of them changed the way we see and think

about photography by taking their own vision and making it real. The 25 Bad Boys of Photography is on Page 52.

Someone who could definitely be described as a bad boy of pop at different times throughout his career is David Bowie, although my

encounter with him with NewYork based, South London born photographer Jake Chessum showed a very different side of the Thin White Duke.

Ground Control to Fulham Road is on Page 43.

Another portrait photographer now based in NewYork is Chris Buck. His award-winning images are in huge demand internationally but we

wanted to know how he comes up with his conceptually based portraits and how important he feels ideas are to his work. Sean Samuels caught up

with him to find out all this and more in The Ideas Man on Page 84.

The young fashion photographer Rebecca Litchfield was the overall winner of our Professional Photographer of theYear Awards 2009. Over the

year since her victory she has not only picked up a number of high-profile commissions,

she has made good friends with a number of other category winners. In this issue

we are launching the awards for 2010 so make sure you check out the categories,

judges and entry details on Page 74. The title of Professional Photographer

of theYear is one of the most prestigious in the world of

commercial photography, so it has to make sense to enter.

One photographer who knows all about what it takes to be

competitive is Cambridge based James Appleton. He not only

trains most days for the notorious Tough Guy challenge, but

also brings that intense dedication to his photography. His

story is not to be missed in No Sleep till... on Page 28.

Advertising photographer Tim MacPherson is certainly

someone who is not short of creative concepts and courage.

His bold approach to financing his personal projects is definitely

inspirational.You can find out more in The Bigger and Bigger

Picture on Page 64.

As well as giving you inspiration we also like to provide some

reality and this month we look at the pressures of being freelance in

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Pro on Page 80 and the

difficulties currently facing reportage photographers in Police &

Thieves on Page 93. We know what it’s really like to be a pro and

hopefully we’re helping you through the good, the bad and the other

times every month. Keep the faith!

Grant Scott, Editor

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8Portfolio

ThebestofyourworkpostedintheProfessional

Photographeronlinegallery.

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14Click

Thismonth’sline-upofnews,views,gadgets,

exhibitionsandinterviews.

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23Diary

Ourpickofthismonth’sphotographicexhibitions.

24Dispatches

CliveBooth’slatestassignmenttakeshimona

three-monthworldtour,shootingin13countries.

28NoSleeptill...

Howcompetinginenduranceraceshasprepped

JamesAppletonforlifeasafreelancephotographer.

32Competition:Discovery4

Wina£5,000budgetbytellingushowyou’dshootthe

latestLandRoverDiscovery4.

35Frontline

DavidMcKendrick,artdirectorofEsquiremagazine,

offersadviceongettingcommissioned.

40ThePrinceofPhotoshop

GuyGowananswersyourpostproductionqueries.

43BeingThere

PPeditorandDavidBowiefanGrantScottlooksback

onashootwiththemanhimselfinaterracedhouse.

46Subscribe

Checkoutourlatestsubscriptionoffer.

49ObjectofDesire

FourgoodreasonstogetholdoftheFujifilmGF670.

51Exposure

SpencerTunick’slatestworkcomestoSalford.

52The25BadBoys

Totingguns,takingdrugsandgettingnakedwith

theirsubjectsonshoots?It’sallpartofthejobforour

favouritephotographicbadboys.

80TheLonelinessofthe

LongDistancePro

Maintainingyourmotivationandcreativitywhile

workingaloneisoneofthebiggestchallengesforthe

prophotographer.PPEditorGrantScottoffersadvice.

Above: “Weird, playful and awkward” is how

Chris Buck describes his style. Find out more in

our exclusive interview with the New York based

portrait photographer on page 84.

64TheBiggerandBigger

Picture

HowTimMcPherson’spersonalworkleadsintohis

beautifullyexecutedcommercialimages.

96 We’reBeginningtoSee

theLight

Lightroom3comesunderthespotlight.

82TheWinnerTakesitAll

PhotojournalistPeterDenchtakesawrylookathis

pastsuccessesinphotographycompetitions.

70ThePaparazziKing

Gettingpunched,stabbedandputinhospitalisallin

aday’sworkforthelong-sufferingRinoBarillari.

100StopPress...

Checkoutsomeofthelatestkittohitthestreet

inthepastmonthaswellassomehandyitemsfor

yourcamerabag.

84 TheIdeasMan

CelebrityandadvertisingphotographerChrisBuck

revealswhatinspireshisquirkyanduniqueimages.

74TheProfessional

PhotographeroftheYear

Awards2010Launched

93 Police&Thieves

Ifyoushootinapublicplaceyouneedtoknowthe

rules.PhotojournalistPeteJenkinssetsusstraight.

114Legend

PeterSilvertonlooksattheworkofAntonCorbijn,

whoseloveofmusichastranslatedintoastellarcareer

inrockandroll.

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