"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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