Photography
Welcome to PhotoGuru uk I am Stephen Shepherd professional photographer and creative. Over the years I have worked in many areas of the photographic business not least (and currently) for the national press in the Uk consumer and business magazines and many other publications.
I am now bring my experience and knowledge to PhotoGuru UK, a place for you to learn more about all aspects of photography.
My life as a photographer started out on Fleet St (not literally as most of the papers had moved out by the time I got to London) where I spent the first 9 years working for The Daily Telegraph undertaking commissions for the features and editorial desk.
These jobs saw me shooting everything from racing at Silverstone to celebrity portraits that included George Harrison, John Lydon, Barbara Cartland, Les Dawson, John Pertwee, Barry Manilow, Prince, Jackie Collins and many many more as well as politics portraits, business leaders and authors.
This press photography was of centred around providing interesting photography for the papers feature articles. I travelled from France, Greece and Spain to South East Asia, the USA and of course most of the UK.
This work allowed me to develop my style which is editorially based shooting images for the main paper the weekend paper and the magazine. The weekend sections included the arts, motoring, lifestyle, entertainment etc.
Besides this I also have considerable experience working with clients in marketing, business & corporate photography, education, construction and industry.
Therefore over the years I have shot marketing campaigns for Orange, The Alliance & Leicester, The RNiB, Construction Skills and Thames Water to name but a few.
A lot of these commissions were again based on my editorial style, capturing real people in real life scenarios for that natural look.
As a result of this work I want to bring to you through PhotoGuru uk ways for you to improve your photography.
From the basic set up of your camera and understanding the best shutter spotted, aperture or ISO to use, as well as tutorials on how to “see” in different ways.
Creative photography is available to everyone as long as you have complete control of your equipment.
First of all I start out with the basics that can be viewed on my tutorial pages.
Furthermore I hope that you will want to get in touch and book a one to one tutorial or a group session.
My aim os to answer all those questions you have that no one else can, how do I shoot the perfect landscape or how do we create am interesting family portrait.
Highly skilled in Photo Manipulation, Stephen can transform the ordinary into the spectacular, and following the shoot, will compile a fully edited disk of all your photographs in high and low resolution.
Stephen has considerable experience working with clients in business, education and the national press, magazines and business 2 business publications.
Working with schools , colleges and universities as well as corporate clients training programmes Stephen captures the essence in the educational environment and has a current Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check / certificate
I work across the UK from my Gloucestershire base I can provide the best in location photography.
Working with real people, in real life situations, be that in the office, on a construction site or shooting architecture and landscapes.
Shooting exclusively in digital format using the latest Canon and Fuji cameras, supplemented by studio and location flash I bring new ways os seeing to commissioned work.
Besides this I can bring artistic ideas to your work.
I also have considerable experience working with clients in business and corporate worlds, education, construction and industry.
Working with schools , colleges and universities as well as corporate clients training programmes Stephen captures the essence in the educational environment and has a current Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check / certificate
I work across the UK from my Gloucestershire base he can provide the best in location photography, working with real people, in real life situations, be that in the office, on a construction site or shooting architecture and landscapes.
His original and contemporary photography creating iconic imagery from any subject make him the right choice for clients who require the very best in their photography.