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Had his first work published in a national
community newspaper in 1981 he covered entertainment and music event
as a freelancer , they like his work, so they ask him to become a
member of staff , at the same time a college of his started to work
on the voice newspaper and a sister music magazine ,So he became the
staff photographer for the Voice newspaper for the first 5 years or
so , In his time there ,He set up the black & white dark room so
they can get there work done in house and had a much faster turn
around time from taking the picture to getting the print on the
Editors desk , in those days we had no one hour processing equipment
or c41 for process black & white film .
At the voice newspaper he covered all types of press assignment ,
from opening of shops , political speeches , photograph of people at
home for feature stories awards events , royal visits , normal press
conferences ,
The voice also launch a fashion magazine called CHIC, he was the
staff photographer on that , covering the fashion week shows in
London , studio shoot for cloths , models and front pages ,using
studio flash , plenty of polaroids and medium format camera .
In the ninties worked as a night club photographer , were we got
pictures in the Sun newspaper of Steve Wonder in the club , It was
also the time when gazzer was in his prime and night clubbing it, we
got pictures in the Daily Mirror & Sunday Mirror , Muhammed Alie the
boxer came to the club , Eddie Murphy on promotion of one of his
movie at the time , A young singer Bobby Brown pass through , Robert
De Nero passed through . Nigal Ben , Lenox lewis an unknown heavy
weight boxer spent a lot of time with us in the club .
Patrick had his own photographic studio in Harlesden High St
clients include BBC TV ,Carlton TV, Oxford ,Camden ,Brent councils
Patrick also has done a good few weddings , love taking pictures of
the London Notting Hill Carnival and challenging photographic
situation .
What make a photographer is the experience you have with different
lighting situation, working mainly in the Press it’s not about
creative lighting but getting the picture and if the situation
permits getting a creative shot after getting the basic picture ,
what you may think is a fantastic creative shot your editor may hate
it .
Other skills also need is the ability to communicate with people and
sense there mood, How easy is it to tell a head of state look this
way and smile also your subject could be having a bad day and seeing
you with your camera might just send them over the top .
If you are interested in Patrick doing some work for you contact us
and we will show you some of his work .
If you are looking for a Photographer Wanted or Photographer Needed
Look no further
Email
your details to red5599@hotmail.co.uk
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