Photographing “Lunch With…”
ENGLAND, London. Boat International interview with Mike Slade. Browns Restaurant. © Ian Roman Last year I was commissioned by Boat International to photograph high profile people from the world of yachting being interviewed by Mark Chisnell, the well known author and former world class navigator. The interviews are generally conducted in high end restaurants, and [...]
Event Photography.
Having worked as an sailing event photographer for a number of years now, I often have to explain to a new sponsor why they should use the services of a specialist rather than choosing the cheapest of the 25 guys that that sent them an email pitching their offer when the deal was announced I’m [...]
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Rounds the Fastnet Rock
At the end of this years Volvo Ocean Race the image above was picked up by the Irish Examiner, who featured it in the saturday edition of the newspaper. They were interested in where the image was taken, why and how I took it. Below is the transcript of their interview. What [...]
Website Redesign
I’m not sure if this weeks blog is a blog or a thank you. I have for a long time wanted to incorporate a blog into my website and at the same time have the flexibility to add pages with video’s or text information. I am a big fan of using Twitter and Facebook, both [...]
Smashing Time
The first event of the AUDI MedCup held in Cascais Portugal finished earlier this week, it was great to be back working for the event. I arrived two days before the regatta was scheduled to begin. The day before the event started was high profile from a media perspective. AUDI SAILING TEAM POWERED BY ALL4ONE [...]
Back on the Road
I am back working for the AUDI MedCup, this will be my fourth year with the organisation and during this time the TP52s have become faster and more exciting every season. The demands for imagery have become higher, we are delivering larger image files quicker than we ever have done before, and having been to [...]
A day in the office
Earlier this year a very good college friend of mine phoned me up and asked if I would shoot his daughters 18th birthday party. I was a little taken by surprise, as a photographer specialising in event and commercial work, this was going to be a departure from a normal day in the office. I [...]
Time to start using Twitter?
I am writing todays blog because I have recently started using Twitter, and I think it is exceptional, and if you haven’t tried it then I would like you to give it a go. Let me try and explain why. If you are reading this you probably know I am a photographer specialising in commercial [...]
The Boat Project
During a chance meeting with Mark Covell on the Guinness Stand at the London Boat Show I became aware of The Boat Project. The Boat Project is part of Artists Taking the Lead, a series of 12 public art commissions across the UK to celebrate the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. You can read all about it [...]
