Lynne, Jon and Holly attended a photography seminar held at the Jaguar Heritage Trust in Castle Bromwich. The seminar was organised by Jaguar and Calumet Photographic with representatives from Nikon, Hasselblad and Bowen, also, top photographer Tim Wallace was there to share the photographic wealth.
The day consisted of working their way around four different workshops with the brief of ‘Jaguar in detail’. They were tasked with coming up with an image that could be used on the front of the Jaguar Heritage magazine and the winning image would run.
The session with Tim Wallace focused on studio lighting a car and then everyone was unleashed to shoot some pixels on a professionally lit car; Jon even managed to get his hands on a Hasselblad camera worth about £10,000!
There was also a session with Epson about printing and another with Apple and their new software which includes a button to make skin look smoother (get me one of those). The final session was a practical workshop about Flash photography which involved an XF.
They all managed to hold their own in a group of photography students and took some beautiful shots, including some rather ravishing shots of an E-Type and an old D-Type worth £2,500 000. Crikey.
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Also, welcome to Andy Hill, who joins us as a Market Analyst. Here are his five facts:
1. At the age of 10, I was a member of the triumphant Bearwood Road Junior and Infant School, Law and Order quiz team. In a tournament organised by West Midlands Police we were pitched against other schools from across the Midlands - we crushed all before us and I was the only child to go through without getting a question wrong. What was particularly significant was that my current girlfriend represented the school we beat in the final - although I didn't actually meet her until last year!
2. I'm very keen on fishing and won a charity contest earlier this year.
3. I love football and am a season ticket holder following 'The Mighty West Brom'.
4. I loathe mayonnaise. It's dirty, dirty stuff and clearly the work of the devil or some global conspiracy involving 'the illuminati'.
5. I'm partial to the odd pint of cider.
Now, although I have never had any run-ins with the local police, I loathe fishing, hate football and stick a dollop of mayonnaise on everything I consume, I feel there could be room for discussion with regards to fact number 5, as I have been known to enjoy the odd pint of wine...