Mastering Splash

June 20, 2009

Image Accepted in AOP Open

Filed under: aop,association,open,photographers,simon Plant — admin @ 8:40 pm


We are please to say one of our images has been accepted into the Association Of Photographers Open Exhibition & Catalogue.
There where 90 final images selected from a record number of entries for the final show,which will be held at the AOP Gallery in London from 29th July to 27th August 2009.

YOU can view the entire show and vote on the image you feel should win the Public Choice award.
The 90 selected images can be viewed online at AOP Awards and you can place your vote online from today until 4th August.

Simon

June 8, 2009

ProPhotoInsights.net “Gumbet Bay” Aegean Coast Turkey Part 1

Filed under: digital photography training,digital photography tutorial,landscape,location,online digital photography tutorials,panoramic,photoshop training videos,simon Plant,turkey — admin @ 8:54 am

In the first of this two part video we come to you from the beautiful Aegean Coast in Turkey.
In this first digital photography tutorial you join us from the top of our hotel as we shoot a dawn Panoramic of Gumbet Bay (more…)

February 25, 2009

Book "How To Succeed In Commercial Photography"

Filed under: digital photography training,portauthority,prophotoinsights.net,simon Plant — admin @ 10:09 am

Two great books on marketing yourself as a photographer and advice on producing a book (porfolio) with unique vision.

Several years ago I appeared in a Book called “Portfolios That Sell” and now there is a follow up which to my surprise I opened to see my name in !
This one is called “How To Succeed In Commercial Photography”
I have not read it all yet but I know from the many emails I receive that either of these would be great books to own if you are looking to make photography your career.

You can visit Selina’s website at the link below.

Port Authority Website

February 16, 2009

Prophotoinsights Low Light Digital Photography "The Cobb"

Filed under: digital night photography,digital photo tips,digital photography training,digital photography tutorial,learn adobe photoshop,low light digital photography,simon Plant,www.prophotoinsights.net — admin @ 2:02 pm

www.prophotoinsights.net In this digital photography tutorial video we go on location to Lyme Regis in Dorset and show tips on low light digital photography.
Step behind the scenes on pro photo shoots,view our digital photography tutorials and look and learn adobe photoshop step by step.

December 13, 2008

Bike Trader Magazine,Bike Show Promotion

Filed under: bike,bike show,bike trader magazine,motorbike,n.e.c,plantphoto,prophotoinsights.net,simon Plant — admin @ 11:48 am

October was a super busy month for us which included this studio shoot for Bike Trader Magazine (Trader Media Group}.
We were asked to shoot for a bike give away promotion they were running for The Bike Show at N.E.C in Birmingham (U.K).
We produced images for not only the cover of the magazine but also a poster and several advertising boards to be located in the Gents Toilets !.
Our gorgeous models were Juliette Mills and Emma Jones.
More samples available at www.plantphoto.com

December 4, 2008

New Video "The Making Of" Creating Monochrome Masterpieces

Filed under: behind the scenes,black and white,digital,landscape,learn,location,momochrome,movie,online,photoshop,plantphoto,prophotoinsights.net,remote,simon Plant,training,tutorials,video — admin @ 8:39 pm

After an intense couple of weeks I’m pleased to announce my downloadable video
“The Making Of” Creating Monochrome Masterpieces

View Web Page HERE

November 12, 2008

Scarecrow Video Tutorial

Filed under: behind the scenes,digital,dslr,flash,landscape,learn,light painting,location,movie,online,photoshop,plantphoto,prophotoinsights.net,remote,simon Plant,training,trigger,tutorials,video,wireless — admin @ 2:34 pm

Our training site www.prophotoinsights.net have started to produce some short video tutorials for several photographic magazines (for their DVD cover disks and websites).
Here is a sample of one we did for fun for Halloween…..

November 6, 2008

Photo Pro Magazine Feature

Filed under: Automotive,Car,Cgi,Digital Photo Pro Magazine,Fine Art,HDR,Millbrook,Photographer,plantphoto,prophotoinsights,Rendering,simon Plant,training,tutorial,video — admin @ 9:02 pm


As promised here is a link to the feature Photo Pro Magazine did in their November issue.
The Editor Terry Hope joined us on location at Millbrook proving ground in Bedfordshire and featured what he witnessed in the magazine’s regular spot “The Shoot”
You can download the PDF Here
Photo Pro’s website can be found at www.photopromagazine.com

September 16, 2008

Millbrook-22 Cars-20 Hours

Filed under: Automotive,Car,Cgi,Digital Photo Pro Magazine,Fine Art,HDR,Millbrook,Photographer,plantphoto,prophotoinsights,Rendering,simon Plant,training,tutorial,video — admin @ 6:32 pm

Just finished a rather large shoot at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire England.
The site is used by many magazines,manufacturer’s and the 5th Gear television programme to test vehicles and safely film them.In fact even some of the James Bond car stunts were filmed there.
It’s very high security and every film crew-photographer has his or her own security guard to make sure they only shoot what they are supposed to.
We had a UK photo exclusive with the Bentley Zagato which is a mere snip at £750,000 !!
and many more exotic vehicles.
My favorite ? It’s got to be the Mercedes C63 AMG as I got a chance to be scared out of my wits by our ex pro driver who kindly took me for a spin sideways around one of the tracks.What an experience that was…!! and what a talented driver.

This shoot is being featured in the November edition of Photo Pro magazine (On Sale at beginning of October 2008)

Pro Photo Insights

Filed under: Automotive,Car,Cgi,Digital Photo Pro Magazine,Fine Art,HDR,Photographer,plantphoto,prophotoinsights,Rendering,simon Plant,training,tutorial,video — admin @ 6:13 pm


We are pleased to announce our new venture Pro Photo Insights.
I get many people express interest on how I create some of my work,so for a long time I have thought about producing some kind of online video content/training.
Following a chance online meeting and chatting I was finally inspired to take action and Professional Photographer Insights was born.
The idea is to show a start to finish (from behind the scenes) video footage of the photo shoot then screen casts of the retouching process.We encourage those who sign up to contact us and tell us what they wish to learn about e.g shooting panning shots of cars or what lenses have what effect on the landscape etc.The most popular request’s will be made into a training video.We have lots more plans too so it’s an exciting time to see where it will take us.
Sign up at www.prophotoinsights.net and we will send you a free 38 page e-book “Photographing the Edge of Darkness”

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