This image from Lisa and Massimo’s Destination Wedding in Florence has just won 6th Place in the Ceremony category of the WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association) contest. Here’s what the judged had to say: Beautiful light and framing of a subtle moment that most people will never see. That, to me, is a huge part of…
Painted Hall Wedding Photography in Greenwich The Painted Hall in the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich in London has to be one of the grandest wedding venues to photograph. It’s described as the finest dining hall in Europe, and was originally intended as an eating space for the naval veterans who lived at the Royal…
A Wedding At St Patricks Church The roof terrace of the Century Club in Soho, London was the final destination for this fantastic London Wedding after the ceremony at St Patrick’s Church in Soho Square. But before all of that I began by photographing Fiona and Richard’s preparations at the brand spanking new Nadler Hotel,…
Fifteen Minutes With Carol Vorderman So this is a fairly typical portrait job for The Times – 15 minutes with the subject at the end of an interview, in a pretty uninspiring meeting room. It’s for the Weekend section of the Saturday Times, so I know they’ll probably want a landscape portrait of Carol looking…
Richard III, the last King of England to be killed in battle, died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Human remains found by archaeologists under a car park in Leicester have now been confirmed to be the remains of King Richard III, by matching its DNA to that of Canadian carpenter living in London,…
Spin Doctors and Borgen A huge bonus of being a contract photographer at The Times newspaper is getting to meet and photograph some pretty amazing people, and when this job to photograph ‘Birgitte’ and ‘Kasper’ from Danish political drama Borgen came up, I was thrilled. I’ve only recently become a fan, during the second series…
It was on New Year’s Eve, with Nicola preparing at her flat in Dalston, East London, and then travelling by London Taxi to Christ Church in Mayfair. After the 1:30pm wedding, the guests were due to travel in a London double decker bus to the reception venue at The Crypt on the Green in Islington.…
First anniversary of the Costa Concordia wreck By Paul Rogers As a photographer on contract at The Times newspaper for the last 15 years, I’ve spent quite a bit of time abroad covering news stories around the world. But with a young family I rarely travel these days, so it was a welcome change to be able…
Editorial Photojournalism for The Times, November 2012 By Paul Rogers As mentioned before, I’m one of five contract photographers at The Times newspaper, along with four staff photographers, and at the end of each month, we all submit three of our favourite images from that month for an internal competition – three are then chosen for display on…