Wow – the winners certificates have been sent through and looks like Shadowplay and Philip E James did pretty well across the board. Here are some of the ones we are most proud of!

Well done all – and well done www.philipejames.co.uk

We recently found out that Phil has won a Bronze award for People Photographer of the Year at the One Eyeland Awards.

It’s a year since Phil travelled to India for a charity project and here are a few of the images he captured which were also entered into awards. He was also lucky to be sponsored by Peartree rental for a Leaf Aptus Digital Back. He loved it so much he bought one as soon as he returned!

He has also got another project booked to shoot there in early May, so we’re excited to see the images he returns with this time.

See more of Phil’s work at www.philipejames.co.uk

We had a fantastic evening celebrating with some wonderful photographers at this years Portrait Salon 12. Phil’s image of Cooper entitled ‘Boy’, made it through from the Taylor Wessing portrait prize entries, and was one of the images being simultaneously projected in London, Brighton, Leeds and Cardiff.

The Portrait Salon was set up by Carole Evans and James O’Jenkins and they describe it as a form of Salon des Refuses, showcasing the best of the rejected images from the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize. The event has had great support from sponsorship, funding and media promotion through both the Telegraph and BBC to name a few!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-20539566

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/face-time-taylor-wessing-portrait-prize-gives-exquisite-collection-of-images-a-new-lease-of-life-8317238.html

All in all an amazing achievement considering it is only in its second year.

Above are some pictures from the evening – you can grab your newspaper from Portrait Salon direct at http://portraitsalon.co.uk/2012  or following them on twitter @portrait_salon

Another year past and some fantastic work made it through to the 2012  Association of Photographers Awards. Congratulations to some of our favourites – Julia Fullerton -Batten and James Day’s images were beautiful and very inspiring.

Phil and Dave’s India project made it down to the last three in the Moving image section, and although they didn’t win best in category, to be chosen as one of the top three videos was a privilege in itself.

We had a great night and met up with lots of good friends – here is a selection of some of the uncensored images !

We’re looking for another new addition to the Shadowplay brood and are on the lookout for a talented video camera operator and editor to join our growing team.

Must have experience using DSLR’s and other video equipment, lighting and sound recording. Also needs a sound knowledge of Premiere Pro and Final Cut pro for editing. Experience in using After Effects is a benefit but not a definite requirement.

Send your CV’s and showreel through to aimee@shadowplay.co.uk

We’re pleased to welcome a newbie to the Shadowplay Team. Nick Tallents comes with a  1^st degree in multimedia, having dedicated the last few years to developing his motion graphics and CGI. He’ll be looking after all our CGI and Moving Image projects moving forward.

He’ll be popping along to see our lovely clients very soon!

Some of you may know that Phil James and Dave have been out filming a document for Project Mala, a charity looking after children in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India – helping to give them an education and eliminating them from joining the child labour in making hand knotted carpets. They had both an emotional, but an inspiring trip and here is a sneak peek at some of Phil’s stills captured.

As we are often out and about on location shoots, our lovely home is sitting here yearning for someone to use it more often! Shadowplay studio offers superb, cost effective photo and video studio hire for shoots in Cheltenham. Our 645 Sq. Ft. central studio is located in beautiful Montpellier, ideally located for access to the M5 and M4 and only 2 hours from London. Equipped with the latest in professional photography and film lighting equipment, it’s an ideal solution for both photography and film.

We have a full infinity cove and offer a range of other backdrops, including green screen for chromakey video compositing. Our assistants are available for hire to help you through the day and we have a kitchen and a couple of awesome cafés around the corner.
All in all a great space that would be perfect for your film or photo-shoots.

You can contact me Aimee at info@shadowplaystudio.co.uk or check out the website for more information – www.shadowplaystudio.co.uk

Following the success of the Carlsberg Get Behind England campaign (Carlsberg Project), Billington Cartmell approached us to help them create the campaign shots for their new client, Scotty brand. Their new brand positioning called for some epic landscape scenes in line with their Scottish heritage, combined with underground imagery of their tasty carrots and kestrel potatoes. A few days in Scotland capturing the landscape, a studio full of plants and soil and some fantastic retouching and composition helped bring the campaign to life. Now showing across Scotland and soon to be in the UK.

Check out the full Scotty Brand project in our STILL section here

Visit www.scottybrand.com to see their brand new website and find out more information on where you can buy Scotty Brand products