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Hi I'm Tom, I'm currently based in London, UK, after spending several years in Edinburgh. I've been shooting for as long as I can remember, and working more seriously for the last few years. I've not posted much since moving down South but hope to go through the archives and put up some new stuff soon!

My photographic specialty tends to be portraits, events & documentary photography. I shoot weddings, gigs, and studio/fashion photos. I enjoy street photography, low-light/night photos, travel and landscapes, and sometimes dabble in some sports... will try most things that comes my way :)

Lately I've been shooting quite a bit of fashion material, and trying to get the most out of my studio lights! I have been working for the upcoming edinburgh based BSFX model agency - www.bsfxmodels.com

I shot for The Journal, an Edinburgh-wide publication, distributed across all 5 Universities.

I have been one of the official photographers in the photopoint team for Beltane Fire Festival. I have been official photographer for Balkanarama.

As well as photography I'm also interested in film production, having been involved with several short film and video projects. My latest work as cinematographer is in the short "Trophy", shot on location in Canada:
www.carte-blancheproductions.com/

I also have a few of the other shorts I've made on my Vimeo page: vimeo.com/channels/117526

I have also been using Photoshop and other image editing programs for over 10 years, though currently most of my post-production is done in Lightroom for a more efficient workflow, with Photoshop being used for more complicated retouching work.

Most of my new public material I post on flickr, and I also have a selection of older public photos on my website (www.tombishop.net), although I'm currently working to upgrade this.

I am also very much involved with the scientific side of imaging. I completed a PhD in image processing at Edinburgh University... my thesis is on deblurring images (hence the name!) I worked at Heriot-Watt Uni on a post-doc on computational photography with a plenoptic camera, and now work for Anthropics, the makers of portrait editing software Portrait Professional, and Smart Photo Editor.

My current equipment lineup includes:
Canon 5D Mark II + grip (+ 4 batteries!!!)
Canon 30D + grip (for sale!)
Canon 300D (for sale!)
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L USM
Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM
Canon EF-s 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Canon EF-s 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM (for sale!)
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon (for sale!)
Canon EF-s 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Canon Extender EF 1.4x, 2x
Kenko extension tube set
Canon 580EX II Speedlite
2x Sigma EF 500 DG Super flashes, flash bracket, off camera cord, diffusers, gels, reflector, lighting stands, brollies
ND grad, ND, polariser filters
Manfrotto tripod & monopod, Gitzo CF traveller tripod
Gitzo heavy duty tripod & Arca Swiss head
Libec LS-38 fluid head video tripod
about 70GB of Sandisk Ultra/Extreme CF cards
Think Tank modulus speed set, various other bags - Crumpler, Lowepro
Mac Pro, Macbook air, LaCie HDs, Wacom tablet etc.
Rails + follow focus/matt box kit (for video)
Bowens studio lighting (+battery pack for location work)