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Wildlife and Natural History Image Gallery
Displayed in the gallery section is a small fraction of Johns images some of which are available for limited edition prints whilst others are available for corporate projects. For more detailed information on Johns images available for corporate work please contact John directly via our "contact" page or "Oxford Scientific Films" or "Picture-Nature Library" who both represent Johns work.
Amphibians & Reptiles
Birds Gallery
Environmental
Fine Art
Flora & Fauna
Fungi
Insects, Molluscs, etc
Land & Waterscapes
Mammals
Other Topics
Photographic Services
The services listed below display the principle services which John specializes in. John would be more than prepared to become involved in, or help you on any specific subject you may wish to talk to him about.
Natural History & Wildlife Photography
I assume that because you have already found your way to my web site, thank you very much, you will possibly already have some kind of interest or connection with one or more of wildlife, natural history and environmental subjects and/or species.
Courses and Workshops
We are very proud to be able to officially announce both our "Small Group" and "One 2 One" one day "Workshops and Courses". Should you be thinking of some additional practical tuition on your camera and equipment or photographic technique, setting up your PC, or some tuition on Adobe Photoshop, this could be for you.
These courses and workshops are commonly seen as a good idea and ideal for a gift for a relative, a corporate day, or just as additional training at work or for your hobby, this could be exactly what you are looking for.
"Giclée Fine Art" Large Format Printing
Our large format printing service produces "Giclee" Fine Art quality prints. The system was originally installed for John's personal photographic work and due to a high demand of requests for this service by third party individual and organisations, it was decided to make this service available to everyone. We are even giving regular support to other professional photographers, galleries, independent companies, and government organisations. Why not talk to us about your next order. This service has become especially of interest to local art and painting groups for the purpose of reproducing their fine art works for sale.
Fine Art Giclee Print Sales
The images you can see in the gallery section are only a few of John's favourite images. All of these and more besides are available for purchase as "Giclee Fine Art Prints" and will be autographed. If you do not see exactly what you are looking for, please do not hesitate in contacting me directly as my collection of images is now well in excess of 10,000 images. This year, 2010, I will also be introducing new collections and also a new limited edition series.
Digital Post Production, Enhancement & Restoration
The phrase "digital restoration" can and does cover a multitude of sins!! This can include the repairing of old photographs, removing unwanted marks, converting colour to black and white or vice versa, or adding sepia coloured effects. These are just a few of the processes that can be undertaken.
Commissioned Photography
Commissioning a photographer is when the client specifically contracts a photographer, to obtain a specific photograph or photographs. For example: book publishers, wedding photographers, corporate organisations, record companies as well as advertising & marketing agencies. These are just some of the types of services which may normally consider commissioning a photographer.
Commercial Photography
As many of you will already be aware, commercially I don't get involved in wedding and people photography, however I have some excellent contacts who specialise in exactly these subjects, I also have contact with other specialised professional covering many more subjects, for example architecture and aeroplanes etc. For further information on the commercial photography I get involved in, or for wedding and people photographers, please feel free to contact me.
35mm High Resolution Scanning
We have introduced this service at the request of many of our clients camera clubs and photographic friends who wish to convert their many excellent negatives and transparencies which they have collected over the years and now have filed away due to the massive migration to digital photography. All images scanned are outputted without any colour correction, manipulation or interpolation to a minimum of 50mb files.
Photographic Studio
"Fotographic Images" only have a studio suitable for photographing such items as flora & fauna, still life objects, insects, ornaments and valuables etc. However many of our contacts do have studios for commercial usage and hire, please ask for details. We can also provide both indoor and outdoor locations for such work as portrait photography, portfolios and marketing requirements.
Price List
Listed here on behalf of "Fotographic Images" are the prices for the various services we have to offer, this is of course with the exception of "courses and workshops" prices. These are individually priced at the time of announcing each event.
Courses & Workshops
Fotographic Images are very pleased to be able to make available a series of bespoke courses and workshops which are targeted at photographers of all levels and capabilities. Also available is that of our very popular "One-2-One" tuition days. Some of the subjects covered in our workshops can include photographing Birds of Prey, Grey Seals, Sea Birds, Deer, Waterfalls and many more. Our course also cover a very wide and varied selection of topics including: How to Improve Your Camera Skills, Basic & Intermediate Digital Manipulation.
Scottish Holiday Workshops
This is a project which I have been working on for the past year in conjuction with the owners of a new residential centre in the "Scottish Borders", virtually in the centre of the "Galloway & Dumfries National Forest". The workshops will be lead by myself and will include "Raptor Weekends", "Wildlife Safari Weeks" and Autumn/Winter Safari's. All of our events are guaranteed to be exciting, challenging and most of all FUN, oh yes and forgetting vakue for money!!
Please click on the above link for further information.
Photographic Workshops
The workshops shown in this section and are all of a "hands on" practical workshops and are guaranteed to improve your photographic skills and give you a thoroughly enjoyable time. Some of our events may include some short tutorial sessions, but will be straight to the point and will only contain such topics as a basic introduction. Any health & safety issues which have to be mentioned, and introductions will be done so before actually starting. Full details of each and every workshop will be explained and specified when announcing each and every workshop.
Please click on the above link for further information.
Computer & Digital Courses
All the courses listed under this heading are computer based, and are aimed at improving the digital techniques you use to process and output your finished photographs. The majority of our digital manipulation courses are based around the principle of using Adobe Elements V7, however Adobe Photoshop CS3 & CS4 are also available.
Please click on the above link for further information.
Articles & Reviews
This section outlines an extremely wide and varied selection of articles and reviews which John has put together. The majority, if not all, of the articles include supporting pictures (even if not shown) or copy Pdf documents. These are made available to many different types of publishers both large and small, national and international.
Articles etc:
For some time now have been writting some articles and reviews for various magazines and newspapers. My first article was picked up by the "Canon Eos" magazine and was a full page artice with additional pictures on my trip of a life time to the Falkland Islands.
I now have an ever growing collection and would welcome an open discussion with any interested publisher.
More about all my publications and articles written ready for publication via the above link "Articles etc". Please have a look.
Equipment etc:
This section will be reviewing various pieces of digital photographic and computer equipment including a wide and varied selection of accessories. You may be considering a purchase and want to read some totally independent and unbiased views before actually parting with that hard earnt cash!! If you have any ideas, suggestion or questions about something special to review just drop us a line.
The equipment being reviewed, will consist of some gear which I already use and some which is being lent to me by a selection of manufacturers and major UK equipment suppliers. No supplier has any form of corporate or legal connection with myself or my company "Fotographic images".
Camouflage Gear:
John is very proud of the fact that he has recently been approached by a new outdoor clothing company to the UK called "Stealth Gear Ltd". When John first looked at a "Stealth Gear" camouflage he was very impressed to say the very least. I think it is only fair to say that he was impresseed to a "wow" level.
Here are just two points which hit John as soon as he looked at the 4 piece suit.
(1) The camouflage suit package consists of 4 pieces; Jacket, Trousers, Fleece, and Waistcoat/Vest.
(2) This has been made for photographers, amateur and professionals alike, and is an all year round suit.
To view full reviews on all products produced by "Stealth Gear" please click on the above link "camouflage Gear" orif you wish to visit the "Stealth Gear" site, please click on their logo in the left hand column on this page.
Locations & Species:
The locations and species featured in these articles have all been visited at one time or another by John and have impressed him sufficiently enough to want to convey the info gained onto you. Included in some of the articles are some relative technical details which you may find of assistance if and when you decide to visit any of these locations. The articles are all supported by a selection of photographs for you to choose from.
Software & Books etc:
First of all, please do not be put off by the heading "Software & Books etc". This section is most certainly not a jargon busting, mind boggling series of articles. It is my intention to look at and reveiw a selection of photographic books and software. Hopefully some of the items I will be featuring will soon become as important to you as you're camera. In addition we will also be looking at the subject of "Copyrighting" and "Photography on the High Street".
John Fairclough - Natural History and Wildlife Photographer
FAQ's
John has decided to introduce this section in hopes of being able to give you access to a series of prompt and immediate answers to regular but sometimes perhaps very important question, especially to you.
Hints and Tips
Hopefully on a continual basis, we will be uploading useful snippets of information into this section "Hints and Tips". These will be split into two categories, firstly photographic techniques to experiment with when your out on a shoot or having a go indoors on a set up. Secondly a selection of different suggestions when next using your computer to manage, manipulate or finalise your images.
Equipment
A question which John gets asked many times over is about the equipment he uses and why. Some years ago when John decided to invest in new kit he decided to follow the Canon route. Later when John decided to go digital he made the decision to invest in using Adobe Photoshop as his principle software package. Should you have any further questions about this subject and the equipment, please do not hesitate in contacting us.
Check List
The following points are simply a few suggestions towards producing your own check list for use before going out on a photo shoot, irrespective of whether it is a day out, an over night/long weekend photo shoot, or a longer photographic holiday, safari or commission.
Booking Form
By following this link you will find an official copy of our booking form for booking onto any of our events, courses and/or workshops.
Links
The links posted on this website are all placed because of an inter working relationship between John, Fotographic Images and the links in question. Links are not posted on an add-hoc basis.
Business Information
The business information section of this site, which can be found behind this link is commonly known as the boring information about who is what and what is who.
Sitemap
We we have included a "site map" for various reason, however principally we have done this to make your use and access of our site far more user freindly.
Terms & Conditions of Trade
This is very much known as the really boring section, if you thought the "Privacy Policy" was boring, well you haven't read anything yet!!
This section lays out in considerable detail how we trade as a company in conjuction with the laws of the UK.
Privacy Policy
We at Fotographic Images believe very strongly about preserving a person privacy, hence the reason why we have adopted this policy.
Contact Fotographic Images
The contact page was put together to help and assist you when wanting to contact us, including the direct messaging e-mail system.
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