Essex Portrait photographer goes to Chester for a training day with Damian McGillicuddy aka “The Big Dog” !!
Being a photographer is no different to any other profession when it comes to training, without training you simply do not move forward, so off to Chester to meet the man himself!
Damian is known in the Photography world as the lighting wizard and there is no wonder why!
He is a Grand master of the SWPP (Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers) he has won, 11 UK Awards of Excellence; 59 Fuji Professional Awards; 112 British Professional Photographer Awards;600+ Regional, National & International Awards.
Damian also became the 68th Master Photographer Fellow in the World, and is currently the ONLY Photographer to have 5 UK Master Photographer of the Year Awards and 7 Society Photographer of the Year Awards, and has won individual Photographer of the Year in numerous disciplines. Add to the above 6 International Fellowships, including an Honorary Fellowship awarded in the 2000 Millennium Celebrations for Services to Photography, and you should by now get the picture, (no pun intended), as to where Damian is as a professional photographer.
As an Essex Portrait photographer I can honestly say that on my day with him i had more than a few light bulb moments and see this as a journey to take my photography to the next level.
I have posted a few images of Hollie our Model for the day




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