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Yearly Archives: 2011

When Michael Met Douglas – 1988

Our recent Christmas trip to photograph some of the animals at Chester Zoo reminded me of a 1980′s assignment I undertook for a Cheshire lifestyle magazine and, in particular, my encounter with Douglas, a two year old orangutan. Last week I was lucky when this youngster jumped on to the window sill right in front…

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Chester Zoo – A Winter’s Tale

Last Christmas our good friend and fellow photographer Lesley Wood arranged a photographers’ ‘tweet-up’ and Christmas meal at Chester Zoo. In spite of an impressive selection of exotic animals braving the bittterly cold December weather to pose for the public, including lions, elephants and camels, the star of the day was this camera-friendly festive robin!…

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Pro Portrait Training is moving…

It’s a busy time of year at Turner Photo Training with lots going on behind the scenes in readiness for 2012. This is just a quick post to tell you that Go Further, the section of our website for aspiring portrait pros is moving to our sister site at www.portraitphototraining.co.uk (still under construction) over the…

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