Category: News

Launching 8 March 2023
AOP f22 Community & Connection is a collaborative project celebrating new work from f22 members on the them of community & connection and all it entails.

Human Elephant Conflict: A project by Jonathan Browning. Images taken in Central North Sri Lanka where the situation is the most precarious. Captions, info and interviews available on request.

Kate Peters – 40 Years of Women at St John’s College, Cambridge

AOP 360° – Looking Ahead to 2023 with Darren Sital-Singh of Studio Pi.
“There’s been a lot of discussion, and some progression, around diverse representation in media, and quite rightly so, however my hope for 2023 is that the same desire for change is applied to diverse representation behind the camera.”

We all know that to carry out commercial photography or filming, a permission or permit is required for anywhere that is not your own private garden!

The location is a critical part of every image for several reasons…
John Alflatt shares a Guide to Sending Out a Location Brief

John Alflatt has been working in photography for many years having started out as a photographic assistant, transitioned through shooting while picking up a few AOP awards along the way before moving into locations and production over twenty years ago. Here he shares some of the work he has done with AOP members.

Managing FX Risk in the Creative Sector with Currency UK.
The UK’s Creative Industries are recovering fast in a post covid world, however, there are still challenges most businesses within this sector will face when it comes to managing international projects.

Big Sky by Ryan Edy.
A personal project studying the art of form, colour & light.

AOP 360° – Looking Ahead to 2023 with Zoë Whishaw, Commercial Photography Consultant and Mentor.

“Network, network and network! Contacts (like seeds) take time to bear fruit so there is no time to be wasted. The real-life grapevine is, was and always will be very powerful. Get yourself out there and be seen, be positive, be talked about and get noticed. Give yourself the target of speaking to 3 new people each time you go to an industry/social event…and take a good old-fashioned business card. The more you practice the easier it becomes and the more you will reap the rewards.”

Huge congratulations to all AOP members from students through to Accredited Photographers who were announced as Winners and Shortlisted for the BJP Portrait of Britain Award Vol.5.

WINNER © Danny Burrows