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Liverpool photographer shoots portrait for magazine cover - tear sheet

Portrait on front cover of Livving Magazine

Always great to see my work in publication. This time is a magazine front cover with a portrait of Melanie Lewis, the CEO of Shakespeare North Playhouse.

Categories: Photography, Press, People
Tags: portraits, culture, tearsheet,

Published on Wed Aug 24, 2022

Liverpool music photographer David J Colbran covers the Africa Oye Festival for specialist photography agency.

Africa Oye 2022 - world music photography in Liverpool

As I always say, Africa Oye is my favourite festival and probably the nearest, being about 15 minutes walk from my home. Slightly delayed, is the 30th anniversary of the festival a few weeks ago.

Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music, live, gigs

Published on Mon Jul 4, 2022

Liverpool professional photographer gives an update on business and commercial photography commissions in 2022.

Photographers Update June 2022

Back on the blog with a quick update on recent business and commercial photography commissions. Working with a housing association, a bike charity, a medical society, a recruitment agency and a dental practice.

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Press, Events
Tags: conference, business, commercial, location, housing, community

Published on Thu Jun 16, 2022

Liverpool photographer commissioned to document a fire and rescue exercise in high-rise residential apartments in Merseyside

Fire service and rescue training exercise photography Merseyside

A really interesting commission working with Livv Housing documenting a fire and rescue exercise in high-rise residential apartments in Kirkby. These are the people who will literally save your life!

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Press, Events
Tags: housing, fire, rescue, training

Published on Thu Mar 24, 2022

Liverpool photographer David J Colbran details an industrial photo shoot in Merseyside for a green electricity business.

Green energy industrial photography in Liverpool

Another Liverpool industrial photography commission under the belt and more hi-viz PPE added to the boot of the car. This time nice and local in the Old Swan, a couple of miles away from home. It was for the Lister Drive Greener Grid Park installation which is currently under construction.

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Press, Architecture
Tags: industry, industrial, green, energy

Published on Thu Mar 17, 2022

Liverpool conference photographer David details a multi day commission at a variety of venues across the city centre

Multi day corporate conference photography

Nice commission at the ACC Liverpool - Conference Venue on the waterfront. It is a venue I know very well, having worked at dozens of business events, conferences and exhibitions since it opened. It really does compete to be the UK's number one multipurpose arena and convention centre.

Categories: Photography, Events
Tags: business, conferences, awards, evening, commercial, ACC

Published on Thu Mar 10, 2022

David J Colbran gives a summary of recent photography work at the beginning of 2022 and signals a return to business as normal for photographic commissions.

Liverpool photographer has a busy start to the year

A quick summary of recent photography work at the beginning of 2022, which hopefully signals a return to business as normal for photographic commissions on Merseyside.

Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Events, People, Music, Personal
Tags: art, project, personal, business, commercial

Published on Wed Mar 2, 2022

David provides a individual and a team portrait service for corporate headshots, head and shoulders portraits, actor Spotlight features, LinkedIn profiles

Liverpool Business portrait sessions what to expect

Getting a portrait booked in for a business profile can be a new and daunting experience for some people. Many of my clients have never had a professional photoshoot before and of course it is up to me to make them comfortable ...

Categories: Photography, People
Tags: portraits, business, commercial, corporate

Published on Tue Jan 11, 2022

Liverpool photographer working for Marise Payne Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs at G7 Summit, Liverpool UK 2021

G7 Summit photography in Liverpool 2021 for the Australian Government

A very busy and interesting weekend working for Marise Payne Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs at various venues across the city. It was my first time working at a high profile diplomatic summit.

Categories: Photography, Press, Events
Tags: business, conferences, government, summits

Published on Thu Jan 6, 2022

Liverpool photographer David J Colbran features in a digital festival with his pandemic art work and project.

Presentation at Digifest 2021 Festival, Durban, South Africa

A couple of weeks ago I was honoured to be asked to present and exhibit some of my artworks at the Unmasked Digifest and annual research conference 2021, based in Durban, South Africa

Categories: Photography, Personal
Tags: presentation, personal, project

Published on Thu Nov 4, 2021

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Ian Mountford, Director at Fit for Social PR

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