Lightbox Photography - Simon Kirwan : Liverpool Photographer

Welcome to Lightbox Photography, here you will find the official web site of award-winning advertising, lifestyle, marketing, event, public relations, editorial, and aerial photographer Simon Kirwan, based in Liverpool, Merseyside, North West England, specialising in creative location, lifestyle marketing, outdoor & corporate event, conference & trade show, industrial, construction, architectural, live music & sport event, mountain, world adventure travel, and aerial photography for national and international corporate, PR, advertising and marketing clients in the UK and Europe. My aerial photography for architects, urban development agencies, and local authorities can also be viewed at Lightbox Aerial Photography.

Creative Location Photography in Liverpool, Merseyside, Manchester, UK & Europe

Based in Merseyside in the North West of England, my local area includes Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and North Wales, also often working in London, Edinburgh and the West Midlands. As a specialist location photographer, I carry out commissioned commercial, lifestyle, live event, editorial, public relations, architectural and aerial photographic assignments for corporate, publishing, advertising and marketing clients throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. All aerial and commercial photography is produced using state-of-the-art digital camera equipment and a fully digital image workflow, and the Lightbox Network online image asset management system is utilised to manage and distribute photographic images.

Corporate & Live Event Photography at Echo Arena Liverpool & BT Convention Centre Liverpool

In 2008, Lightbox Photography will be supplying corporate and live event photography for ACC Liverpool, operators of the BT Convention Centre and Echo Arena Liverpool, situated on Kings Dock, which launched on January 12th 2008 with the Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 Opening Event, Liverpool The Musical. Our specialist team of event photographers will be providing photographic services to ACC Liverpool and their live event, trade show, exhibition, conference and convention clients at the BT Convention Centre and Echo Arena Liverpool in 2008. Please visit the Galleries for latest images from events staged at Echo Arena Liverpool, including Supercross, CBeebies Live, and Liverpool The Musical, the launch event for Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 and Echo Arena Liverpool, featuring former Beatle Ringo Starr, plus other events including Classical Spectacular, Premier League Darts, Wrestlemania RAW, Roger Waters, Here & Now 2008, and Dancing On Ice starring Torvill & Dean. We wil be be covering the 2008 Summer Pops season at Echo Arena Liverpool.

Aerial Photography - Liverpool, Manchester, North West England, Midlands, Wales & Europe

We carry out commissioned oblique aerial photographic surveys for construction, architecture, advertising, marketing, local authority, editorial, corporate, and publishing clients. We also have extensive picture archives of aerial images covering North West England and Wales, available for publication. As well as operating all over the United Kingdom from our home base at Barton Aerodrome, Manchester, and other airfields throughout the UK, I also operate all over Europe. We are currently working on projects in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, and have extensive contacts in the aviation industry in all major European countries.

Location Lifestyle Photography for Advertising & Marketing in UK & Overseas

We specialise in location lifestyle photography for advertising and marketing projects, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. We have carried out lifestyle photographic projects in Spain and Scotland for Scottish & Newcastle plc for brands including Kronenbourg, Strongbow, Fosters, Bulmers, and Jacques, organising all logistics, transport, model booking, stylists, travel and location research.

Architectural Photography for Construction, Local Authorities, CGI Studios, & Property Developers

We use the Nikkor 24mm PC-E Perspective Control lens for architectural photography, specifically designed to replicate some of the technical features of large format cameras, to enable DSLR cameras to utilise lens movements to assist in retaining correct perspective when photographing buildings, specifically to retain upright verticals. This lens transforms what is possible in architectural photography with a DSLR, and does provide a genuine solution to the problem of retaining correct perspective without using a technical large-format view camera.

Travel, Editorial & PR Photography for Press, Media & Publishing

If you have any forthcoming location projects requiring advertising, aerial, architectural, construction, event, lifestyle marketing, editorial. public relations, or corporate photography, or are organising events to be hosted at the BT Convention Centre and Echo Arena Liverpool, or relating to the Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008, please Contact Us for a quotation for photography and digital imaging services.

Press Release: Simon Kirwan Wins TUC Photo Competition With BT Convention Centre Liverpool Snap

Award-winning Liverpool photographer Simon Kirwan has been awarded first prize in the TUC Liverpool Working Lives photo competition, the TUC’s first element of their programme of events to mark Liverpool’s status as 2008 European Capital of Culture.

With 2008 being Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture, the TUC invited both amateur and professional photographers to display their own images of working life in the city. The panel judging the competition consisted of Alan Manning, Regional Secretary of the NW TUC, Anne Thornton, Arts-Coordinator at the NW TUC and Eddie Barford, Deputy Picture Editor at the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, and member of the NUJ, whose Merseyside branch partly sponsored the competition. The photos were judged on the interpretation of the competition’s theme in terms of creativity, atmosphere, originality and impact and also on their composition, focus, lighting, use of colour and exposure.

Anne Thornton, Arts Co-ordinator at the NW TUC said: “We have been extremely impressed by the high standard of pictures submitted to our competition by professionals and amateurs alike. Liverpool’s workers have created a unique photographic record of Liverpool working lives and of how they see their city during 2008, Capital of Culture year. The exhibition will be an opportunity for the public to see the best of the photographs and will be a showcase for the photographers themselves.”

Alan Manning, the TUC’s North West Regional Secretary, said that the competition and the website were an enjoyable way of highlighting working life in Liverpool while the city is in the international spotlight.

He added: “We want to celebrate the contribution of working people to this city and its culture. We are kicking off with a project that is aimed at showing Liverpool at work that is created by Liverpool’s workers. At the end of the competition, we will have an exhibition that we will tour around the region, from the city centre through to Kirkby and Bootle. Liverpool workers will have created a unique photographic record of Liverpool working lives.’’

Normally photographing stars performing on stage like Ringo Starr, Torvill & Dean, Duran Duran, Westlife, Sugababes, Meat Loaf and Paul Simon, resident photographer at Echo Arena Liverpool and BT Convention Centre Liverpool, and NUJ member Simon Kirwan captured his prize-winning picture in the kitchens at an awards dinner at the BT Convention Centre, depicting a team of chefs preparing dinner for delegates. In 2000, Simon was named the Observer Outdoor Photographer of the Year, and as well as photographing live events like the Liverpool Summer Pops for ACC Liverpool, operators of Echo Arena Liverpool and BT Convention Centre Liverpool, is the author of a series of landscape and aerial photography books, and also produces corporate and event photography for a diverse range of clients all over Europe. In 2007, Simon worked on projects in Spain, Holland, Belgium, and Poland, as well as locations all over the UK.

Simon Kirwan is a member of the Association of Photographers, and alongside his event, aerial, architectural, lifestyle marketing, public relations, corporate and advertising photography, has travelled extensively in Europe, USA, Asia and Africa producing images for The Lightbox, one of the UK’s longest-established photography web sites, which houses a collection of over 10,000 travel images, and can be viewed at www.the-lightbox.com