Christopher Bradbury F.M.P.A

(Link to Christopher’s web site cbphoto.co.uk)

(Link to Adrian Butt’s images taken on the evening of Christopher’s visit)

Christopher Bradbury F.M.P.A is a fellow of the Master Photographers Association and has won the title, “UK Digital Photographer of the Year” 8 times, “Overall UK Portrait Photographer of the Year” twice and is a past winner of “UK Wedding Photographer of the Year”

Biography

After school I studied Applied Biological Sciences at Bristol. While there, I was Chairman and Lecturer for the photographic society.

During the last year of my degree, I started working for “Studio Bristol” as a wedding photographer and after graduation I worked for “John Wright Photography” in Warwick. I started in the   laboratory where every aspect of black and white printing, lithographic negative work, print toning, canvas mounting and finishing were employed.

In 1982 , I ran the Leamington Spa shop for John, specialising in wedding photography and portraiture .

In 1984 I had an offer that I couldn’t refuse. I had the chance of running my own studio. The studio was called “Christopher Bradbury Photography” 19 Regent Street, Royal Leamington Spa CV32 5HG.

Once the studio was opened, I made a policy to take students on work experience from local schools, particularly those doing A level photography. In one particular year we had 6 students from Trinity School Warwick. I told the school that I would accept the students on block placement if I was put in for the exam…we all received an A level grade A.

The three students that were employed on the Youth Training Scheme all obtained distinctions in photography at both levels of City & Guilds.

I have taught evening classes at both Mid Warwickshire College and Tile Hill College.

In 1996 I started teaching at Tile Hill College on a more regular basis, starting with one day a week and by the second year I was teaching 3 days a week. Unfortunately this time commitment and poor teaching remuneration at the time, put a strain on the business and after 3 years teaching I returned to photography full time.

In 2003 my wife and I bought a house in Bidford on Avon where we built the current studio, offering a full range of photographic and digital editing services.

I am a regular lecturer on photography and digital Imaging for the UK professional market. The lectures are usually   aimed at professional photographers wishing to improve their skills.

In October 2008, I returned to teaching structured courses. I started working with Adult and Community Learning, teaching “beginners” photography and basic Photoshop editing.

Over the last few of years, this has grown into quite a complex course and I have started writing a book based on simple to follow projects that will enable the student to reach a high standard in a relatively short time.

In the last ten years I have won some of the top awards in the industry at both the “British Professional Photography Awards” and at the “Master Photographer of the Year Awards”. I have won the “UK Digital Photographer of the Year” 8 times. UK Portrait Photographer of the year twice and in 2012, I had the highest scoring image in the world at the national awards.

In 2013 I was made a moderator for Cambridge University.

In 2014 I presented the Lecture on the future of photography to the Oxford, Cambridge, RSA (OCR) examination board at their first Arts Conference in London.

(Inserted January 2016)

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