About Simon Plant And ProphotoInsights
ProPhotoInsights Digital Photography Tutorials & Adobe Photoshop Training
ProPhotoInsights what's it all about?
Our aim is to take you from start to finish of the image creation process (from behind the camera to behind the desk). Where possible we produce tutorials while on assignment for our clients or while we are traveling between commissions. So our aim is to show you everything it takes to produce professional images from capture to completion.
How does it work ?
Simple you sign up and have free access to many of our Digital Photography Tutorials,and Adobe Photoshop Training videos,forum community & competitions plus other exciting features we have planned for the future.
Being a member also brings the added benefit of discounts off certain products like Photomatix HDR software.
Once you have registered we will notify you via email when new videos are added to the site and give updates on our current competitions,we'll even give you a free 30 page ebook "Photographing The Edge Of Darkness".
*A few of our videos are only available to view if purchased and these only have a short trailer available on the site to preview.
NB When you register for the site you have the option to also receive an occasional email from us (usually once a month) letting you know when new videos are added to the site.When you opt in to receive this you will be given a link for a free ebook "Photographing The Edge Of Darkness"
About Simon
At the age of 19, I borrowed my father's camera and traveled around Greece.
This was the very beginning of my interest in photography. It was around 1989, that I came across the photographic work of John Claridge, a world-renowned advertising photographer. His work had a very big impact on me and ultimately inspired me to make photography my Career.
In 1990 I started up my own photographic business doing advertising work, and shortly afterwards I received my first big break shooting Lifestyle images on location for Clark’s shoes.
Over the years I have photographed a range of people - from heads of Industry to TV celebrities. I have also travelled to many locations that would normally have been inaccessible if it were not for my camera.
During this time I also shot many productions for stock with my work being sold worldwide for advertising & publishing.
2005 saw me change direction and shoot less people based work and concentrate on shooting locations & cars (another passion of mine). Constantly exploring new imaging technologies and developing new techniques I became one of the first car photographers in the UK shooting specialist HDR images for the CGI Rendering of cars.
In more recent years I started to sell my work through several galleries to cater for an interest that has grown for my work as fine art and also launched Simon Plant Photographic Fine Art as an online outlet.
A long standing desire to self publish my work led to the idea of providing Digital Photography Tutorials and videos of my shoots and in August 2008 ProPhotoInsights was launched.
In the months that followed the launch PPI took off and videos where being used by several Photographic magazines and being viewed worldwide.
Both individuals & Universities have purchased our HD Extended videos and snippets are also used for advertising.
With a friendly forum and a worldwide membership growing each day PPI has quickly risen from it's hazy beginnings
My work has won many awards and been featured in all the major photographic press in the U.K. and been commissioned and published by many Nationally and Internationally known clients worldwide.
A small selection includes....
* AOL
* American Airlines
* Bank Of England
* British Airways
* Clarks Shoes
* Delta Airlines
* Enviroment Agency
* Hallmark
* Headworx Clothing
* IBM
* Microsoft Multimedia Publishing
* Minnesota Orchestra
* National Geographic.
* National Rivers Authority
* Orange
* Oxford University Press
* Severn Trent Water
* Time Magazine Online
* Welsh Tourist Board
2009 sees me shortlsted for Landscape Photographer Of The Year.
I live in the South West of England with my wife and 3 children Gabriel,Gracie & Ava
