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Sunday 18th May 2008  GMT 

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Mark CleghornMark Cleghorn

Mark Cleghorn is a photographer with a distinctive style of his own, his images have won hundreds of awards including the Kodak Gold Award 17 times. His work has been acknowledged by the photographic industry who awarded him 4 Fellowships for his outstanding work, he has influenced photographers across the world setting new trends and techniques but most importantly his portrait & wedding images hang in thousands of homes around the world bringing a smile across generations and a memory and time never to be forgotten.


Since turning pro in 1982 Mark Cleghorn’s photography has been turning heads. A people specialist his images, wedding or portrait, social or commercial commissions it does not matter, he is a firm believer that he is only as good as his last shot. Cleghorn has lectured and judged all over the world and still is one of the most creative & influential social photographers shooting and teaching today. Digital and Cleghorn are one word now, since 1997 he has being using digital, and was one of the first in the UK to be film free. It is with digital now that Cleghorn spends most of his teaching time, helping photographers move swiftly from film to profitable digital time. Mark’s photography style & lighting was one of the key influences to the Venture Portraits franchise and is one of a unique handful of studios in Europe pushing styles and product boundaries in both traditional and contemporary photography.
Cleghorn has not forgotten his roots like many, and sees digital as just the next step, so much so that in 2004 the book - The Secrets of Posing and Lighting was launched, selling throughout the world. The Book was designed to teach perfect lighting techniques for portraits, lighting has always been a passion and Cleghorn wanted to make sure that his lighting techniques were passed on to the next generations of social photographers in a simple to understand language.

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The SWPP 2008 Convention was an outstanding success,
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