Paul Groom shows how to shoot like a pro

Jul 26, 2024

Bristol corporate photographer and videographer, Paul Groom, tells us how he was asked to feature in a 12 page article in PhotoPlus magazine, with him as the featured pro teaching an ‘apprentice’ photographer how to shoot night photography.

“A couple of months ago I received an email from a dedicated Canon photography magazine called PhotoPlus asking me to take part in an article called The Apprentice. The idea is that they organise a professional photographer and also one of their readers to come on a shoot and the pro helps the apprentice to take pro level photos – each month it’s a different subject matter… this time it was night time photography. After a bit of light persuading by my family I said yes to the idea and we had a superb time.

 

I met the magazine editor Pete Travers and the ‘apprentice’ Paul Way in Bristol around sun-down and after some lively chat about camera gear (I could talk about camera for hours, to be honest) we set-up on the top floor of the car park overlooking Harvey Nichols. After we took some tasty evening shots showing vehicle light trails, which involved a lot of waiting for traffic lights to change, we went to the Cabot Circus bridge and then moved onto Castle Park and recreated a photo I’d taken years before (for Cubex) of Castle Bridge (aka Bendy Bridge). We then went across to the water near the Watershed for some more pics.

 

See some of the spreads below. I’ve also put in larger versions of some of the pics I took so you can get a closer look. The whole experience was wonderful. The ‘apprentice’ was a superb photographer called Paul Way. I’ll put his instagram link below for you to see as he takes some superb birds of prey and more. Please do follow him.

 

You can buy this magazine (Photoplus Jan 2024 issue 212) in WH Smiths, online and other newsagents now. We’re on page 18, it’s a 12 page article.”

Magazine link: https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-magazines/6936659/photoplus-magazine-subscription.thtml?j=PHP

Apprentice Paul Way’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p23way_photos/

Magazine FB page https://www.facebook.com/PhotoPlusMag

More of Paul’s architectural photography: https://paulgroomphotography.co.uk/architectural-photography/

As well as buildings, Paul also takes professional portraits, covers many events, industrial shoots, lifestyle, PR and studio photography and video around Bristol, the South West. London and all over the UK.

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