> About Us - Dave Poultney

Biography

David is a multi award-winning photographer who specialises in the use of film, digital and medium-format cameras. He started his career in local newspapers and, after winning the prestigious "Regional Press Photographer of the Year" award, spent eight years at the Daily Express on the Sports Pictures Team. He covered all major sporting events, sending live picture transmissions back to the office, often under very tight deadlines. He also worked on the picture desk during the Sydney and Athens Olympics. David left to pursue a career in corporate photography and became a framework photographer for BAA. His photography contributed to BAA picking up an award for "Best Annual Report" and he also worked throughout the UK and Europe doing architectural, personnel and construction shots.

David, who prides himself on establishing an excellent working relationship with all his clients, currently manages the Olympic London 2012 account working closely with the media, filming and marketing teams. He is also working on a book of portraits of people working on the construction of the Olympic Park.

In addition to his photography, David project-manages a six-strong team of staff photographers and has managed the creation of several websites and photographic literature.

Dave's areas of photographic expertise are construction photography, corporate photography, portrait photography, lifestyle photography, news photography, and advertising photography.

He has undertaken charity projects for Children's Aid Direct and the Romanian Orphanage Trust working in Romania, Bosnia and Albania. He is married with a young son.

Blog

I will be updating my blog every few months telling you what I am doing and showing a selection of my favorite images taken over the last six months.

Obviously most of my time is taken up shooting the ongoing construction photography on the Olympic site, at the moment I am shooting a series of portraits of construction workers on site, as well as taking care of the ongoing progress photography and looking after the news and media shoots.

Away from the ongoing construction photography, I recently undertook the photoshoot for the launch of a new sweet for Bassetts in Sheffield commissioned through RED, this was a great job and good fun as Betty Bassett was introduced to the world as the wife of Bertie with their own wedding; it even made a double page in OK magazine.