Simon John a photographer based in Fareham in Hampshire. - Intro

Simon John has been a photographer since leaving school in 1983 and opening his first studio over twenty years ago. He is now one of the most celebrated photographers in the UK and was awarded his Fellowship of the British Institute of professional photography at a prestigious ceremony held at the House of Commons Westminster in 1996. Over his Career he has won no less than ten Kodak Gold awards for excellence in portraiture, and in the millennium won a gold plated Hassleblad camera becoming the outright winner of Face 2000, a joint venture and subsequent exhibition of portraiture organized by the leading lights of the photography world. Most recently he became UK wedding photographer of the year 04/05 an area that Simon is extremely excited about. His goal is to have wedding photography regarded as art and constantly strives to push new boundaries studying the great masters of painting and sculpture but working in the new and exciting media of digital photography. Simon is also a judge of professional photography, speaks on the lecture circuit and sits on the admissions and qualifications board qualifying photographers from the UK and overseas to the highest level attainable in Great Briton today. Come on in the main site is here.>