Profile
Award winning Mike Kipling is one of the North of England`s most successful and well-known
photographers. Originally from Scarborough and educated at Newcastle University he is now based at Guisborough and lives on the edge of
the North Yorkshire Moors. His favourite location for photography. His
distinctive style is regularly seen in a number of up market monthly
periodicals, calendars and book illustrations. For two years running
Mike took top honours in the Epson Digital Vision Competition.
Mike`s picture of heather burners on the Yorkshire Moors was
awarded first place in the competition. In the following year Mike won the UK
professional category with his picture of Limestone Paving at Malham
in the Yorkshire Dales.
Mike is equally comfortable creating
striking landscape and townscape shots of the beautiful scenery
and historic towns of Northern England as he is photographing the activity
in a busy factory or office environment.
A former town planner, Mike first became
interested in photography 30 years ago primarily to record environmental
issues. Recognition through a number of international and national
awards encouraged Mike with a partner to establish the Colorbank
Picture Library in 1988. Mike Kipling Photography was established
in 1995 when Mike`s partner retired from the business. The business
has two main strands:
The Picture Library
This is a specialist
library dealing primarily with North Yorkshire and North East England.
Mike concentrates on photographing
all aspects of the area from York to Northumberland and from the
North East Coast to Cumbria. This area is all within 100 miles of
Mike`s base at Guisborough. Concentrating on such a compact
area means the library has images in depth not available elsewhere
and a greater choice of images of the regions main icons and attractions.
The collection now runs to over 30,000 high quality stock photos
depicting the landscape, coast, castles, abbeys, moors, dales, towns
and villages of North Yorkshire, Teesside, Durham, Northumberland
and the Lake District. Many of the more popular of these images
are available to select on line and this is arguably the largest
on line collection of this region. We are a small family business
and we can be more responsive to individual requirements than large
national libraries and as we are located in the area we intimately
know the area we are dealing with. Our overheads are low we can
therefore be very cost effective.
Most photography is now carried on digital capture professional
Canon cameras producing files of approx 60 megabyte. Film images
have been shot on medium format Fuji Velvia film are available
as up to 54 megabyte pro scanned
digital files (A3+ at 300 dpi). Although at this stage not a
mainstay of the library, images of other UK locations are added
as and when Mike makes a visit. Mike also makes at least four overseas
photographic trips per year primarily to add images to specialist
travel libraries. Selections of these images are now added to an
international section and a full selection is available at
Alamy.com.Commissioned Photography
Mike is in much demand to carry out
commissioned photography in the region. His background in the public
sector associated with development, tourism and regeneration means
he is often engaged to work for Regional Development Agencies, Tourist
Boards, National Agencies and Local Authorities. He is also regularly
commissioned by developers to photograph completed projects. The
emphasis of Mike`s work is on `feel good photography` and for this
good weather and light is essential, a commodity often lacking in
this part of England and this does limit the amount of work that
can be taken on and the distance travelled.
Commissions can be undertaken on Canon 1DS mk3 and 5d2 digial capture cameras. Prices are by negotiation and the
digital files become the property of the client. Click <
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for some examples.
The Future
The immediate objective is to get many
more images on line for viewing. This is an ongoing task so it is
always worth revisiting the site to browse. However if the image
of North Yorkshire or North East England you want is not there it
is worth a call or an e-mail as the site only includes only a selection
of the film library shots available.
Prints
After many requests we are now able to offer super quality prints of any of the photographs on the web site ready for mounting and framing. Mike has at last found a local processing lab that will print to his specification and quality. The photographs are printed on Fuji glossy photographic paper which is archival safe and brings out all the full tonal characteristics of the original image. You can order from the enlarged image or
direct.
Photo Tutition
Together with fellow photographers Brian Jobson and John Devlin we have founded
MasterDigital to give professional photo tuition. Our
one day and half day courses cover getting to know your camera and a basic introduction to landscape
and portrait photography
Copyright Statement
All Images and the design of this site
are Copyright Protected and No Images are Public Domain.
All images on this site are the copyright
property of the individual photographers and Mike Kipling Photography
and protected under United Kingdom, United States and International
copyright laws. No copying, saving to digital file, reproduction
or manipulation is permitted unless with express written authority
of Mike Kipling Photography. The purchase or request for images
is acceptance of the copyright protection of all images. Images
are only available on licence. Fair use is not an excuse. Usage
of an image for the basis of any form of creative concept is also
in violation of our copyright.
Terms and Conditions of Use
Terms and conditions are set out in
detail on all delivery notes and invoices. The loan or use of an
image is acceptance of our terms and conditions of trading. Any
client who has not previously dealt with the Agency on the Terms
and Conditions set out and does not wish to accept such Terms and
Conditions must return all pictures immediately by registered post.
In the case of digital files a written confirmation should be sent
with the return of all discs and a statement that all files have been
erased. The client will be deemed to have accepted the Agencys Terms
and Conditions if pictures are not returned within five days of
their receipt.
Any client who has previously dealt with the Agency on the Terms
and Conditions set out below will be deemed to have accepted them
by virtue of having made the request for the pictures. It is the
Client who must satisfy himself that all necessary rights, model
releases or consents which may be required for reproduction, are
obtained and it is acknowledged that the Supplier gives no warranty
or undertaking that any such rights, releases or consents exists.
All original transparencies loaned carry a value against loss or
damage and it is the responsibility of the client to ensure they
are fully protected and insured until returned to Mike Kipling Photography
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