Stephen Johnson
Director of Copyrightimage Ltd
A potted history:
In 1984, after studying photography and film at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham for 3 years, I moved to London and got a position at Tony Stone Images in the darkroom under the generous guidance of Matt Lambert.
At Tony Stone Images I developed an understanding of Stock Photography and in my own time produced images that sold well enough for me to leave the full time job and concentrate on making saleable images.
Some of my pre-digital images produced in-camera or in the darkroom
(available at Getty Images)
(available at Getty Images)
In 1990 Tony called me back to the company to help set up and run a creative digital imaging department.
Those were the very early days of digital (Photoshop was a toy in those days for playing with low res images) and it was during this period that I learned the trade and was able to pass on this knowledge to the new staff I took on as the department expanded.
In 1995 at great expense, I bought my own Silicon Graphics Barco Creator retouching system. In 1997 I moved to Norfolk to concentrate once again on my stock work.
Some of my digital images using Creator or Photoshop (available at Getty Images)
After a few years Macs and PCs were speeding up enough to make Photoshop a practical proposition for working on repro sized images and this made it possible for more businesses to afford digital. I took the opportunity to develop a consultancy business to help out small specialist photo libraries, With the advent of good quality digital cameras I started to help photographers directly.
I incorporated the business into Copyrightimage Ltd in 2003.
Jennie Johnson
Director and Company Secretary of Copyrightimge Ltd.
Jennie looks after the administration and smooth running of the company. She is on hand to handle queries when I am out of the office.
Jennie can help locate and book B&Bs etc for visitor coming to workshops and also provides the inclusive lunches. Jennie is my support.
Edward Leigh
Edward, of Excogitate Consultancy and Visual Connections, provides complementary services and backup support to Copyrightimage clients. Edward and Stephen worked together at Getty Images and have maintained a close working relationship since. Edward’s main areas of expertise are web development and online marketing, with a particular focus on image libraries.
Copyrightimage Ltd. Registered in England. Company Number 04949251. VAT Number 54 782 7407
Registered Office: Copyrightimage Limited Schiavi Pole Brett Ltd, 409 High Road, Willesden NW10 2JN
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