Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux

2007 was an exciting and challenging year for my photography business and I have put together a slideshow to celebrate it!, please do have a look!

I have just completed a shoot for Fabulous Masterpieces of a selection of their paintings in some flats in Kensington

Fabulous Masterpieces specialises in genuine hand painted museum quality masterpieces of famous paintings. You can see more in a slideshow

I now have a Leica M8 which can use all the wonderful lenses from my M6 and I have been using it over the Christmas period in the streets of Notting Hill and out & about in Lisbon.

On 14th September I had the pleasure of shooting Marilyn Monroe, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Elvis (five times!), Diana Ross
and a host of other stars at the Trocadero in Piccadilly Circus! How did I manage this amazing feat?! - It was thanks to Sid Shaw of Elvisly Yours and
www.lookalikes-unite.com and its CEO, Jo Wiskin, who had organised a terrific group of Lookalikes for a party and to raise money for the “Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre.
"The Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre" is in memory of Maureen Shaw. The event "Maureen's Day 2" was organised by Sid Shaw of Elvisly Yours and husband of Maureen Shaw
who sadly died in March 2007 of Cancer. The event was supported by Friends, Elvis ETA', Lookalikes-Unite and their elite Members who are Professional Celebrity Lookalikes/Impersonators.

You can see some of what I and the general public saw and enjoyed in my slide show!

They need to raise £5,000.00 then LJMC will name a Counseling Room in memory of Maureen at the Cancer Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood.
They are over half way there. All your donations will be gratefully received, especially from fans that knew Maureen or those fans around the world
that appreciate the efforts Elvisly Yours have made to keep alive the memory of Elvis. You may Donate to LJMC in Maureen's Memory.
The day was about Maureen and the aim was to raise as much money in her memory for Cancer.
The event is featured in the following weeks TimeOut magazine, using some of my photographs.

This photograph has been selected as "Photo of the week" on the Calumet Photographic UK website.
I show it using the new "zoomify" feature in PhotoShop CS3 which allows you to zoom in and see the extraordinary level of detail
my digital equipment can now deliver. ZOOOOooooom in and enjoy!

I recently found quite by accident Fulham Palace Cemetery and found it a place of wonder, both uplifting and depressing.
Overall it is well kept, but there are areas of tidy dereliction, and many signs of people really caring about people who have died a long. long time ago as well as more recently.
Amongst the many graves are some heart rending but at the same time wonderful graves of the very young, tended with love and imagination.
To see more of my pictures please look at the slide show, on which you can also leave comments

I was privileged to attend a SHOWstudio revue held at Three Rooms 15 Hanbury Street EC1 on 11th April.
The space, converted specially for a wide range of events by Sony to coincide with the launch of the PS3 is a fabulous colourful space
packed with hi-tec goodies, a bar, chill out zone and various places for performances, displays and generally hanging out.

Around 60 guys and gals from SHOWstudio and their guests, coming from a wide spectrum of the fashion and creative industries quaffed wine, chatted,
ate finger food, played with the PS3's and observed or took part in a range of tableaux, interactive Nu-Rave neon roulette, a novel version of striptease, dirty cabaret, glamour, sleaze, crooning
and DJ grooves. Guests including myself, were provided with Sony HDV Handycams and the videos were later edited into a movie, which can now be seen on SHOWstudio.com
I took my own camera as well and my pictures can be seen here.

I also took my Sony Sony HDR-HC3E HDV Handycam and produced on my iMAC a Quicktime movie ! which you will see, is rather cool for a first effort!!

On May 5th I attended another London Independent Photography workshop, this time on reportage photography given by
Brian Harris, who had asked us to photograph "progress" on the 2012 Olympics development.
I have walked round the Olympic Park South Walk which borders the development taking photos which I show in a slideshow.
As you will see, one can't really see any development going on, apart from the odd crane or bit of plant.
Other participants managed to take some pictures from the roofs of tall buildings, but saw little more.
However it was an interesting experience and I shall return at regular intervals and record what progress I can.

I am pleased to announce that Picture 7-4 "Three Ladies, Ponte de Lima, Portugal, 1977" has been a Merit Award Winner
in the prestigeous American photography magazine " Black & White Magazine" for more details click here.

I recently attended another "London Independent Photography" workshop hosted by the photographer Karen Knorr, who set us a brief beforehand to explore the issue of Urban Nature.
My response to it incorporating my idea of the Urban Beach took the form of a slideshow with text made up from pictures in my archive and work taken specially for it.

My first book of photography "Urban Nature and the Urban Beach" based on the above is now available.

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