TOP RATED PREFERRED FREELANCER

Professional British-born Commercial Photographer, Translator, Writer and Proof-reader. I am now based in France, in the town of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, south of Limoges, but undertake work for clients worldwide.

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If you are looking for commercial photography of the highest quality, whether in the studio or on location I have all the experience you seek. I also offer written work covering travel, fiction, marketing and a range of other subjects. I am the highest rated commercial photographer worldwide on this site. Over 450 references, all positive, on Purpleport. Highest rated local photographer on Yell (UK) 2016 – 2022 (when I moved abroad). Listed in the UK’s top 5% most trusted photography studios on Safebuy 2015 – 2021.

PRESTIGE AWARDS SOUTH of ENGLAND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR 2020 and 2021.

Internationally published: fashion, products, dance/fitness, portfolios, glamour/fine art/erotica, architecture/interiors, sport, virtual tours, travel, HDR, commercial studio facilities, photo event management. Models/stylists available.

I am fully operational for commercial work where COVID restrictions apply and all necessary procedures are in place at all venues that I use.

Please note that in-house studio pack-shot and still-life product photography for Amazon, eBay and for clients’ websites and social media in my studio is charged per finished fully edited image on a sliding scale, reducing per image with quantity, and not per hour.

700+ positive references available on this and other websites. UK DBS and ACRO checks. EUR 5m p/l insurance,

I am also a FR-EN(GB), IT-EN(GB) and Latin-EN(GB) translator of official, commercial and historical documents, writer and proofreader.

Twenty years in the advertising and marketing industry including a period in high-end specialised satellite TV equipment supply.

Clients worldwide.

Barney Douglas, HL-Studio Commercial Photography, in France (formerly based in UK)

Please note that scammers trying to hire me will be reported and that I only hire other people on this site through projects I post. Please do not create a project as a means of seeking work from me..

qualifications

HND Computing Portsmouth Polytechnic 1985 Computing higher national diploma
Licentiate Master Photographers Association 1987 Certificate of professional photography

education

HND Computing

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom 1983 – 1985 (2 years)

experience

Freelancer translator and copywriter Sole trader Jan 1990 – Present Former sales and managing director of a company in France in the satellite television industry. I speak, read and write excellent French. I pride myself on perfect UK English grammar, spelling, syntax, semantics and idiom and undertake copywriting, (particularly with a marketing element), in UK English, and translation from French to UK English. I can also offer US English if required.

I also translate from Italian and both Classical and Medieval Latin.
Proprietor BDFoto / HL-Studio / Euronues / HLS-Art Jun 1984 – Present Professional photographer – products, fashion, dance, fitness, tourism, architecture and erotic-artistic stills; over 35 years experience. Based in West Sussex, UK till July 2022 and from then in Haute-Vienne, France.

Before returning full time to photography in 2008 I worked within the UK advertising market for over 14 years.

I trained as a dancer & choreographer in my youth.

EUR 5m professional insurance.

Member of SIFGP, Purpleport, Bookfoto etc.

Publications

The Wicca Queen

Book cover images and several storyline illustrations for this story of a white witch.

Nella’s World

Almost 1,000 images published of the iconic glamour model Nella Miartusova on her own website

Brochure photography

Stills photography of fitness training.

This was a project on this website

Calendars for publication

Annual calendar production, published on BD-Shop and also sold through EBay and Amazon

The Audience – Channel 4 TV documentary

Stills photographer on a television documentary series about two weeks in the life of a glamour model.

Fotogenic website, Australia

Almost twenty articles on photography and accompanying photographs

This was a freelancer.com project

Various websites within group

Rebranding images for their entire suite of 150 websites

Jade International Magazine of Erotic Art

Twice published photo spreads.

May 2012 – twelve pages

December 2010 – eight pages