Electronic Photo-Imaging at the EPIcentre

JOHN HENSHALL FBIPP FRPS FBPPA FGTC FRGS
CAREER DETAILS

  • Professional photographer, director of photography and digital imaging expert.
  • Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (FRPS) 1985.
  • Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) 1967.
  • Honorary degree from the University for the Creative Arts 'in recognition of the profound influence he has had in the development of digital photography technologies throughout the past twenty years'. (MA) (2009)
  • Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography (FBIPP) 1985.
  • President of the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) 1991-92.
  • Fellow of the British Professional Photographer Associates (FBPPA) 2005.
  • Fellow of the Guild of Television Cameramen (FGTC) 1984. (Founder member 1972; Honorary Member 1978)
  • Vice President of the Guild of Television Cameramen 2011.
  • Chairman of the British Imaging and Photographic Association's (BIPA) Digital Imaging Committee 1992-1998.
  • Former Chairman of BIPP Digital Imaging, Film and Video qualifications panels.
  • Former Chairman of RPS Film and Video Associateship and Fellowship distinctions panel.
  • Member of RPS Applied and Professional Associateship and Fellowship panel.
  • Director of Electronic Photo-Imaging's EPIcentre -- a digital imaging consultancy and training facility in Oxfordshire, England.
  • Independent consultant in Electronic and Digital Imaging.

  • Frequent international speaker on the subject of photography, digital imaging, film and television.
  • Expert Witness on matters of photography, digital imaging, film and television.
  • Due Diligence advisor on American companies for the SEC.
  • Pre-release advisor on new products to digital imaging companies.
  • Former Digital imaging organizer and presenter for Seybold conferences in New York, San Francisco, Boston and Sydney.
  • Former Chairman of a digital imaging conference for nationwide police forces.Pre-release advisor on new products to digital imaging companies.

  • Writer of the longest running monthly column on the subject of digital imaging (fourteen years) for the professional journal 'The Photographer' January 1993 - December 2006.
  • Contributor to many other journals, including 'The Seybold Reports', 'British Journal of Photography', 'Digital Imaging Plus', 'Amateur Photographer', 'The Photographic Journal' and 'Photography & Digital Media'.
  • Editor of 'Photographic Qualifications for Professionals'.
  • Co-author with Joel Lacey of 'Going Digital - Wedding and Portrait Photography' published by RotoVision 2003.
  • Author of 'Sir H. George Fordham Carto-bibliographer' published by The Map Collectrors' Circle 1969.
  • Editor and publisher of 'Dealers in Coins' published by Numismatic Directories 1969.
  • UK's longest established digital imaging expert, with broad range of experience.
  • Webmaster of www.epi-centre.com -- Europe's first digital imaging resource on the Internet.
  • Twice winner of the Royal Photographic Society's George Sewell Trophy for the Best Film or Video.
  • Founding webmaster of both the Royal Photographic Society's website www.rps.org and the British Institute of Professional Photography's website www.bipp.com.

  • Acknowledged by 'The Guardian' newspaper as "the UK's expert on the topic" of digital imaging, as "one of Europe's foremost experts on digital equipment and techniques." by 'MacWeek' (USA) and as "one of the nation's truly profound technical experts on all aspects of digital photography" by the Royal Photographic Society Journal.
  • Appeared on many television shows (including Granada's 'This Morning' and Anneke Rice's 'Capital Women'), and local and national radio programmes, speaking about digital photography.

  • Born Stockport, England.
  • BBC television from 1961-1976 as a Television Cameraman.
  • Innovative independent Director of Photography for many years, including music videos for Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Kate Bush, Blondie, David Bowie, Elton John and programmes such as 'Spitting Image' and the MTV Europe network (for its first ten years, from its commencement).
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