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Duncan will again be an accredited photographer at the 2013 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Duncan — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:04:34 +0000

April 2013. For the fourth consecutive year Duncan Grove FRPS has again secured photographer accreditation for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2013. This is the UK’s largest sporting event and applications far exceed the number of accreditations issued. Duncan will be shooting on behalf of the UK’s highest circulation specialist publication – International Tennis Magazine. He will also be uploading daily to his news agencies and is available for freelance commissions during the Championships.

Wimbledon tennis photography is Duncan’s speciality and passion – his Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society was awarded on the strength of a panel of 20 images captured during Wimbledon 2010. More of Duncan Wimbledon tennis images can be seen here .

Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race 2013 images now available to view.

Duncan — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:04:38 +0000

March 2013. For the fourth consecutive year Duncan was an accredited photographer at the NYB Mellon Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race 2013. Leading-up to the race he covered fixtures with other Universities, Practice Outings during Tideway Week and of course shot the Boat Race itself from a press launch following immediately behind the race.

Despite the sometimes torrential rain with steamed-up lenses and freezing cold fingers (it actually snowed!), as ever he enjoyed the experience immensely. There is no other event like this. The crews are elite, world-class athletes who also have the intellectual ability to be accepted into two of the top Universities in the world. Their training requires months of early starts on the river in the mid of winter and they still have to maintain their studies. Despite the event’s international profile the crews are all amateurs. The nature of the event requires them to be team players and it is sport in its purest. There are no silver medals, just a winning team and a losing team.

Duncan’s images can be seen at http://www.duncangrove.com/oxford-cambridge-boat-race-2013 .

Duncan interviewed for an article in f2 FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER magazine.

Duncan — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:22:13 +0000

f2 Freelancer Photographer interviewed Duncan about his experience of using the (amazingly good!) Zenfolio web hosting service. They asked other pro photogrpahers about their own experiences with other web hosters and published the article in their Aug/Sep issue. They also took the opportunity to publish a couple of Duncan’s Boat Race and Wimbledon Tennis images. Please click the image above to read a .pdf version.

Duncan’s Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2012 images are now available to view.

Duncan — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:16:38 +0000

It was a rather wet Wimbledon and Andy didn’t quite make it but as always, Duncan had a great two weeks shooting The Wimbledon Tennis Chapionships 2012 as an accredited photographer. Galleries from each day can be seen here.

New kit! Nikon Nikkor 16mm f/2.8 fisheye.

Duncan — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:27:05 +0000

March 2012. In the past Nikon have several times kindly loaned Duncan a 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens. It is not the sort of lens to be used everyday but is handy if you want to “try to make something of nothing”. Duncan used the loan lens to capture shots such as those below. Inevitably there was method in Nikon’s generous madness because Duncan has now decided that the lens desrbes a permanent place in his camera bag!

Oxford & Cambridge Universities Boat Race 2012.

Duncan — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:40:26 +0000

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February 2012. For the third consecutive year Duncan will again be shooting the Oxford & Cambridge Universities Boat Race as an accredited photographer. He will start shooting practice outings during the preceding Tideway Week on Tue 3 April and on race day will be on a press launch immediately behind the Blue boats. The race starts at 14:15 on Saturday 7 April 2012. Images will be uploaded to Duncan’s site daily – you can view them and those from other years at:

http://www.duncangrove.com/oxford-and-cambridge-universities-boat-race .

Seven of Duncan’s ROWE British Grand Prix squash images published by International Squash Magazine, including a double-page-spread.

Duncan — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:38:02 +0000

December 2011. For the second consecutive year Duncan was Official Photographer for the ROWE British Squash Grand Prix, the UK’s largest and most exciting squash tournament, which this year was held 19-25 September 2011 at The National Squash Centre in Manchester.

International Squash Magazine’s December 2011 edition features seven of Duncan’s images, including a double-page-spread of Champion Ramy Ashour diving for his shot. Although the magazine is a leading printed publication with a circulation is excess of 40,000, an on-line version can also be viewed FOC here.

All of Duncan’s squash images from the 2010 and 2011 ROWE British Grand Prix can be viewed here.

Duncan’s Wimbledon Tennis image licensed for use on the front cover of a book.

Duncan — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:16:36 +0000

November 2011. Duncan’s shot of Serena Williams on Wimbledon’s Centre Court displaying her trophy (having just become Wimbledon Ladies’Singles Champion 2010) has been licensed for use on the front cover of a book.

Duncan’s ROWE British Squash Grand Prix images now available to view and download.

Duncan — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:51:08 +0000

October 2011. Duncan has just spent a hectic but enjoyable week as Official Photographer at the ROWE British Squash Grand Prix, held at The National Squash Centre in Manchester, UK.

All of the world’s top men players were competing in the UK’s largest squash tournament and Ramy Ashour emerged as eventual champion. Galleries of every match played as well as collections of highlights can be seen here.

International Tennis Magazine publishes four of Duncan’s images.

Duncan — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:25:36 +0000

September 2011. With a circulation in excess of 60,000, International Tennis Magazine is the UK’s highest circulation publication of its type. Duncan shoots the Wimbledon Championships on their behalf and their parent company internationalSPORTgroup has for the past two years appointed Duncan as Official Photographer for the ROWE British Squash Grand Prix. (Takes place 19-26 September 2011 – see earlier post to order tickets).

September 2011′s edition of International Tennis Magazine features four of Duncan’s images, including a double page spread of the Men’s Champion Novac Djokovic. Duncan also supplied the inset image, another Djokovic trophy shot and one of the Bryan brothers. An electronic version of the magazine can be downloaded here.

The World’s Top Eight Squash Players to compete in Manchester’s ROWE British Grand Prix 2011.

Duncan — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:48:13 +0000

August 2011. Duncan will have all the world’s major squash stars lined-up in his lenses next month when he acts as Official Event Photographer at Manchester’s ROWE British Grand Prix, since world’s top eight squash players have already confirmed their entries!

The ROWE British Grand Prix – Manchester 2011 is one of the year’s nine PSA World Series championships and will take place at the National Squash Centre in Manchester from 19-25 September.

With entries yet to close, a high-quality field is guaranteed for the biggest event to be staged in the UK in 2011 – led by England’s own world No1 Nick Matthew and defending champion Ramy Ashour, the world No2 from Egypt.

But these formidable players – Matthew is the reigning world champion and Ashour winner of the world title in Manchester in 2008 – will have their work cut out against competition provided by Egyptians Karim Darwish and Amr Shabana, the world No3 and No5, respectively; Englishmen James Willstrop and Peter Barker, ranked four and seven; plus French pair Gregory Gaultier and Thierry Lincou, both former world number ones currently ranked No6 and No8.

And the full draw will feature a number of exciting young players – all eager to make inroads into the elite top eight group after success on the National Squash Centre’s spectacular all-glass court.

The ROWE British Grand Prix, for the second year the biggest event to be held in England, will be the fourth PSA World Series event of the year, following the Australian Open in Canberra in August.

This is the second consecutive year that Duncan will have been Official Photographer at this event. For those that cannot visit personally he will be posting images daily at http://www.duncangrove.com/squash (last year’s galleries can also be seen here). Howver, with tickets costing from just £10.00, if you are anywhere near Manchester during 19-25 September it is well worth visiting and experincing the atmosphere for yourself! If you are a regular follower of this blog, do ask one of the organisers to find me and I shall be pleased to say “hello”!

Tickets for the ROWE British Grand Prix – Manchester 2011 can now be booked online at www.isportgroup.com/ticketing or by telephone on 0844 8797 949. For further information email: sales@isportgroup.com

For all the latest information, visit the official website:

http://www.britishsquashgrandprix.com/

Duncan’s Wimbledon 2011 images now available to view.

Duncan — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:24:12 +0000

July 2011. Duncan has just ended a very enjoyable two weeks shooting the Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2011 as an accredited photographer. Galleries of his images are available to view and download at http://www.duncangrove.com/2011-wimbledon-tennis.

Duncan awarded two trophies at the MCC Exhibition 2011.

Duncan — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:13:52 +0000

July 2011. Duncan’s membership of the Malden Camera Club was instrumental in assisting him develop his photography career and he remains a loyal member. At this year’s exhibition he was awarded the Surrey Comet Cup for Best Pictorial Print and The Rosebowl for Best Creative Print. Three other of his images were Highly Commended. (Please click the images to view full-size.)

Highly Commended MCC Exhibition 2011.

Awarded The Rosebowl for Most Creative Print MCC Exhibition 2011.

Highly Commended MCC Exhibition 2011.

Awarded Surrey Comet Cup for Best Pictorial Print

Image accepted for The Royal Photographic Society’s 154th International Print Exhibition 2011.

Duncan — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:14:51 +0000

April 2011. The Royal Photographic Society’s International Print Exhibition is the longest-standing exhibition of its kind in the world and amongst the most respected. The RPS describes acceptance in the exhibition as being “coveted by professionals and amateurs alike and has helped many aspiring photographers to launch their career and achieve recognition”. Duncan’s image “Jarkko Nieminen, Wimbledon 2010″ will be part of the exhibition that opens on Thursday 13 July at the London offices of sponsors Allen & Overy LLP. After 25 August, the exhibition will tour various UK and foreign locations for the subsequent nine months. This is the fourth year in which the RPS has accepted one of Duncan’s prints for their International Exhibition. (This year there were some 100 acceptances out of over 2,500 submissions from throughout the world.) Duncan has also had acceptances for five annual RPS International Projected Image Exhibitions.

Duncan again secures photographer accreditation for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2011.

Duncan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:43:56 +0000

April 2011. The Wimbledon Championships (Mon 20 June to Sun 3 July 2011) are the UK’s largest sporting event by some considerable margin. Photographer accreditations are strictly limited and applications from all over the world far outnumber the accreditations allocated. Duncan is delighted to have been awarded accreditation for 2011, which will be his second consecutive year.

His panel of twenty images from Wimbledon 2010 secured him a Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society and other of these images have been accepted by the RPS for both their prestigious International Print Exhibition and their Internal Projected Image Exhibition, as well as being published in their very special coffee table book “PORTFOLIO TWO“.

This year Duncan will again be attempting to deliver high quality action shots with a difference. He will be shooting on behalf of International Tennis Magazine (the UK’s highest circulation tennis magazine) and thanks its publishers International Sport Group and The All England Lawn Tennis Club for their support of his work. His images are available for license by other publications upon request.