About
Birchall Photography
Peaple and places by an award winning photographer, Chris Birchall.
Chris Birchall is a photographer, writer, reviewer and musician. Having retired from the stresses of press and magazine photography and latterly the even more stressful wedding photography, Chris is now devoting more time to the other items on that list, especially music.
He once listed his favourite pastimes as “Drinking coffee and growing hair”, adding “And I can do both at the same time you know. Multi-tasking!”
In reality, Chris doesn’t like to let the grass grow under his feet. He is currently helping his wife Jayne run a Folk and Acoustic Music Club and is still happy to (selectively) take on the odd photographic commission that might come along.
Birchall Photography is a trading style of Birchall Reality Ltd.
Skills
Photography has been at the heart of Chris’s working life for many years, from editorial features and photojournalism to portrait and commercial work.
For many years, Chris and his wife, Jayne, ran a successful portrait studio, photographing individuals, families and special occasions. He is also a keen landscape photographer, with an extensive and growing collection of stock images featuring North Wales and locations further afield.
Education
Chris has always enjoyed sharing his knowledge and experience, both through the written word and practical photography tuition.
He has contributed to numerous photography publications, including Camera User, Photo Technique and Amateur Photographer. He has also presented seminars and one-to-one sessions on portrait and glamour photography, together with practical field sessions covering photojournalism and landscape work.
Awards
Chris has received numerous awards and distinctions for his photography throughout his career.
His achievements include a Merit Award in the 2005 UK Fuji Distinctions Awards and several quarterly wins in the Kodak Wedding and Portrait Awards. In 2002, he was named Kodak Open UK Portrait Photographer of the Year. Earlier in his career, during the 1980s, he won the Institute of Journalists North West Photographer of the Year award with a photograph of Debbie Harry.