[VikingPhotography]

As promised a while back (and now that these shots have been published) here's some of my favourites taken recently at the 60th Edinburgh Film Festival - all shot with a pair of D2X bodies and variety of lenses (cheif cuprits in these being the 17-55DX, 70-200VR, 28mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.4)

Billy Boyd - most well known as "Pippin" in "The Lord of the Rings"


Sigourney Weaver


Gabriel Byrne


Charlize Theron


Actor/Director Kevin Smith


Tilda Swinton


Charlize Theron at the 60th EIFF birthday party


John Hurt


Valerie Faris and Jonathon Dayton, directors of "Little Miss Sunshine"


Michael Caton Jones, director of "Rob Roy"


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[VikingPhotography]

John Hurt again


Sir Sean Connery


Arthur Penn, director of "The Elephant Man"


Sir Sean Connery at his 76th Birthday/BAFTA award ceremony


Julie Walters


Rupert Grint, best known as Ron in the "Harry Potter" films


Eric McCormack, best known as Will from "Will & Grace"


Myleene Klass


Andrew Neil, former Sunday Times editor


Al Gore, former US Vice President

[Warspite]

Shot of Sigourney Weaver is a winner, brilliant opportunity and pose

Also like the shots of Sir Sean Connery (legend in his own life time - IMHO)

All in a great collections - thanks for sharing

[Dave]

Lovely set of shots. Oh how I would like to see a decent Mono conversion of Gabriel Byrne .....that face is crying out for it

[Angela]

Originally Posted by VikingPhotography

John Hurt again
Sir Sean Connery at his 76th Birthday/BAFTA award ceremony

Phwooaaarrr! ahem ....sorry, don't mind me!

What a fantastic set of pictures!

[VikingPhotography]

Originally Posted by Dave

Lovely set of shots. Oh how I would like to see a decent Mono conversion of Gabriel Byrne .....that face is crying out for it

5 seconds later in Photoshop, et voila!

[daveyuk]

Fantastic set of shots looks like you found the right place to be.
For me the pick of the bunch has to be Sigourney Weaver it's a lovely relaxed looking shot top marks for that one

[VikingPhotography]

Originally Posted by daveyuk

Fantastic set of shots looks like you found the right place to be.

Oh, believe me - it was a bloody scrum at times. The average number of photographers present for any event was around 20 or so (myself included) but this escalated up to 40 of us on the night of the 60th EIFF party...

Originally Posted by daveyuk

For me the pick of the bunch has to be Sigourney Weaver it's a lovely relaxed looking shot top marks for that one

That was a particularly tough one to nail. We had been told that, after doing the red carpet thing and entering the cinema, Ms. Weaver would be coming back out for a photo op on the stairway portion of the carpet.

I glanced at the stairs and thought "They're gonna end up sitting down" so I took a kneeling position front and center, ducking underneath all the other 'togs whom were standing for the shot.

This was all well and good until the head Page Ranking officer told us all to move backwards, during which time some of the other 'togs became p*ssy about the fact that I had 'barged' in front of them... bloody cheek! The rule of thumb for a press pack is

Pick your spot, stick to it and if you're not blocking someone's shot, you're okay

Being one of only two folks kneeling, I knew I wasn't blocking anyone else's shot, but I still ended up being pressed in on all sides by camera bodies and the ends of telephoto lenses.

Still - I put it all out of my mind and concentrated solely on what I could see through the viewfinder... the rest of the shots from that particular day can be seen at "Snow Cake" UK Premier , in which you can see a good many of the other 'togs arrayed on the side opposite me (tip: I always take the same barrier as the autograph hunters... the celebs always make time for them!)

[daveyuk]

Had a look your page, think I'll stick with cars and planes lol looks to much like rugby scrum, but I do see your point about being on the same side as the autograph hunters.

[VikingPhotography]

Davey,

Don't get me wrong - there were about 9 or so photographers on the same side of the barrier as me, but a few autograph hunters had snuck in between us so I knew the best position to shoot from would be next to the most vocal of them

The 'scrum' aspect doesn't come into play too often but having broad shoulders and sturdy shoes certainly helps - during the entire two weeks that I was covering the festival, there were only three female photographers out of around 40 or so in total

[daveyuk]

I was at last years Goodwood revival when a young lady dressed as Marilyn Monroe plus four guys dressed as GI's with her being held in their arms a scrum grew repidly, pushing and shuving came to play it reminded me of my days in the rugby scrum placed between two large props. I managed to stay kinda centre and got the photo though

49408109.GWR_000070b.jpg photo - David photos at pbase.com

[Sonsey]

Originally Posted by VikingPhotography

(tip: I always take the same barrier as the autograph hunters... the celebs