Professional Practice class - USW

November 23, 2016Polly Thomas

I was asked to teach a professional practice class today at the University Of South Wales in Cardiff. The class consisted of a 2 hour talk, followed by an informal portfolio / website review session with the second year students.

My presentation featured many of my favourite photos from the past year or so from different areas of my work, covering photojournalism and press photography, PR photography, music photography, performance photography, wedding photography, as well as personal work.

categories performance, news, personal, portrait, pr, wales
tags university of south wales, usw, terry jones, michael palin, wedding, broadway to the bay, theatre, ruthie henshall, wales millennium centre, wmc, finance wales, portrait, norway, tromso, tromsø, first dance, bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen, land of our fathers, play, bb8, bb-8, wild creations, brecon beacons, horse, wild pony, wild horse, black and white, oxford, brecon, myddfai, christmas, drinking, binge drinking, cardiff, principality, hereford, couple, pen y fan, snow, snowboarding, wales, football, football fans, euro 2016, northern lights, aurora borealis, alta, nicky wire, manic street preachers, swansea, liberty stadium, future of the left, fotl, julia ruzicka, london, electric ballroom, mariza, festival of voice, we are scientists, keith murray, clwb, clwb ifor bach, music

Wild ponies, Brecon Beacons

November 07, 2016Polly Thomas

Semi-wild freely roaming ponies on the Black Mountain in the Brecon Beacons. I've photographed these horses several times over the years. It's nice to recognise the same horses over and over again - the horse in the first photo I've seen at least 5 times over the last couple of years.

categories personal, wales
tags brecon beacons, wild ponies, wild horses, wild pony, wild horse, wild, horse, horses, pony, ponies, black and white, landscape, animal, welsh, wales, black mountain, rural, wildlife

University Of South Wales, Treforest

October 20, 2016Polly Thomas

Photographs of BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering students for prospectus and marketing use, taken at the Treforest campus of the University Of South Wales.

categories portrait, pr, wales
tags university of south wales, usw, treforest, campus, beng, electrical & electronic engineering, students, student, portrait, environmental, wales, welsh

Corporate portraits, Cardiff

September 19, 2016Polly Thomas

Corporate portraits photographed for Finance Wales of new board members and new members of staff.

tags finance wales, corporate, portrait, headshot, wales, cardiff, office, head office, hq, iraj amiri

Principality internal marketing, South Wales

September 06, 2016Polly Thomas

Photographed in branches in Cwmbran, Penarth, Swansea, and Cardiff, as well as within the head office in Cardiff. A variety of members of staff were photographed for Principality's internal marketing use.

categories portrait, wales, pr
tags principality, bank, building society, cwmbran, penarth, swansea, cardiff, wales, south wales, head office, branch, internal, marketing, portrait, hq

Frog Bikes factory opening, Pontypool

August 15, 2016Polly Thomas

Frog Bikes, makers of lightweight children's bicycles, opens its new factory in Pontypool, South Wales. Visitors - including Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Lynne Neagle AM, local bike stores, and representatives from HSBC and the Welsh Government - were able to tour the factory and meet the assembly team to see the bikes being made.

categories pr, wales
tags frog bikes, factory, opening, pontypool, welsh, wales, production, bikes, bicycles, cycling, children, children's bikes

Boy dies in house fire, Pontardawe

July 27, 2016Polly Thomas

Four-year-old Jac Davies died in a house fire in Alltwen, Pontardawe, while his three siblings and mother made it out to safety.

categories news, wales
tags pontardawe, alltwen, house fire, wales, fire, police

Welsh football team's open top bus parade, Cardiff

July 08, 2016Polly Thomas

The Welsh football team are welcomed home with a public celebration event after reaching the semi-final of the Euro 2016 championship. After landing at Cardiff airport, an open-top bus parade took them through the city centre.

categories news, wales
tags wales, euro 2016, football, team, cardiff, homecoming, open top bus, parade, ashley williams, gareth bale, chris coleman, chris gunter, aaron ramsey, wayne hennessey

Welsh football fans, Swansea

July 05, 2016Polly Thomas

A portrait of Swansea and its football fans during Wales' Euro 2016 campaign for The Guardian.

categories news, portrait, wales
tags the guardian, wales, welsh, football, euro 2016, swansea, football fans, fans, pride, national pride, portrait