Norman Childs has had a very successful award winning career, in running his own business in industrial and architectural photography for the past 30 years. He has been commissioned by many well known clients on assignments in over seventy of the world's countries. Together with his wife Pat he has operated in some of the most remote and hostile terrains imaginable. Norman has a very dynamic approach to marketing that has led to creating niche markets in making his business truly global, with most of his clients headquartered in the US and Europe.  He is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers. Contact: norman@greenshoots.co.uk - website: www.greenshoots.co.uk

Dazeley is an award-winning advertising, fine-art photographer and writer, born and brought up in London. His personal work is an on-going journey of discovery, looking for and photographing people and things he finds visually stimulating. "Making the ordinary look extraordinary is Dazeley's gift," says Sarah Ryder Richardson, who represents Dazeley in the UK.

Nick Dunmur is a professional photographer and a member of the Association of Photographers. He works mainly in the advertising and commercial sectors of the industry and has used various platforms since adopting digital in 1999.

90% of the work he produces is digitally orientated but he still uses film and believes in its continued existence as a means of recording and making pictures.

Philip is a freelance assisting photographer based in London. He graduated from Norwich School of Art & Design in 2009. As a student his work was recognised by both the AOP and D&AD at their annual student awards. Philip has been assisting since graduating and has worked for many high profile international photographers. When he isn't assisting he is supporting his beloved Norwich City FC or out shooting sports.

Niall has been representing photographers for over 25 years, mostly in the commercial field but has also had the pleasure of representing such luminaries as Bob Carlos Clarke, Patrick Lichfield and Gered Mankowitz. His agency was probably the first to represent new talent as a distinct section within an agency, the first to represent CGI and a very early adopter of web based promotion of photographers. He’s had the pleasure of working with the AOP on numerous lectures, folio critiques and judging the AOP Awards. He has guest lectured at Blackpool College and the LCC amongst others. He was a founder of the trade body PhotoAgentsLondon which seeks to establish industry best practice.

Chief Executive Officer of the British Copyright Council since 1998, Janet is also copyright consultant to the Broadcast Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) and a freelance consultant. Whilst working for the Association of Photographers (AOP) in the 1980’s, Janet realised that a lack of copyright awareness lay at the heart of many of its members’ problems.  She was AOP staff member responsible for the Magazine Action Group in the mid 1980's, was instrumental in developing and negotiating the Base Usage Rate system with advertising agencies and prioritised the development of legal and professional practice services for members and, through the then Committee on Photographic Copyright, she also campaigned successfully for changes in UK copyright law. Janet has twice been Managing Director of the Association of Photographers (1984-1992 and 2005-2007).  Between 1992 and 1998 she was Deputy Chief Executive of the Design & Artists Copyright Society and was responsible for developing it as the UK collecting society for all visual artists including photographers.  She also worked on developing a first policy for DACS on licensing what were then the ‘new technologies’.  During her time at DACS, Janet chaired, or was a member of, a number of European and international committees within IFRRO and CISAC.  She has also been a Vice Chairman of the Educational Recording Agency (ERA). Janet has also worked on a number of research projects within the Creative Industries, her most recent in 2012 being a Feasibility Study for the ARROW Project on the incorporation of diligent search of artists and works which have been included in books, a project with implications for orphan works and the digitisation of collections. Her work for the British Copyright Council keeps her at the centre of legislative developments and well informed on industry views.

Simon has spent 25 years in the photographic industry working in a variety of disciplines and studying through colleges in Gloucester and Blackpool. He has always understood the significance and importance of maintaining rights for the individual creator, which lead to a greater involvement with the Association from 2007. His own photographic work is built on craft and can be seen at www.simonrleach.co.uk

Having worked for the Association of Photographers for eight years Ella is now freelancing as a Project Co-ordinator. Whilst at the AOP Ella worked on education, events and awards.

Contact: ellaleonard@me.com

Gwen began working at the AOP in 1987. Currently the Executive Director of Business and Legal Affairs and Company Secretary of the AOP, Gwen has been advising members on copyright, contract and ethical problems; negotiating on behalf of members; lobbying for photographers rights; responding to Government papers on proposed legislation affecting photographers; and lecturing on copyright and ethics since 1992. She is a Director of the British Copyright Council, representing the visual arts, and as General Manager of Pyramide Europe Ltd. Gwen is involved with ensuring the European Commission are aware of the needs of visual artists when legislation is discussed and prior to directives being issued. She represented visual arts on the Copyright Licensing & Steering Group, formed in 2012, and tasked with overseeing the implementation of the primary recommendations of the report to Government ‘Copyright Works: Streamlining copyright licensing for the digital age’ and ensuring continued cross-sector collaboration focused on further streamlining of copyright licensing. 

Andrew behan a career in photojournalism working with Simon Guttman of Report, London, in 1975, and was the main photographer there during the 1980's. He represented the National Union of Journalists on the British Copyright Council during the campaign for copyright reform resulting in the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.He is a founder memer of EPUK (www.epuk.org) and Stop43 (www.stop43.org.uk), is on the Board of the British Press Photographers' Assocuiation and on the NUJ's Photographers' Council.

Contact: andrew@reportsphotos.com www.reportphotos.com

Nick is an editorial and advertising Photographer turned Film-maker, now producing and shooting films for commercial and broadcast clients