Hi I'm Tom, I'm currently based in San Francisco, California.

I'm originally from the UK, having lived in London, Glasgow, Cambridge and Edinburgh.

My photostream is a bit out of date - I promise to update one of these days with all the stuff from the last couple of years! I also have a selection of older public photos on my website (www.tombishop.net), although I'm currently working occasionally to upgrade this!

I often focus on portraits, events & documentary photography. I have shot weddings, gigs, and studio/fashion photos. I enjoy street photography, low-light/night photos, travel and landscapes, and sometimes sports... will try most things that comes my way :)

In the past, I have photographed for Edinburgh based BSFX model agency - www.bsfxmodels.com; I shot for The Journal, an Edinburgh-wide University publication. I was one of the official photographers in the photopoint team for Beltane Fire Festival. I was an official photographer for Balkanarama.

As well as photography I'm also interested in film production, having been involved with many short film projects. One significant production I was involved in as cinematographer in 2009 was in the short "Trophy", shot on location in Canada www.carte-blancheproductions.com/

I also have a few of the other shorts I've made on my Vimeo page:

vimeo.com/channels/117526

I am also very much involved with the scientific side of imaging, now working for a company that makes the world's most popular cameras! I completed a PhD in image processing at Edinburgh University... my thesis was on deblurring images (hence the name!) I worked at Heriot-Watt Uni on a post-doc on computational photography with a plenoptic camera, and then for Anthropics, the makers of portrait editing software Portrait Professional, and Smart Photo Editor.

My current equipment lineup includes:

Fuji X-E1 + XF 35mm f/1.4, 14mm f/1.8,18-55mm f/2.8-4

Canon 5D Mark II

Canon 30D

GoPro Hero3+ black

iPhones!

Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L USM

Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM

Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

Canon EF-s 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

Canon Extender EF 1.4x, 2x

Kenko extension tube set

Canon 580EX II Speedlite

2x Sigma EF 500 DG Super flashes, flash bracket, off camera cord, diffusers, gels, reflector, lighting stands, brollies

Cokin ND grad, ND, polariser filters

Manfrotto tripod & monopod, Gitzo CF traveller tripod

Libec LS-38 fluid head video tripod

Mac Pro, Macbook air/pro, LaCie HDs, Wacom tablet etc.