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T: 07719 413 354 W: paulcarrollphoto.com Twitter: twitter.com/photopaulc LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/paulcarrollphoto Sport PR Portfolio “a trusted photography service that always delivers” Matt Pynn, Senior Account Manager, Mischief PR Manu Tuilagi - NatWest Schools Cup Promotion Moody lighting using battery powered studio flash at pitchside and heavy processing Portrait used by The Telegraph who covered the story as one of Natwest’s sponsorship partners Posed portraits at pitchside were shot in 5 minutes between TV interviews and Manu participating in a Year 12 training session • Images for PR & press commissioned by M&C Saatchi Manu, posing outside his old school’s PE • Shoot at Manu’s old Leicestershire School covered by print & TV media department, was captured quickly during a tour Sky Bet - Wolverhampton Wanderers Promoted Wolves fans invade the pitch engulfing players not quick enough to the tunnel Although primarily capturing PR images there was also an opportunity to get action shots The Wolves team celebrate promotion to the Sky Bet Championship in the dressing room after beating Crewe Alexandra 2 - 0 at Gresty Road • PR & press images commissioned by Sky Bet Defender Danny Bath is carried aloft by fans as he • Branded banners & champagne shots wired immediately to the press celebrates Wolves’ promotion to the Championship Jessica Ennis-Hill - Powerade Training Session Jess chats to competition winners at the initial Q&A before the hard work of the training session begins Hiding Addidas branding and including powerade branding proved tricky, but not totally impossible As an Adidas sponsored athlete Jess wore heavily branded Addidas training gear at the event, which I tried to crop out for Powerade • Images commissioned by M&C Saatchi on behalf of Powerade We finally managed to persuade Jess to wear a • Powerade competition winners received shots as a momento of the day Powerade top, briefly, whilst signing autographs Miscellaneous Phil ‘the power’ Taylor giving Nottingham’s Nags Head Pub Darts Team some pointers at a JJB store England cricketers Jimmy Anderson and Graeme Swann signing autographs for fans at Edgbaston England midfielder Alex Oclade-Chamberlain visits British troops at their barracks in Nottinghamshire for the England Football Federation • Vast experience covering sport celebrity appearances and signings England cricketer Eoin Morgan poses for PR shots • Based in Nottingham we’re ideally placed to cover the Midlands & North whilst helping umpire the Asda Kwik cricket finals Team England - NatWest Schools Cup Promotion High powred location lighting equipment used for flexibility, versatility and top quality results England first team players Alex Goode, Marland Yarde & Courtney Lawes pose alongside school boys competing in the NatWest Schools Cup • Images for PR & press commissioned by M&C Saatchi Courtney Lawes showing off his skills in a training • PR activity scheduled before England training at Loughborough University exercise recorded for NatWest’s facebook channel Sky Bet - Leicester City Promoted Leicester City’s players Wes Morgan and Jeffrey Schlupp celebrate promotion to Premier League First team players and coaches celebrate Leicester City FC’s promotion to the top tier of English football with Sky Bet branded banners & champagne • Pictures for PR and press commissioned by Sky Bet Leicester City Players David Nugent & Jeffrey • Shoot arranged at the club’s training ground the day after sealing promotion Schlupp celebrate promotion to Premier League Michael Vaughan - Natwest Cricket Club Michael Vaughan congratulates Alex Tudor as he takes another Royton wicket Michael promoting NatWest’s ticket giveaway for the 2013 Ashes series Pre-match photo of Micheal Vaughan’s England Legends lining up against the locals from Royton Cricket Club who were raising money for a new club house • Photography commissioned by M&C Saatchi on behalf of NatWest Michael raising money for Red Nose Day at his • Team of Ex-England Legends tour the country raising money for local clubs local NatWest branch in Bakewell, Derbyshire Charlotte Edwards - ECB / PCA Ambassador The ECB and PCA were keen to capitalise on the re- cent success of the England women’s cricket team Recently off the plane from Austraiia, Charlotte poses with the Ashes trophy & girls at a school England women’s cricket captain Charlotte Edwards shows the young adults how it’s done at a Street Chance tournament in Manchester • Images for PR & press commissioned by cricket charity Chance to Shine The Chance to Shine cricket initiative aims to coach • Charlotte Edwards raising the profile of the game with young people all primary school children in basic cricket skills Professional Cricketers’ Association - Ambassadors David Lloyd & Gladstone Small banter for corporate guests at a PCA dinner at Lords Cricket Ground Ambassadors Mark Rampakash & Darren Gough pulling raffle tickets at a PCA Quiz Night at the Oval PCA Ambassadors Matt Prior, Charlotte Edwards, Alex Stewart, & Wasim Khan at a Chance to Shine dinner at Lords Cricket Ground • Commissioned by The Portrait Collective to cover PCA events Mike Gatting and Devon Malcolm pose with • Images used internally by the PCA and by corporate sponsors for promotion corporate sponsors from Hays Recruitment at Sky Bet - Manager / Player of the Month Wolves winger Michael Jacobs wins the League 1 Player of the Month award for February 2014 Wolves manager Kenny Jackett photographed with the trophy outside their training ground Leicester City’s Nigel Pearson wins January 2014 Championship Manager of the Month. Image shot in the press room at Leicester City’s training ground • Contract to photograph the Sky Bet Manager / Player of the Month awards Shot outside with location lighting gear Nigel • We cover clubs in Midlands and wire images for immediate press release Pearson wins the award twice in three months Chance to Shine - PR & press images Former England Cricketer Anthony McGrath leads a ‘cricketing’ maths lesson at a Yorkshire School Phil Tuffnell, Louis Smith & Micheal Vaughan pose for a press shot to promote Michael’s 2013 Chance to Shine Charity Bike Ride across the country • Charity aiming to improve participation in cricket amongst school children The two millionth child! Press shot to celebrate • Images commissioned by The Portrait Collective for Chance to Shine coaching over two million children in criicket skills Sky Bet - Text Ellis Charity Bike Ride Richard and Sarah saddle up before starting out on the 30-mile trip from Leicester to Nottingham After the 190 mile trip to Middlesborough the short hop to Nottingham must have felt all downhill Ellis’s parents Richard & Sarah with friends taking part in one stage of Richard’s charity bike ride - Leicester City FC to Nottingham Forest FC • Ellis suffers from the rare genetic disease MECP2 Duplication Syndrome A local watering hole halfway between Leicester & • Ellis’s Dad cycles to every Leicester away game to raise money for research Nottingham provides the refreshments The Cricketer Magazine - Good Gear Guide 2014 Andrew Miller, Editor of The Cricketer, evaluating a new bat’s performance with editorial staff Staff and magazine competition winners pick out gear from the Lords Store to test Working to a tight schedule, The Cricketer’s art editor needed some opening atmospheric shots, product pics and general reportage to illustrate the feature • Commissioned to shoot huge 26 page spread in the magazine Using a mini portable studio we captured high qual- • All product and action images shot in one day at the Lords Cricket Academy ity product pics of the gear before testing began Asda Kwik Cricket - Schools Tournament Winners of the Midlands Final pose for an unusual team photo at Northampton Cricket Ground Asda colleagues are on hand to provide healthy snacks and of course cheer on the teams Many schools across the country take part with the best competing in the regional finals at their local cricket grounds • Photography commissioned by Havas Sports & Media on behalf of Asda Photography required from the events is a mixture • Images used in-store, distributed to schools, as well as for press & PR of action and posed PR shots, but all with branding Street Chance - Cricket Tournaments Young adult relishing the opportunity to play hard ball cricket on the outskirts of London Rochdale celebrate winning the Street Chance North West regional tournament in 2012 • Street Chance is a charity engaging children from urban areas in cricket England’s Jade Dernbach talks to participants who • It aims to reduce crime & anti-social behaviour and promote cricket have progressed to become Street Chance coaches .