On the last Sunday before Christmas, we’re opening door number 19 of our Advent calendar to a moment of silence. This beautiful wintry scenery is featured in our author Christian Müringer’s Oases of Silence wall calendar. Have a peaceful day, everyone!
No matter if power- or narrowboats, Terry Hewlett has it all covered in his Calvendo calendar portfolio (and more!). The Wiltshire-based photographer, who also runs photography workshops, has more than 40 years of professional experience. Working as a wedding photographer, he has had many a (hopefully) happy couple in front of his lense and now intends to concentrate more on his “old love” landscape photography in future. Learn more about the Royal Photographic Society associate in our interview and don’t miss his really good advice on the process of creating calendars!
Terry, can you talk a bit about your background as a photographer and how and when you took up photography?
My passion for photography extends way back to my teenage years when I left my then current employment and started a 2-year full time photography course. During my two years I won a Royal Society of Arts Bursary competition. I then ran a commercial photographic studio in Northern Ireland.
Terry’s Narrowboats calendar
Time to congratulate a few people: Eight Calvendo self-publishers have won prices in the prestigious Gregor International Calendar Award 2016. Well done! The awards ceremony took place in Stuttgart last week and everyone looks very happy, don’t you think:
Copyright: Udo W. Beier
The international Gregor award was launched in Stuttgart in 1950 in order to showcase calendar creations in Germany and abroad. Participants can each year submit calendars on different subjects and altogether 1026 calendars from Germany, other European countries, Japan and Israel were evaluated by the jury for the 2016 awards. For the first time, the growing importance of self-publishing was recognised by adding a whole new category for self-published wall calendars. Which we, at Calvendo towers, obviously very much applaud and it’s great to see our users showcasing their work and being awarded for their creative efforts! Altogether ten prices were handed out for the Gregor Self-Publishing Calendar Award 2016 and here are the eight Calvendo winners:
Klaus Eppele: Natur pur (travel/landscapes category)
Florian Westermann: Zauberhafte Landschaften (travel/landscapes category)
Marcus Bayer: Architektur – 126 Grad (cities/architecture category)
Eberhard Ehmke: Komm doch näher … (animals category)
Beat Frutiger: Fremde Wesen (art/culture category)
Kamran von Kleist: Feuerdrachen (art/culture category)
Manfred Zimmermann: Pixel Zeitzeugen (art/culture category)
Beate Gube: Amerikanische Schönheiten aus Stahl (technology/transport category)
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Covers of the Calvendo calendars receiving the Gregor Self-Publishing Calendar Award 2016:
Beat Frutiger: Fremde Wesen, awarded in art/culture category as well as jury price
Klaus Eppele: Natur pur, awarded in travel/landscapes category
Florian Westermann: Zauberhafte Landschaften, awarded in travel/landscapes category
Marcus Bayer: Architektur – 126 Grad, awarded in cities/architecture category
Eberhard Ehmke: Komm doch näher …, awarded in animals category
Kamran von Kleist: Feuerdrachen, awarded in art/culture category
Manfred Zimmermann: Pixel Zeitzeugen, awarded in art/culture category
Beate Gube: Amerikanische Schönheiten aus Stahl, awarded in technology/transport category
