Sam Furlong is a professional photographer based in Herefordshire, UK. He currently works as a staff photographer for Bristol based South West News producing work for the national press but also accepts freelance comissions, time permitting.

Educated at Swansea Institiute of Higher Education, he holds a degree in photojournalism and a masters in multimedia and has over 10 years experience as both a staff and freelance newspaper photographer. As a result he is a well rounded photographer able to tackle most kinds of subjects.

While on the photojournalism course Sam used the three years wisely to develop the beginnings of his own style which would hopefully set him apart from others in the years to come. He has continued to refine this through his professional life, particularly with his portraiture.

The multimedia course enabled him to become familiar with digital software such as Photoshop and helped give him an excellent understanding of digital photograpy and the principles behind it as well as a good working knowledge of image restoration and of web design. This is important as many of todays working photographers were trained and then worked with film cameras before turning to digital but have no formal training in this area. Although there is no substitute for experience, some training is essential when dealing with digital imaging if a photographer is to get the best results out of his equipment. Although there are many similarities between digital and film, there are also many differences.