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11th August 2010
Published. Wonderful West Wight.
My 'Cirrus clouds over Compton Chine' photograph is used on the cover of the latest West Wight Landscape Partnership leaflet.
 
10th August 2010
IWCC Cowes week lunch 2010 on Island Business Online.
My cowes week photographs feature in slideshow on www.islandbusinessonline.co.uk 'The Business Magazine and website for the Isle of Wight'.
 
5th August 2010
The Artemis Challenge 2010 yacht race .
Gallery of images from the Cowes week sailing event.
 
4th August 2010
Cowes Week Lunch 2010.
Gallery of photos from the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Event.
 
9th July 2010
New look for floral photography website.
Site dedicated to floral & botanical photos gets a facelift with Wordpress 3.0 and the 'Widescreen' theme from Graph Paper Press.
 
5th July 2010
Round the Island Race 2010 Panorama Photos.
A series of massive panoramic shots from the Isle of Wight's big sailing event.
 
25th June 2010
Published. Freshwater Bay Seascape used by Penguin books NZ.
"Stormy Weather" used for front cover of "Island. A Story of Love and Death in a New Land" by Penelope Todd.
 
22nd June 2010
The J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race 2010.
Photo blog (part one) of the Isle of Wight's big sailing event, Colwell to Freshwater Bay, via Totland
 
18th June 2010
New look with Google fonts.
SEO photography micro-sites "wight landscapes" & "wight life" benefit from fresh look using the new google fonts api.
 
8th June 2010
Cricket photo gallery.
New cricketing photos on Freshwater Cricket Club website.
 
9th / 10th June 2010
System Upgrades & Planned Downtime 09-10 June 2010
PhotoShelter System Upgrade - Full Site Downtime for two hours.
START: 10:00 PM EDT 09-JUN-2010 (US Eastern Daylight Time; GMT -04:00)
END: 12:01 AM EDT 10-JUN-2010 (US Eastern Daylight Time; GMT -04:00)

During this time, my PhotoShelter hosted image galleries will be unavailable. This upgrade will bring several benefits including improved image search capability. Thanks again for your patience.
 
26th May 2010
Published. Isle of Wight Tourist Guides.
My photos feature in 'Isle of Wight Summer Pocket Guide 2010' and 'Isle of Wight Eating Out Guide 2010/2011'.
 
25th May 2010
Blogged. Top 10 ways to upgrade your morning routine.
Lifehacker.com and Lifehacker.jp feature Freshwater Bay landscape shot.
 
24th May 2010
New images in the Wildlife Photo Gallery.
Recent work featuring Owls & Red Squirrels.
 
17th May 2010
Blogged. Walk the Wight Moblog.
Ventnorblog pick up on my Walk the Wight iphone hipstamatic blog.
 
16th May 2010
Walk the Wight 2010 photo gallery.
My story of this years 'Walk the Wight' told in 18 images in a mobile blog created with the iphone hipstamatic app.
 
10th May 2010
New Lake District Photo Gallery.
A collection of Landscape photos & panoramas from the Cumbrian beauty spot.
 
21st April 2010
New Limited edition signed prints added to the collection.
Fine art Landscape photos available to buy as prints.
 
20th April 2010
Red Squirrels. More fun than shooting Surfers?
For the last few days, dawn patrol has been in my back garden with a red squirrel and my new Canon 7d, and iÕve been more excited about that than i remember being watching the action at Compton or Freshwater Bay.
 
14th April 2010
Limited edition signed prints.
New range of 16"x12" black & white fine art photographic prints. Available with either matt or glossy finish, on quality Fuji Pro paper
 
6th April 2010
Wedding Gallery.
Gallery of photos from the Wedding of Nick & Sarah Kearns at the Enchanted Manor, Niton.
 
31st March 2010
Blogged - Military Road Decision Given Longer By Cabinet.
Bus danger! shot used in article about the closure of the Military Road.
 
30th March 2010
New Facebook fan page!
The Portfolio of artist & photographer Jason Swain.
 
22nd March 2010
Exhibited - Go Wild on Wight & IWPOY 2009 .
My shortlisted entries can be seen in both the 'IOWPOY 2009 & "Go wild on Wight" exhibitions during April & May.
 
17th March 2010
Spring has Sprung!
25% off all photo products (prints, cards, canvases etc) in my spring 2010 promotion. Just use the coupon code 'SPRUNG' at the checkout to get your discount!
 
9th March 2010
Published - The Littlest Lighthouse.
"The Littlest Lighthouse" shot used in Daily Telegraph Editorial 30th Jan 2010 (via Getty).
 
8th March 2010
Blogged - Nuts. Red squirrel, Isle of Wight.
Red squirrel shot used in article "Recently retired? Fresh challenges on offer" at Ventnorblog.
 
25th February 2010
The official 2010 ISLE OF WIGHT accommodation guide.
Sixty of my landscape and lifestyle photos chosen for the 2010 Isle of Wight accommodation guide.
 
18th February 2010
What Digital Camera. Blogged.
'You should have been here yesterday' series blogged on whatdigitalcamera.com
 
18th February 2010
s0ulsurfing #19 in Flickr Explore list
New chart on Flickrmuseum.com lists the 500 most popular photographers on flickr
 
10th February 2010
You should have been here yesterday
Four new photo-blogs on soul-surfing website for epic swell event.
 
5th Februrary 2010
New home for 'Wight Surf History' exhibition of contemporary photography.
The 'wight surf history' project has secured a permanent place for the 'exhibition of contemporary surf photography' in the new 'Beach Bar' at the Sandpipers Hotel in Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.
 
4th Februrary 2010
Photo selected for 'Magnificent Natural Landscapes' blog
"Every cloud has a silver lining..." chosen on the popular Photo Tuts+ website
 
3rd Februrary 2010
Wight coast & country cottages.
A selection of my coastal scenes used as stock photography on new tourist website.
 
29th January 2010
Wight Surf History website launched.
The www.wightsurfhistory.co.uk website is now live and the project is fully underway
 
22nd January 2010
Front cover of the Isle of Wight County Press Weekender.
'Portrait of a Psychedelic Surfer' used for 'wight surf history' story.
 
20th January 2010
Good waves bless the launch of Wight Surf History
Photo blog report about the launch of the 'wight surf history' exhibition and the run of good waves we've had around it.
 
14th January 2010
Wight Surf History - blogged
Ventnorblog reports on the Wight Surf History Project.
 
13th January 2010
Surf photography exhibition
The first event of the Wight Surf History Project, which aims to document and celebrate 50 years of surfing on the Isle of Wight is taking place in the Freshwater Gallery at Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight from the 15th to 31st January 2010.
 
12th January 2010
Unusual 'Snow Wave' phenomenon on soul surfing blog
Beautiful images from the biggest snowfall on the island in 30 years.
 
8th January 2010
Blogged - Dude, its snowing out there
Comedy VW camper shot used in article "Advice for Abandoned Cars on the Island" at Ventnorblog.
 
18th December 2009
Print Prices cut in half!
Following the upgrade to handle sales in £ sterling, i've also cut print prices by up to 50%. Ordering prints is now quicker, easier and cheaper than before!
 
17th December 2009
Buy photos in £ sterling!
The e-commerce system on this site is finally upgraded to handle sales in £ sterling!
 
12th December 2009
"Big Wednesday" Photo Blog
Big waves hit the IOW, report & pics on soul-surfing website
 
3rd December 2009

System downtime @ photoshelter AGAIN!

PhotoShelter System Upgrade - Full Site Downtime on two days in december.
START: 10:00 PM EST 11-DEC-2009. END: 04:00 AM EST 12-DEC-2009 (US Eastern Standard Time; GMT -05:00)
START: 10:00 PM EST 16-DEC-2009. END: 01:00 AM EST 17-DEC-2009 (US Eastern Standard Time; GMT -05:00)

During this time, my PhotoShelter account which hosts my image galleries will be unavailable. This upgrade will bring new print vendors, updates to the fotoQuote rights-managed pricing calculator, a cleaner purchasing process, plus additional infrastructure for a faster, more powerful PhotoShelter. Thanks again for your patience.
 
22nd November 2009
3rd place in 'Isle of Wight Photographer of the year 2009'
'Rise Above Plastics, it all ends up somewhere' comes third in the 'IOWPOY 2009' competition.
 
17th November 2009
IOW POY 2009 - Shortlist
Four of my photographs are shortlisted for the 'Isle of Wight Photographer of the year 2009' competition.
 
17th November 2009
Photography Blog - Photo of the week
'Gull ballet at St Ives Harbour' chosen as photo of the week at photographyblog.com
 
6th November 2009
Dictionary of Image website launched
A place where words have their meaning defined through the process of image and typographic solutions.
 
2nd November 2009
Blogged - 'Eerie' featured on lifehacker
My 2007 'dictionary of image creation' "Eerie" is blogged in a feature on the 'ultimate halloween desktop' on the lifehacker website
 
29th October 2009
Re-launch of soul-surfing.co.uk website
A new look and feel plus the power of blogging engine wordpress behind the scenes as soul-surfing gets a total re-vamp
 
28th October 2009
Getty Collection passes 100 images
72 new images added to my Getty pages and the total passes 100, the sea and coast remain the dominant themes
 
26th October 2009
Blogged - Happy urban-acid wonky storm love friday
My "Wonky" image appears on the front page 'spotlight' feature of the UTATA website
 
26th October 2009
Professional Photographer Magazine
My "Light waves" image used in an advert for 'Canon Pro Photo Solutions' also in the October edition of Professional Photographer Magazine
 
2nd October 2009
Canon Pro Photo Solutions 09 - Amateur Photographer Magazine
My "Light waves" image used in an advert for 'Canon Pro Photo Solutions' in the October edition of Amateur Photographer Magazine
 
1st October 2009
New photo-shoot at Alum Bay Farm uploaded to wight-life.co.uk website
Portraits of the farmer with his new tractor added to the www.wight-life.co.uk slideshow
 
1st October 2009
New 'dusk' shots uploaded to wight-landscapes.co.uk website
A new set of Vertoramas of dusk at Totland Bay added to the www.wight-landscapes.co.uk slideshow
 
29th September 2009
Blogged - Steephill Cricket Ground
Photo of Ventnor CC's Steephill Cricket Ground used at Ventnorblog.
 
24th September 2009
Featured photographer for England in "flickr's places"
s0ulsurfing photostream chosen to represent England on the popular flickr Explore pages.
 
23rd September 2009
Altostratus translucidus - Reconnaître les nuages - L'Internaute
Image of 'Altostratus translucidus' over Freshwater Bay used in French online magazine article
 
18th September 2009
New 'wildlife photography' gallery added to this website
A new collection of images shot mostly at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey
 
17th September 2009
New 'ultra wide angle' shots uploaded to wight-landscapes.co.uk website
Long exposure & 'ultra wide-angle' Vertoramas of Totland Bay added to the www.wight-landscapes.co.uk slideshow
 
16th September 2009
iFolio iPhone App launched.
My photographic work is selected for the launch of the new iphone application which is available for FREE on iTunes and Apple Store.
 
6th September 2009
VB (Ventnorblog) Flickr Group Picture of the Week
"We come in peace... thats what they all say" Wide angle landscape of Compton Bay chosen as 'Pic of the week' at Ventnorblog.
 
4th September 2009
'Wight Landscape' slideshow feauterd on Isle of Wight accomodation website
A collection of my Island Landscapes to be featured on local website
 
1st September 2009
Isle of Wight & Cornwall galleries on canvas prints online website
Two galleries of my Landscape & Seascape work from the Isle of Wight and Cornwall are featured on a new canvas prints website
 
24th August 2009
More Getty Sales!
Royalty free sales of 'Into the Blue' & 'Shelter from the Storm'
 
10th August 2009
Photography Blog - Photo of the week
'Portrait of a Psychedelic Surfer' chosen as photo of the week at photographyblog.com
 
9th August 2009
Mom's Blog - Just me and my shadow
'Hop - shadow (a moment in time)' used for New Jersey Mon's Blog
 
8th August 2009
Kudai have Faith!
'Faith' used for new KUDAI CD art
 
7th August 2009
Moo business cards & discount code
A selection of 25 images used for new business cards & 15% discount on first order
 
3rd August 2009
Wipeout!
'Bodyboarding at Porthcurno' chosen for Magicseaweed.com 'Wipeout Feature'
 
1st August 2009
First wedding shoot
The wedding of Sally & Marcus
 
29th July 2009
Interior design collection added to floral-photography.co.uk website
Colour co-ordinated & themed sets of prints for interior design projects
 
24th July 2009
New 'Lensbaby Poppy' images added to floral-photography.co.uk website
12 new Lensbaby macro photographs added to the slideshow
 
24th July 2009
New 'Compton Bay' photoshoot uploaded to wight-landscapes.co.uk website
10 new 'ultra wide-angle' Vertoramas added to the slideshow
 
23rd July 2009

System downtime

Routine maintenance to the PhotoShelter website, Full Site Downtime (affecting my archives and e-commerce)
START: 12:01 AM EDT 23-JULY-2009, END: 03:00 AM EDT 23-JULY-2009
 
22nd July 2009
Newtown photoshoot added to floral-photography.co.uk website
New photos from Newtown nature reserve added to the slideshow
 
20th July 2009
First Getty Sales!
Royalty free sales of 'Turbulence', 'Big Wave Blues' & 'Lonliness'
 
18th July 2009
s0ulsurfing now on Shutterpoint.com
A few lifestyle and ocean images added to the stock photography site
 
17th July 2009
Getty Artist Picks July 09
The final ten images i've selected for the 'Getty artist picks program'
 
12th July 2009
Launch of floral-photography.co.uk website
A new site dedicated to the flora of the Isle of Wight
 
8th July 2009
First Youtube movie posted on soul-surfing website
Not strictly photography, but there's now a clip of me surfing at Freshwater Bay on the soul-surfing site
 
7th July 2009
Front page feature on Photoshelter.com
"Room with a view" chosen as one of the 20 featured images for July 2009
 
7th July 2009
Flickr Landmark - 500 on Flickr's Explore
"The Killing moon" is 500th picture to hit explore
 
6th July 2009
Tales from the riverbank
Wide angle landscape from Newton chosen as 'Pic of the week' at Ventnorblog.
 
1st July 2009
5th place in Photography blog competition for June 2009 - Textures
Prize of one year shutterpoint subscription for my beach textures photograph.
 
28th June 2009
Interview with French photography website - reportagesphotos.fr
Jason Swain photographe autodidacte sur l'ile de Wight repond aux questions de Reportages Photos.
 
22nd June 2009
Blogged - Ventnorblog
Two National Papers Pile Praise On The Island - 'Round the Island Race 2009 - Looking towards Hurst Spit' image
 
14th June 2009
Launch of wight-life.co.uk website
A new site dedicated to promoting the lifestyle activities of the Isle of Wight
 
7th June 2009
Launch of wight-landscapes.co.uk website
A new site dedicated to promoting the beauty of the islands landscape
 
1st June 2009
Launch of soul-surfing.co.uk website
A new site dedicated to promoting the beauty of surfing the English coastline
 
1st May 2009
Launch of the Flickr Getty Collection
My work selected for inclusion in the new Flickr / Getty collaboration
 
1st January 2009
Published - Schmap iPhone app
'Round the Island Race 2008 - St Catherine's Point' published on iPhone Schmap
 
1st January 2009
It's a beautiful world
'Light waves' chosen for the 'photographers for a cause' book
 
Winter 2008
Published - Liz Earle
'Edge - surfing on the Isle of Wight' published in Liz Earle brochure & newsletter
 
September 2008
Published - Accurist
'Emerging' published for Accurist exhibition
 
September 2008
Published - NHS
'Into the wild blue yonder' published for NHS trust exhibition
 
12th August 2008
Blogged - Ventnorblog
Lashings World XI @ Ventnor Cricket Club - two photos used
 
1st July 2008
Published - Tomorrow Magazine
'Mad dogs and Englishmen' & 'Big Wheel' published in German magazine
 
1st December 2007
In the Moo(d)
Soulsurfing chosen to become featured designer on moo.com
 
1st November 2007
IOW POY 2007
'Two images shortlisted for the 'Isle of Wight Photographer of the year 2007' competition.
 
Fall 2007
Published - The Sow's Ear Poetry Review
'Lens Room' published in poetry magazine
 
1st November 2006
IOW POY 2006
'Stormy Weather' shortlisted for the 'Isle of Wight Photographer of the year 2006' competition.
 

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