My photographic colleague Douglas Fry asked me to provide my commercial photography services to record some of the formal presentations and talks at the opening of the World Travel Market event at  ExCel in London. Here’s a few favourites from the shoot. Formal presentations on stage are always tricky to photograph – you have no control over the lighting and positioning of the subject and access is often limited in that you can’t really get close to the stage or lectern as blocking the audiences view doesn’t go down very well! I usually photograph these using long lens from the back to retain perspective and context and try to catch the interesting expressions and movements of the speakers.

Stephen Sackur of the BBC opens the proceedings.

James Cracknell, Olympic gold medallist gave an excellent talk.

Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, UK Secretary of State for Culture concluded the official opening.

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