About Us
About Cumbria Picture Library
The library was started in 2006 by local Lake District photographer Tony Riley, who settled in Cumbria in 1992 after a career as a mountaineering and adventure sports cameraman and professional photographer. As well as this commercial site, he maintains a personal website here.
This took him from 25,000ft on the South Col of Everest to the top of the world's highest active volcano in Ecuador, and to work on BAFTA award winning camerawork on feature films and television dramas. He now holds BECTU accreditation for Film and TV Production Stills Photography, as well as providing Location Stills Photography for production research purposes.
Back down on earth, he returned to university to update his photography skills with an imaging science degree that included colour management, digital asset management, scanning and digital printing, all essential elements in the new digital marketplace.
While there, an interest in the Digital Preservation of Heritage led to a research dissertation in the Digital Reproduction of Paintings. From this a unique, high quality Artwork Giclee Copying Service has been developed that is available to local artists.
We intend that the image collection will continue to grow and respond to market needs, and we will strive to provide excellence in all our services, as well as being an outlet for local photographers and artists.