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Rotolight in administration XXXXXXX ROTOLIGHT, a maker of lights for photography and video which is well known to many AP readers, has gone into administration. Jonathan Bass and Giuseppe Parla of Menzies LLP have been appointed as the joint administrators of Rotolight Group Ltd, with the aim of drawing up restructuring plans to save the company or sell it on. The administrators, who are licensed insolvency practitioners, put in place a statutor y moratorium – ‘this is a “breathing space” that frees a company from creditor enforcement actions, while financial restructuring plans are prepared to rescue the company as a going concern where possible,’ according to the Gov.uk website. Administrators also take over the day-to-day management of affected companies, and former CEO Rod Aaron Gammons ceased to be a director on 17 September. So Rotolight is still able to sell its lights, as can be seen on the website, rotolight.com, where a sale is taking place. The nuclear option for administrators is to liquidate a firm’s assets and distribute the proceeds to selected creditors, but this development does not mean Rotolight has gone to the wall. Despite going into administration in 2013 and getting slapped with a winding-up petition from HMRC this year over unpaid taxes (later withdrawn), Jessops continues to soldier on, and recently opened a new store in York. The Rotolight NEO 3 PRO won our Accessory of the Year award in 2023 P A L L A N T T O M © New Skylum portrait-editing suite SKYLUM, best known for its photo editor Luminar Neo, has announced a new suite of por trait-retouching tools called Aper ty. Developed in collaboration with por trait pro The software promises more precise editing Julia Trotti, the software includes an intriguing-sounding feature called Face Mesh. This processes up to 4,000 dots per face for more precise editing, along with ‘segmentation technology’ that detects up to 30 classes of face and body par ts, again to facilitate realistic retouching and reshaping. Aper ty also features tools for skin smoothing, blemish removal, and studio lighting emulation, while enabling users to create AI masks for people and backgrounds, or to customise masks with brushes, gradients, or luminosity. As an early bird deal, you can get a one-year subscription with an extra year thrown in for £169; this rises to £249 for a one-year license when Aper ty officially launches on 7 November or £24.90 a month. See aper ty.ai Abbey Road winners TOM Pallant’s wonderfully kinetic live shot of Blur recently won the Music Moment of the Year categor y in the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards, organised by the storied London studio. Tom took the shot at Wembley Stadium last year. ‘Knowing Graham (Coxon) would launch his guitar 20ft in the air, I was ready…’ Tom recounts. ‘It’s the only time I’ve ever shouted “Yes!” out loud after getting a shot.’ Meanwhile, Francis Mancini won the Live Music categor y for his capture of Darren Styles, while Andreia Lemos took home the Undiscovered Photographer of the Year award for her shots of Amyl and the Sniffers. The legendar y Jill Furmanovsky won the Icon Award. The nominated entries are on show at the Royal Alber t Hall until 12 November (abbeyroadmusicphotographyawards.com). 4 www.amateurphotographer.co.uk
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ROTOLIGHT, a maker of lights for photography and video which is well known to many AP readers, has gone into administration. Jonathan Bass and Giuseppe Parla of Menzies LLP have been appointed as the joint administrators of Rotolight Group Ltd, with the aim of drawing up restructuring plans to save the company or sell it on.

The administrators, who are licensed insolvency practitioners, put in place a statutor y moratorium – ‘this is a “breathing space” that frees a company from creditor enforcement actions, while financial restructuring plans are prepared to rescue the company as a going concern where possible,’ according to the Gov.uk website.

Administrators also take over the day-to-day management of affected companies, and former CEO Rod Aaron Gammons ceased to be a director on 17 September.

So Rotolight is still able to sell its lights, as can be seen on the website, rotolight.com, where a sale is taking place. The nuclear option for administrators is to liquidate a firm’s assets and distribute the proceeds to selected creditors, but this development does not mean Rotolight has gone to the wall. Despite going into administration in 2013 and getting slapped with a winding-up petition from HMRC this year over unpaid taxes (later withdrawn), Jessops continues to soldier on, and recently opened a new store in York.

The Rotolight NEO 3 PRO won our Accessory of the Year award in 2023

P A L L A N T

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New Skylum portrait-editing suite

SKYLUM, best known for its photo editor Luminar Neo, has announced a new suite of por trait-retouching tools called Aper ty.

Developed in collaboration with por trait pro

The software promises more precise editing

Julia Trotti, the software includes an intriguing-sounding feature called Face Mesh. This processes up to 4,000 dots per face for more precise editing, along with ‘segmentation technology’ that detects up to 30 classes of face and body par ts, again to facilitate realistic retouching and reshaping. Aper ty also features tools for skin smoothing, blemish removal, and studio lighting emulation, while enabling users to create AI masks for people and backgrounds, or to customise masks with brushes, gradients, or luminosity.

As an early bird deal, you can get a one-year subscription with an extra year thrown in for £169; this rises to £249 for a one-year license when Aper ty officially launches on 7 November or £24.90 a month. See aper ty.ai

Abbey Road winners

TOM Pallant’s wonderfully kinetic live shot of Blur recently won the Music Moment of the Year categor y in the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards, organised by the storied London studio. Tom took the shot at Wembley Stadium last year. ‘Knowing Graham (Coxon) would launch his guitar 20ft in the air, I was ready…’ Tom recounts. ‘It’s the only time I’ve ever shouted “Yes!” out loud after getting a shot.’ Meanwhile, Francis Mancini won the Live Music categor y for his capture of Darren Styles, while Andreia Lemos took home the Undiscovered Photographer of the Year award for her shots of Amyl and the Sniffers. The legendar y Jill Furmanovsky won the Icon Award. The nominated entries are on show at the Royal Alber t Hall until 12 November (abbeyroadmusicphotographyawards.com).

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