In this modern world of all you would be forgiven if you thought the whole world revolves about celebrities and celebrity status.
You would be wrong - but some times it can feel like it!
In my field of work celebrities are used by pr companies to get products and launches into the public eye, whether that be in the national and international magazines and newspapers and celebrity magazines, or in local and regional magazines and newspapers.
Hollywood stars, television actors and presenters, movie stars, music legends and fashin designers, models and wanabees do their stuff along with reality TV stars - and many people lap it up - in particular picture editors on magazines and newspapers - and increasingly online, love it.

So, it's here to stay, rarely do any photographers get 'good' photographs of celebrities, they're just presented to you on a plate, and quite often it's direct flash. Rarely will you get the opportunity to get a one-to-one with a celebrity ... 30 seconds with Kelly Brook was my lot last year!

DIRK VAN DER WERFF 2007
 

Ringo Starr & Barbara Bach

Jonny Wilkinson

Pte Johnson Beharry VC

Melissa Porter

Kelly Brook

Sir Terence Conran

Martin Clunes

Ainsley Harriott

Mary Nightingale

Dame Vera Lynn

Billy Zane

Lord Litchfield

Paul Gascoigne

Natasha Kaplinsky

Sophie Raworth

Scott Henshall

Alex Kingston

Simon le Bon

Tim Healy

Monty Don

Charlie Dimmock

Margi Clark

Anouska De Georgiou

Kelly Brook

Loyd Grossman

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

Julia Sawalha

Anouska De Georgiou

Emma Thompson

Sharon Davies

Anneka Rice

Amy Nuttall

Katherine Jenkins

Billy Jo Armstrong Green Day

Sophia Myles

Trevor MacDonald

Alan Titchmarch

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