Press Association photographers reflect on their best images from the past year.
PA Media photographers choose their best photographs from the past year and reflect on the stories behind the images.Ben Birchall was the only news photographer present at Highgrove House, where the then Prince of Wales danced with one of the guests, Bridget Tibbs, during a tea dance hosted by The Prince's Foundation to mark the Platinum Jubilee.
"The dancing progressed for over two minutes, which is a lifetime in photography, but in true reportage fashion the nervous energy, charisma and spontaneity happened within the first 10 seconds. After that, the dancefloor crowded out and polite conversation replaced energetic giggles."Joe Giddens was at Wembley Stadium to capture a shot of Lioness Chloe Kelly, after she scored the winning goal of the Uefa Women's Euro 2022 final.
"At that moment a slight panic set in as I knew that it had become the story of the day and that as rota photographer I needed to get pictures of Her Majesty, and get them out to the wire as soon as possible as news outlets would be wanting them. "It wasn't until he walked back to the halfway line and I looked through my pictures to see it was a plastic bottle of Coke thrown from Spurs' fans, which he just kicked in mid-air.Image source,At Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Aaron Chown was in a prime position to capture Prince Louis' now-famous facial expressions.
"This position would usually provide limited opportunities for interesting images of players on the near side of the court, 'usually' being the key word."Noticing a pattern of Nick attempting to play a 'tweener/hot-dog' through his legs, I was eventually gifted with a shot of him returning a lob from Djokovic.
"By then I had about two minutes left. I took a few pictures and he was then on his way to his TV interview, which then gave me time to put all the furniture back and repack my camera gear."John Walton was in the right place when a terrifying crash happened during the Commonwealth Games cycling held in London, as England's Matt Walls went over the barrier into the crowd.
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