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Natural nursery

The season of nursery shoots has begun again and, as with previous years, I have a mix of studio, natural and graduation shoots booked up to November. Natural shoots are where I spend a morning or two in the nursery capturing the children whilst they are at their most relaxed and letting their true personalities…

Chelsea Cobbler

The Dune Group’s Chelsea Cobbler brand revealed its new look concession in Oxford Street’s Top Shop last week. Many of the fixtures and fittings are authentic and highly original, from the gnarly wooden work bench to the striking hanging shoe trees with exposed bulbs. I couldn’t help myself going in closer!

Party photography

It was a real pleasure to be asked along to Simon and Elizabeth’s joint 40th birthday party recently to capture the proceedings. The guests were treated to a casino theme night with roulette wheel and card tables. I loved catching a combination of posed and candid shots of hosts and guests having a wonderful time;…

Organic searches

Since this site was redesigned I’ve been interested to see who visits by looking at the stats found on the wonderful Google Analytics. From what I can tell over half of the visitors to this site come through organic search on search engines. So what do you think the most popular search term was for…

College careers event

  For the second year running, I was involved in the Year 9 Careers Workshop at the City of Leicester College. This year it was a speed networking format where groups of student spent 10 minutes with each career representative. Like the next man I could be accused of retelling a story a few too…

Portrait painting

I had a really interesting last minute job at the University recently. Eminent geneticist and the man that brought us DNA testing and profiling, Sir Alec Jeffreys, is having his portrait painted by Tess Barnes, who has an impressive list of subjects that include Michael Portfillo, Carole Vorderman and Camila Batmanghelidjh of the Kid’s Company. I…

Bertie

Bertie’s new store in the Trafford Centre is fun, eclectic and striking. From the wall of clocks to the chalk boards with messages(‘Man Up’ and ‘Loafing around in style’ are a few on view!), it’s highly original and was a pleasure to photograph. You can see some more examples of my expanding retail portfolio here.