Event photography, like events themselves, comes in all shapes and sizes. One day I’m photographing a keynote speaker addressing an audience of hundreds, the next I’m covering a business breakfast with a couple of dozen people present. Locations vary widely too. The majority of business events take place in hotels and conference rooms. Bars and…
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Last Friday I was back in the dinner jacket, photographing the first Awards evening of the year – the Greater Manchester Business Awards. It was a great evening at a venue I’ve visited as a tourist but not worked at before – the Imperial War Museum North. It’s been on my hit list for a…
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I do love looking back over the year and reflecting on the assignments I’ve shot. It’s wonderful to re-live twelve months by opening up the hard drives, scrolling through the thousands of photos and remembering the days, events and moments that made up the year. I remember the new people I’ve met, the conversations about…
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I’ve mentioned before that the winter seems to be the season for (business) awards evenings, and that this fills a lot of my diary. But one of the most pleasurable awards events that I shoot happens in autumn. It’s a series of evenings where the NCS (National Citizens Service) students graduate. NCS is a self…
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Back in the spring I was honoured to be asked to help participate in a great cause, shooting some portraits for a photo calendar that was hoping to raise funds for Prostate Cancer awareness. To be honest, prostate cancer was something I knew nothing about until recently. I started to learn a little more about…
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