The Altrincham Chamber of Commerce business awards have become a fixed point in the local business calendar. I was asked to photograph the very first Chamber business awards back in 2012 and I’ve been asked to photograph every once since. Quite an honour to keep being asked back and it’s also given me the opportunity…
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Two things that I enjoy photographing are events (of all kinds) and building interiors. The latter appeals because it’s the polar opposite of what I spend so much time doing i.e. there are usually no people in the shot! And shooting people is what I do for over three quarters of the time. But sometimes…
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Event photography comes in all shapes and sizes, as a quick glance around this blog will demonstrate. While some of my favourite events to have covered have been tiny, intimate affairs, there are occasions where it’s all about the size and the spectacle …. Last summer I was asked to cover a rather grand affair…
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Okay, so I spend a lot of my commercial life at events. Big or small, early morning, lunchtime or evening, I’ve shot the lot. I can often be seen wandering around, camera in hand, looking for ‘that’ shot. I’ve worked with some great event planners and organisers, and I’ve seen some badly run events too…
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Okay, so this isn’t directly about photography, but please bear with me. This year marks my sixteenth year since starting life as a professional freelance photographer. I’ve learned a lot of lessons along the way, and one of the biggest has been the importance of having a great network around me; of colleagues, of support…
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