A lovely little job in Portland

From time to time I do some work for the Churches Conservation Trust. the trust is a charity focussed on preserving these wonderful buildings and bringing them back to life and use by the community.  They help to run many buildings in Bristol such as the amazing church on Portland Square used by Circomedia and the ancient St Johns Gate by St Nicholas Market.

When I was asked to go down to photograph St Georges Church on Portland (Dorset) I jumped at the chance. It is a little bit of the coastline that I don't know too well, and an architectural gem of a church.

Built in the 18th century using Portland stone the church is from a time when the spoken word was more important that the alter. The pews are arranged facing inward towards two central pulpits. One would have been used for scripture, the other for sermons.  Amongst the grave stones there are graves for victims of pressgangs, shipwrecks, mothers who died in childbirth (unusually showing the woman with her children around her bedside) and local dignitaries.

Notice that the bell has to be rung 6 times at the funeral of a man, but only 3 times for a woman!

The ducklings were brought in to entertain children attending an Easter egg hunt.

Bristol Fashion Show, Clifton Lido

Congratulations to Leighton, Vicki and the crew from Central Studios for pulling off the most spectacular fashion show at the beautiful Clifton Lido.  The Cat Walk went out across the water and despite an early hail storm it went off without a hitch.

Both  local and international labels were shown in what was a great show

To view and order prints from the show please go to my gallery page by following the link here,

and find the link to the Bristol Fashion show.

Commercial and Press shoots in the Autumn of 2008

know that you all think I just do wedding and portrait photography so I thought I would post some of my Commercial and Press Photography just to show you!!

The following shots are from an album cover shoot for the flamenco band 'El Patio Primo' who had their album launch at Octobers Bath Fashion show.

The final cover:

I used to do lots of food photography a little while ago, so it was nice to be asked to photograph the creations of the Clifton Clubs new Chef Douglas Bonar. The Clifton Club on the mall in Clifton Village is really going through a transformation, Bonar (the new chef) has achieved a Michelin Award and 2 AA Rosettes in his previous restaurant, and I can tell you that his food is amazing (yes i did get to try it too!)

October saw me photographing the book launch of Mark Borkowski's new book 'The Fame Formula: How Hollywood's Fixers, Fakers and Star Makers Created the Celebrity Industry'

Jo Webster (my second photographer) and I photographed the last of the years 'Spirit of the Age' events. This was a very special event or outing for vintage cars and their stylish owners. This time the event took place at Wesonbirt School. The images (as well as being used by the organisers for web and publicity material) were featured in publications widely and made the front cover of Severn Magazine.