Hi. I’ve been a little busy working on my new website. I’m getting there slowly but I want to make sure I get it right. I haven’t got time to write a big blog post about how much fun it’s been so I’m just going to throw up my favourite shot from the archives for you to comment on. Probably my favourite photo of all time if I’m honest – and strangely one I took long before I moved to Jersey

Just a brief ‘shout out’ as they say in radio land these days to the good guys and gals at Sim2000 – a trusted and capable supplier of mine for some years now. I have just received the most fabulous customer service from the team there and I can commend them highly to any other professional photographer colleagues. Tremendous efforts all round – thanks.

I was given the opportunity to work with one of the board at JTGlobal this week. “We need some new imagery for our Company Secretary for press, Public Relations, internal and external use images – can you help?”

Thanks to Rosemary and the team at JT Global for involving me in this special get together of JT employees, past and present. Some familiar faces in the crowds as Graeme Millar (CEO) introduced the new brand and discussed the Gigabit Isle initiative, in the JT Green Room which was ready for the following 2 days of fun at Jersey Live. The brief was to catch some of the networking between employees past and present, and a little bit of the ambience of the occasion.

Another hot hot day shooting the 25th Anniversary PBS Golf Day at La Moye Golf Club. I was delighted to be invited to work with Tony and his team at their very special event. Congratulations to the winners, and well done to all those who were entering into the spirit of the post golf 19th hole activity even though the dinner started at 2pm. Here’s a selection of images that captures some of the fun of the day.

Michael from ProFS had me back to capture some appropriate head shots for various upcoming marketing communications pieces in a number of business publications in the Channel Islands. (specifically the first one was Business Brief). The brief was something just a little bit different. Michael is a creative chap in his own right and we’d had a look at some of their ‘little bit different’ marketing campaigns when I was in last time. Looking at how a company portrays itself through it’s own marketing communications (adverts/trade publications etc) can really help me to develop an understanding of their imagery needs.

ProFS based near Rozel in Jersey (and Guernsey/UK/Switzerland) – a pick’n'pack fulfilment solution – a strategic logistics partner – offering warehouse and distribution services. That’s how Michael explained it to me … I thought it best to go and see for myself … not because I didn’t understand (?) but just so I could get a feel for what actually happens in a place like that – and therefore what would be best to photograph. It’s a long story but we needed to get a couple of shots to accompany a 3rd Party press release into trade publications.

A delightful start to the golfing year with the Jersey Telecom Annual Golf Day. La Moye Golf Club is the most fantastic venue – it’s the first time of photographed there – and my my. There are some simply fantastic vistas around that course. And on a bright, clear and warm (oh my word  it was warm) day I was absolutely spoilt for choice. I have to say some of the golf wasn’t that pretty – but what a great atmosphere around the course and in the club house. It was great fun to work with Tim Ringsdore and his team and it looked like everyone was having a lot of fun on the course, and in the clubhouse afterwards. Only wish I could have joined in the fun – though I have to say I did enjoy one large refreshing lager to quench the thirst, whilst I prepared the presentations to play on the large screens before and during dinner.

This tickled me – Tim and Helen had a portrait shoot before Christmas with their lovely dog Moby. I just had a note from Tim by email …. “People are still commenting on how good our photo’s are. One even won a prize at a local “ladies club” in Kidderminster. I think it was just my Mum being embarrassing and showing off pictures of Helen, Moby & me! Hee hee. However, she had the best photo there on the day, so she won a professionally made frame for it.”

I wonder which one it was Perhaps this one.

Richard shoots professional portraits in his Newmarket, Suffolk based photography studio. If you are interested in something similar drop me an email. By the way I also shoot weddings, events and corporate photographs.

One of my kids asked me the other day – ‘Are you a little bit famous daddy?’ I asked what do you mean – ‘Well everybody seems to know who you are and you have appeared in some magazines and stuff haven’t you?’

Bless them. Here’s an article from a couple of weeks ago from the Business Section of the Cambridge News. A day in the life of a jobbing photographer.