The Downs, Malvern College Preparatory School Opening

We have been working all this year with the staff at this outstanding school in Colwall. Here are a few pictures from the opening of their new facilities. It was a grand day out and yes, that is cricketer Graeme Hick opening the new sports centre, along with headmaster and good egg Alistair Ramsay. Fun was had by all (the ones with the buckets of water anyway) and of course the Downs Light Railway was in full steam.

Up in the air again

We have a telescopic mast for aerial photography, usually of buildings. We put it to good use yesterday in these publicity shots of the Diglis House Hotel in Worcester. The change of height makes a big difference to the point of view, as you can see.

It's always a good idea to get Worcester Cathedral in your pictures, we always say!

Farazana and Khaliq's celebrations

We were honoured to be asked to help our friend and photographer Zein at a wedding in Birmingham. Since it is traditional to separate the men and women into separate rooms at Moslem wedding feasts, working as a couple worked well, and was great fun too. The food was astonishingly good and the hospitality superb. Never once did we feel unwelcome, as the only non-Asians present in a congregation of several hundred.

Congratulations and best wishes to Khaliq Hafeez and Farazana Hanif.

What we did on our holidays

Well, not really holidays - we had a meeting in about our new website with some nice people in Cambridge and thought we'd take the weekend to have a look around the place - we camped in a very nice forest near Bury St Edmunds. While we were there we took in a couple of local churches and the cathedral in Bury. There's even a picture of what Phil looks like after three nights in a caravan.

The cross is the 12th century Bury Cross, believed by many to have been taken on the crusades by Richard the Lionheart. Sadly this is a replica, the original being in New York. Tricky to photograph as it is ivory and it glows a bit in the light. We also had a go at some other museumy stuff in the Cathedral, for experience. See what you think.

RAF Benevolent Fashion Show

Rachel was asked to attend this women-only event in Malvern and take some pictures for the RAF Benevolent Society. She was happy to support this worthy cause - and look at the lovely letter they sent!!

Pregnancy shoots for F2 magazine

Prestigious photography magazine F2 is doing a profile on pregancy photography in all it's forms featuring the pregancy photography of Rachel Hibberd. So Rachel has been out and about photographing ladies in their natural habitats.

Jo Brand in Worcester

I forgot we'd taken these for Worcestershire Life - Jo Brand and her support Brummie comedian Andy Robinson live at Worcester Rugby Club. This was a benefit for the Megan Baker House, of which Jo is very generously the patron.

Congratulations Runaway Bride Hannah!!

Congratulations to Hannah and Adam for winning Wyvern FM's Runaway Bride competition. Hannah made it as far as Palma in her wedding dress and trainers, for the princely sum of £10.

It was a stressful occasion, as you can see in some of these pictures.

Hannah and Adam have won a free wedding with all the trimmings, for which we will be providing the photography.

Well done both - see you later in the year!!!!

Wyvern FM Runaway Bride gets started!

We got up unfeasibly early this morning to witness the nail-biting selection of brides in the final of the Runaway Bride competition. 5 girls were whittled down to 4, then 3, then the final two were blindfolded and taken to a mystery location (er, Droitwich) from which they are, even as I type this, racing to get as far away as possible to win a dream wedding, at which we are doing the photography.

We've never been at such a tense occasion, or felt so much that everyone ought to win!!
Far more tension than at a real wedding.