News Round-Up

First of all some great news from the Master Photographer's Association - one of my prints has been shortlisted for the UK Master Photographer of the Year Awards in the Under 5s subject category. The Annual Awards are like the Oscars so to receive a nomination is really exciting. We're now looking forward to the awards black tie dinner in Newcastle next Month, and Janet has the perfect excuse to go shopping for a new dress. With matching shoes of course.

Later in October Janet and I are going to Malta to present three seminars for the SWPP (Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers) at the annual Maltese Photographer's Convention. We're looking forward to meeting the Maltese photographers and finding out how they run their businesses. It should be a really enjoyable break, with some hard work thrown in for good measure!

Our recently launched Baby's First Year folio scheme is gathering momentum and proving to be very popular. For families and children we are soon to launch a brand new promotion that will raise funds and awareness for one of our favourite local charities, KidsCan, based at Salford University http://www.kidscan.org.uk/. Watch this space.

We expect to be busy with portraits in the run up to Christmas, then in January we'll be speaking again for the SWPP, this time in London for the Annual Convention. With three workshops to present and two days of print judging it will be a hectic week.

And as if that's not enough, the following week we are hosting a three day workshop at our studio for our good friend David Williams from Australia. David will be running his popular 'Almost Alone' workshop that gives wedding and portrait photographers the chance to think about 'real' photography for three days with one of the world masters of the art and enjoy the company of a small group of like minded group of photographers. More details will be announced soon.

As you can see, Janet and I never stand still for long. We'll keep you informed on progress through the blog, or don't hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions in the meantime.