Event & PR Photography on BB Bakery’s London Bus I met the fabulous staff of BB Bakery at World Travel Market, held at Excel last month. I only popped onto the bus out of curiosity, but after chatting to the Head of Marketing & Operations, turned out they needed a photographer to capture a special … Read More
Major refurbishment Photographs One of the main reasons I was commissioned to shoot some photographs for this holiday park group, was because the parks have been undergoing major refurbishment and development. Obviously when a travel company has a brand new restaurant, has completed refurbishment, or added new exciting items to their menu, they need some … Read More
I absolutely love being out and about in London on a sunny day; add music to the mix, a great buzz with lots of people enjoying themselves and some delicious food – happy days. But I wasn’t just hanging out, I was actually at this lovely event, hosted by Canary Wharf Group, to take photos. … Read More
Wow, what another wonderful event I was privileged to photograph for the luxury hotel group Red Carnation Hotels; this time for the Knightsbridge based boutique hotel Egerton House. They had just commissioned an amazing garden installation, by the extremely talented Jane Wadham, Chelsea Flower Show Gala Night florist since 2000 and asked me to do … Read More
It was delightful to see how the garden at the back of the Montague on the Gardens Hotel has been turned into a beautiful event space for the summer season, in partnership with The Edit Events. My mission was simple – to capture it on camera for future marketing activity, with detailed shots, which would … Read More
This is a small sample from a full day of shooting at the fabulous Rubens Hotel, which is always a major hub of activity at all hours of the day. Squeezing in photos is always a challenge, yet it gets done, with great organisation from the marketing department, willing staff, understanding customers (actually they often … Read More
“I’ve worked with Susannah on a few shoots now, and each time it has been a pleasure. She is very professional and always strives to get the best shots possible in the allocated time. She is also very adaptive to changing circumstances if things don’t go exactly to the initial plan, and is very good … Read More
At this time of year, most of us are starting to dream of summer already. Christmas was a month ago, children are back to school, the world of work is churning again and we’re thinking of somewhere or something to look forward to. Even if it can’t be a holiday right now, perhaps a hiking … Read More
These week I shot some fresh new photos for The Milestone Hotel, Kensington, who have introduced their brand new personalised chauffeur service with a fleet of beautiful cars and wanted some photographs of the cars and the very dapper chauffeurs, to publicise this. One of the key shots that The Milestone Hotel also wanted was … Read More
Christmas is such a magical time of year, especially so in the hospitality sector, where restaurants, bars and hotels all throw open their doors to welcome their guests for the season ahead with extra magic sparkle added. For those hotels who offer beautiful afternoon teas, such as The Wellesley Knightsbridge, it’s a good idea to … Read More
A small but sweet shoot for the charity Leuka, which is “dedicated to curing leukaemia and blood cancers by translating research into new treatments”. They have just launched ‘Leuka Loves Afternoon Tea’, 13th August to 21st September, which is a perfect excuse to get people round, enjoy a little indulgence and raise some funds and awareness about the … Read More
In celebration of Harry and Meghans’ upcoming royal wedding, The Rubens at The Palace Hotel, right opposite The Palace Mews, on Buckingham Palace Road have created a beautiful “Royal Afternoon Tea”, complete with a stunning cocktail called “The Wedding Story”. We also popped next door to Bbar to capture “The Markle Sparkle”. Cute right? ” … Read More
Great to be back at The Wellesley London, Knightsbridge and also great to be shooting cake. Well, it’s one of my favourite things after all 🙂 So this time it was the new, aptly named, Pa-tea-sserie, which The Wellesley describe as “a new twist on the classic English tradition, the ideal treat for true tea infuse-iasts! … Read More
Today’s shoot was what I call a ‘mixed bag’ hotel photography shoot. Basically a hotel, usually the marketing team, have a set of images they need to get professionally shot for a number of different purposes. In this case, there is a mixture of guest gifts, menu items, a new cocktail, the iconic ‘sweet station’ … Read More
Another delicious job for California Prunes; this time at Food Matters show at Excel London, where the sales team were meeting current and potential clients. California Prunes also had chef Peter Sidwell doing a food demonstration again and Halael Shafie, a nutritionist, who advocates balanced and healthy eating – not dieting, giving a talk. As … Read More
…….I was delighted to be asked by The Rubens Hotel in Victoria, to take some photos during their Royal Afternoon Tea – which just happened to be on April Fool’s Day….and was greeted by my client ‘Lady Lydia’. As a little surprise to guests, The Rubens welcomed Her Maj* into the tea rooms….check out some of the fun … Read More
Last week, it was the 10th birthday party of Friends House Hospitality – the team who I worked with last summer to help them get some great new photos to showcase their venue and facilities. They were celebrating 10 years of running a successful ethical, fair and sustainable business and hosted the event at their … Read More
Funnily enough, I had actually been to Friends House, meeting up with a fellow photographer for a coffee and cake, just a few months before I received their call about photography. I’d had a delicious cake, so I remembered them well (but more about cake later)… The marketing team wanted me to captured a variety of … Read More
This was a full day of shooting for Baxterstorey, which involved visiting a variety of different sites to capture shots of their new spaces, food and drink and some street style photos in the area they were hoping to win a tender for. Like a lot of these types of shoots, having flexible photography skills … Read More
I met Patrick at The Jumeirah Hotel when I shot a set of headshots for them a year or so ago. We got on like a house on fire, gossiping all day, sharing our love of food and fitness and generally forgetting we were actually working. I did also manage to produce some good shots … Read More