Another great shoot for a hotel, this time The Danubius Regents Park, who have the fortunate location of being right next to my favourite London Royal Park. I did end up staying at the hotel, due to an early start on the second shoot day, which not only meant a fabulous dinner at the hotel … Read More
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The Wellesley Knightsbridge at Christmas Hotel Photography
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
Leuka Loves Afternoon Tea – Charity Photography Shoot
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
1 Wimpole Street Showcase Event Photography
1 Wimpole Street, which is a fantastic venue in the heart of London (5 mins walk from Oxford Circus), part of The Royal Society of Medicine, were hosting a showcase event and invited key event industry people to enjoy the venue in all it’s glory. My role, as the photographer, was a mixture of capturing … Read More
Wellesley London Hotel Pa-tea-sserie Afternoon Tea Photoshoot
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
California Prunes at Food Matters Show at Excel
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
California Prunes Event Photography at Just Vegan Festival
For this shoot, I was asked to attend the Just V Show at Olympia London, to capture the day’s events for California Prunes, who were sampling their prune juice all day and giving out packs of prunes to promote their product. They also had a live chef’s kitchen where respected chefs Peter Cook, Rosemary Shrager and … Read More
Rubens Hotel Royal Afternoon Tea Event Photography
…….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
Low Lit Moody Veg Personal Food Photography Shoot
These vegetables (and fruit!) were so beautiful, I had to take them aside and shoot them. But how to approach it? Well I wanted a really simply set up that showed off the colours and form with no distraction. I opted for a low-key set up with a simple black back-drop and then remember some … Read More
Friends House Hospitality Venue Photography
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
Baxterstorey Contract Caterers Photography for Tendering
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
Hotel Photos for The Wellesley Knightsbridge
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
Danubius Regents Park Hotel Photography
It was time for some new images for the Danubius Hotel Regents Park to refresh their website, marketing material and social media feeds. They wanted to get some shots of the beautiful wedding set-up and stunning cake, food shots, which would normally be part of the business lunch meetings rooms and a feature cocktail. ” … Read More
Ch&Co Contract Caterers Food Photography Showcase
I was asked by Ch&Co Group, a commercial catering company, to shoot a food showcase event, which they were organising to pitch to some potential clients. As the chefs were going to all the effort of cooking up a great display of food and the staff were pulling all the stops out to make up samples and informative … Read More
Julie Montagu’s Sweet Potato & Edamame Salad Recipe Food Photography
I love this dish from Julie Montagu’s ‘The Flexi Foodie’. I like her philosophy as she believes in eating healthy most of the time, but not to worry too much if you want the odd ‘unhealthy’ treat. She says “By adding more superfoods into your diet, you will naturally start to crowd out the bad ones”. You … Read More
Deliciously Ella Power Balls Recipe Food Photography
When I am running around, planning, meeting, shooting, editing etc, I need energy and I often want it quickly. So when a friend recommended Ella Woodward’s Raw Coconut and Cacao Bites recipe, I went a little nutty (groan) and made a whole tub of them! They’re great to prepare in advance and grab as a little … Read More
Strada New Menu Launch Photography
Being in the hospitality world and with lots of experience photographing events and parties, I often get asked by my clients to shoot various events for them and their clients. This one was slightly different to the last few parties I had shot as it had a live cooking demonstration to show off Strada’s new menu. I’d eaten at … Read More
Bbar Victoria – Food and Drink Photography Shoot
I was asked to return to Bbar by the marketing team at Red Carnation Hotel Group to shoot a few new additions to their menu, including some brand new cocktails and their classic Bbar burger. Whilst there, I also grabbed a nice shot of the staff serving drinks to customers and some action shots of … Read More
Summer Lodge Hotel and Acorn Inn Photography
I was delighted to be asked to do this shoot for The Red Carnation Hotel Group as it meant I got to sleep in the loveliest hotel I’ve ever stayed in – the luxurious 5 Star Summer Lodge. However, don’t be too envious, our two day shoot was long and involved early starts – I … Read More
Bbar Victoria – Restaurant Photography Shoot
For this shoot the Red Carnation Hotel marketing team, along side the manager of Bbar, simply had a shot list of items they wanted to get covered for their brand new website. So the day was a very full one consisting of interior photography of the upstairs restaurant, atmospheric photos of the basement bar, photos … Read More