Picture of the week #7

I'm hoping to brighten your day with this week's picture. It's shot on good old Velvia film and full of the vibrant colours of summer, which is quite apt seeing as we are fast-approaching (four days and counting in our house) the long summer holidays and the end of school for another year - yay!

So, as my boys' thoughts turn to dinosaur museums and Legoland and the beach at St Ives, here is a little slice of said beach, where we're heading once again this summer, in a 1973 VW Campervan no less (a shorter holiday than planned and missing out on Camp Bestival with friends due to photo jobs but I'm sure our mini-holiday will be fun nevertheless!).

Anyway, more on our intrepid mini-adventure in Daisy the Campervan in the next couple of weeks, but until then - and for those of you not imminently escaping to the nearest beautiful sandy beach - please enjoy my little take on the classic British seaside holiday.

Bonne vacances mes amis!

High heels and champagne at the Randolph

So, more about last week's event at the beautiful Randolph Hotel in Oxford. I was there to photograph the launch of the Oxfordshire PA Club, a brand new networking club for PAs and exec assistants in and around Oxfordshire.

The brainchild behind OX-PA is Claire Hickson, an inspiring businesswoman, mother of three and keen photographer herself and in a true demonstration of knowing one's audience, Claire and the team from OX-PA laid on fabulous treats for ladies attending the launch event, including champagne and canapes, shoes and frocks from LK Bennett and mini treatments from staff at the Randolph Spa.

In true 'blimey it's a small world' style, the prize draw (a chauffeur-driven dinner for two with champagne at the Randolph) was won by a lovely lady, Cathy, whose wedding I photographed last autumn. It was so nice to catch up with her, and in such beautiful surroundings too!

Here are a few shots from the event. Check out those sparkly heels...

Monsters and jelly

First things first - it's been a while between blogs! The month of June simply flew past, with holidays, 'significant' birthdays and jobs aplenty, but rest assured, the start of July sees me back at my desk, editing away.

So what have I been up to?

Well, the latter part of June found me mingling with the great and the good at the DfE and Nursery World Magazine for the National Childcare Student of the Year awards, and photographing the launch of a very exciting new private members club at Oxford's beautiful Randolph Hotel (more on that later).

I've also been working on a few 'personal' projects, one of which was my youngest son's 4th birthday at the start of June so in lieu of any more serious photographs for today's blog, I share with you our monster cupcakes and two-tiered jelly (perfected after three attempts, all of which I hasten to add, were polished off by willing children).