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| Inspector Kevin Roseblade |
Master Chef and former England Rugby Captain uses a Gloucestershire oven.
Phil Vickery, the former England rugby captain, who replicated his prowess on the pitch in the kitchen by winning celebrity MasterChef title, is now cooking at home with one of my clients cookers. The lovely, friendly, Gloucestershire folk at Everhot make homely handbuilt oven ranges right here in the shire.
Everhot Range Cookers
It was nice to witness some top notch engineering in full swing in Gloucestershire. My client Everhot is a local company based in Coaley near Dursley where they hand build these terrific looking ovens. I can't cook but I'm assured they make smashing pies in the hands of someone who knows how to drive a cooker.
Showcase Awards
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| It was a pleasure to work with BBC Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry again at Gloucestershire County Council's Grow Gloucestershire Showcase Awards at Cheltenham Race Course. The awards recognise talented young people who have contributed to businesses through work experience, apprenticeships or internships. |
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| BBC Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry |
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| BBC Reporter, Steve Knibbs co hosted the event and was brilliant, I have worked with Steve many times when I was working on the Western Daily Press and I knew he likes to chat, but I had no idea he had such a talent for public speaking. |
One of my clients, Cam Systems, had the great idea to send their Customer Liaison Officer, Alfie Hughes to Chris Mullins Tyres, Gloucester to work there for a day to better understand the work they do. This made a nice set of pictures that were published in the trade press.
Hospital Art
As an Arts Council contractor I get to photograph some nice art, but this little job at the Bath RUH was special. Some of the kids in this art class were pretty poorly and to watch them enjoy an art lesson was touching.
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| RUH Bath patient Angel Anto (7) enjoying a creative workshop with artist in residence, Edwina Bridgeman. |
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| RUH Bath patient Chardonnay Bowen (9) enjoying a creative workshop with artist in residence, Edwina Bridgeman. |
Culture, Health & Wellbeing Conference at Bristol's City Hall.
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| Dancer Helen Musser from the Inner Ground Dance Company at the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Conference at Bristol's City Hall. |
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| Ali Brown from the Knittifi Workshop, a collective of knitting artists at the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Conference at Bristol's City Hall. |
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| Singer and Quartet, 'Bewitched' at the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Conference at Bristol's City Hall. | L-R/ Joachim Roewer, Cliodhna Ryan, Kenneth Rice, Deidre Moynihan and Malachy Robinson. |
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| Bringing Creativity to Life class at the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Conference at Bristol's Watershed. |
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| Linda Boyles (left) and Ali Russell playing lunchtime games at the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Conference at Bristol's City Hall. |
Corporate Brochure
I had some fun working with the folk at The Warranty Group recently. Formerly known as Aon Warranty Group, it is the world's largest single-source provider of extended warranty solutions. They were a great bunch to work with and they were extremely happy with the corporate brochure, happy days.
Gloucester Apprentices
Apprenticeships are booming. More than 60,000 people have applied for construction apprenticeships over the past 12 months, an increase of more than 10,000 on last year. So I was asked to photograph some of the apprentices at Gloucester College.
Blooming Zara
I had a lovely job today photographing the Queens grand daughter and mum to be, Zara Phillips visiting Stroud Maternity Hospital. The hospital has recently been refurbished and the NHS asked me to get some nice pictures to remember the visit. Zara was lovely as always, she's the most down to earth member of the Royal family that I have photographed.
Business booming for Gloucestershire man who sent out 600 CVs
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| John Powell and his wife Hannah from Huntley, Gloucestershire who set up their own valeting business with help from mentor Grant Cozens from Gloucestershire Enterprise . |
AFTER sending out 600 CVs to potential employers without success, jobless John Powell refused to give up.
He decided to sell the family car and held numerous car boot sales to raise the money he needed to launch his own business.
And now John's successful mobile car valeting service Mirror Finish has become a shining example how determination can pay off.
David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, visits Gloucestershire Uni
David Willetts, right, the minister for universities and science and Stephen Marston, Vice Chancellor of Gloucestershire University, Cheltenham in their Radio Studio.
The pothole killer.
Phil Vickery MBE
| I had the pleasure of photographing Phil Vickery when he visited one of my clients showroom . We spent some time discussing his mashed up ears, apparently when a rugby player has them operated on to look better, they don't work as well. The body adapts to interpret sound with the damaged shape and struggles to adapt if the shape is suddenly changed, so Phil is sticking with his. I wish I did a close up pic now, but he would have thought that was a bit weird.  | |
| Phil Vickery MBE former English rugby union tighthead prop and member of the England squad in the Everhot Cooker Showroom. |
Why pictures are more important than ever.
Npower's new CEO Paul Massara
I had the pleasure of photographing the npower board last week . They were in Cheltenham meeting some of their customers and finding out what they could do to improve the customer experience. Before the job I thought I'd try and guess who the boss was, but to his credit I didn't spot the new CEO Paul Massara, he mucked in with the customers and seemed completely relaxed and at home with them.
Emergency Response Practice
I was booked to photograph search-and-rescue teams, on both land and water, responding to a fabricated mid-air collision between two aircraft at the Cotswold Water Park.
It was very interesting to see how the emergency services work together. I was especially impressed with the new generation of paramedics called HART (Hazardous Area Response Team ), who now go to the casualty wherever it is rather than waiting for the fire brigade to bring them out.
Bike Project
I've been doing some interesting projects for Gloucestershire County Council recently, this job was all about recycling and reusing bicycles.
Bristol and Bath Science Park
Over the last couple of months I've been booked by a few different companies based at the new Bristol and Bath Science Park http://www.bbsp.co.uk/ It's a beautiful building that makes my job a lot easier, with no end of cool spots for corporate portraits.
I love black and white, so I always give my clients the option of mono or colour and often both. I always shoot the job in colour as it gives me the optimal digital file so I can keep the quality at the highest possible level for both colour and b&w. I was asked by 'Iris' an automotive paint distributor in Warwickshire to photograph the staff in an imaginative way and I think that b&w was perfect for the job, although I gave them both.
