Sometimes someone comes up with an idea that seems so left-field, but it’s so well thought out, it just works – and bowls business networking is just that.

We now offer property video and photography in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and throughout the West Midlands and Cotswolds. Here’s our new page for property shoots:
Do watch this brilliant video by Will and Oli from Firewood Pictures. It gives a flavour of the upcoming Happy High Performance learning day for businesses who want to stretch, embrace new ways of thinking, of collaborating, and of looking to the future. The video even contains a clip of my beardy face, at the … Read more
What a venue for an early breakfast, even the weather played ball with a glorious June morning. Gallons of fresh coffee and a good cooked breakfast gave the 60 attendees a good kick start. And I got a nice surprise as a charity video I’d made with film maker Ben Atkinson got played too! More … Read more
You might think that a 7am meeting of yet-to-be-caffeinated business people would be sluggish and dull. Think again. Jonathan Smith has created a network of interesting and interested, energetic and eager business folk from an incredibly diverse range of industries and business sizes. Location, Location, Location This meeting was held at the recently refurbished Leamington … Read more
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a good woodland photography session – and Wistman’s Wood was perfect to get back in the woodland and impressionist photography flow. I helped My Darling Jules set up her Sew Me Something stand at a textiles fair near Exeter. Whilst she was womanning her stand for a … Read more
Sometimes someone comes up with an idea that seems so left-field, but it’s so well thought out, it just works – and bowls business networking is just that.
As I’ve become older, and beardier, I’ve become more entranced by the potential of impressionist flower photography. Maybe it’s because I’m starting to look like Monet. A Visit to the Confetti Fields On a recent excursion to the remarkable confetti flower fields with my friend, the photographer Charlotte Doran Davies, my love for blurring reality … Read more
To promote my photography and video production services, I’m trying different ways to meet business owners who might need what I do – and Business Biscotti in Stratford upon Avon seemed ideal.
I’d already met a few of the people who said they were going, at the brilliant monthly Donut Time networking sessions at Venture House.
Yes, I know, I seem to be attracted to events with biscuits, doughnuts or cake in the title.
I asked the wonderfully warm-hearted June Irani whether I could attend and take photos, and she generously agreed.
There are lots of variations out there, but this is a simple no-fuss way of how to make the best hummus.
This version makes very tasty, moreish hummus, rather garlicky, with little salt and lots of lemon juice.
It’s very adaptable, and at the bottom I give alternatives – but to my mind they’re not quite as good as The Original.
Sometimes you really gel with the people you work with, and this is the case with the team at Wharton Natural Infrastructure Consultants.
I was just thinking about getting back to work as a photographer (recovering from a broken back) when I was contacted by the company director Pete Wharton.
Pete explained that the company was rebranding, had taken on new people due to expansion, and so needed a range of fresh staff photographs for a new website.