Rainbow Trust Spirit of Cuba Ball , london,Hilton

the ball was amazing , loads of cool supporters of a great charity ,and lots of volunteers envolved realy well organized and beautifully set up ,and great entertainment & food all lead to lots of money raised to help provide support to terminally ill kids and their famillies, long night though, had to give up wearing shoes coz my feet were killing me. the guests included sarah green and mike smith , linford christie, angela hartnet , gill (jean from eastenders) , and venessa feltz and her lovely partner, Faith brown , and mark ramprakash (excuse spelling) were also in the house and a late appearance after finishing the live dance show at striclty come dancing was put in by Christina , Erin and Austin heeley who is a patron for the charity.

tolworth gym club fundraiser shoots

survived the shoots.... lots and lots and lots of great kids , all in a rush mid gym session and all over excited and bubbling with enthusiasm. There are 4 images per child going onto the proof cards which in itself is a mammoth task, the lab has specially designed one where the payment goes directly to the club for me so the total tallying will be easier for them this year , and my figures wont look so bonkers as they did last year when i suddenly gave a big wodge of wedge back as commission. I think it came out at 3760 pictures that's 940 of the kids and i know i didn't see them all as there were important competitions on so the class slots over the weekend i was there had been shuffled and the squads were out competing , that's a donation of over 7 days work time , processing ,now i just have to see how much we raise through the sales of the images.
I feel good and the karma must be realy good now.
hope we smash last years total

Rainbow Trust

volunteering services for charities,
first off the blocks...The Rainbow Trust.
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides practical and emotional support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness ,I went to rainbow house in surrey met a lovely family who were staying there and all the carers and house staff who were very welcoming and spent the day with them making images for the rainbow trust for their brochures and web site and i plan to go back again and do some more when needed,

Next up,Fund raising , Tolworth Gymnastics Club last year i made £1700 for the club and this year i aim to beat that...... its a big job with continuous gymnasts coming through for portrait pictures over 6 days,theres over 900 kids at the club so its a real challenge to avoid it turning into a conveyor belt as you still have to try and make a connection with each child which is a tall order, but very good for the people/studio skills !! so i am expecting to need to go for several serious nights out next week to recover.

new project, underwater portraits

not perfected yet but something im working on.. underwater kids portraits, spent the summer experimenting .My kids are now sick of me sitting on the bottom of the pool pointing cameras at them , and i am even more prune like than before. anyway needs more work but heres a couple of examples of where im going with this new idea, always on the look out for ideas to make even more interesting and memorable images so any feedback and ideas, as always most welcome.k.

Charity Offer

had a great summer and back now refreshed and ready to go ....and I am feeling all charitable at the moment so dont forget if you are a charity and need help with images for brochures and web sites , or prizes for auctions give me a call and i will see if i can help.

Radio Jackie Winner

Congratualtions to Carol-Anne Sutton of Bedfont , who has won a full portrait session and framed print .Listen out on radio jackie for more chances to win.

More New Fantastic Prize Winners

NEW LUCKY WINNERS SCOOP SILVER PORTRAIT PACKAGES

Maria Hayes of ashford -silver portrait package winner

and

Pascale Couch of Surbiton - Silver portrait package winner


Your prizes include a full portrait studio session for your family or just the kids if your squemish!! and i also include a large framed enlargement photo of your choice from the session

looking forward to meeting you guys and making you some realy special images