Target Golf in Rochdale Town Centre, part of Rochdale Feelgood Festival

I have recently joined a group of local businesses in Rochdale, called "Rochdale Rochdale Rochdale". The aims of the group are to "Promote Rochdale's Pride and Productivity".
To join the group members must either live, or work in Rochdale, and be committed to the aim stated above. We hope to highlight the quality and service of local businesses and people in Rochdale.
One of the ways we hope to do this is to get involved in local events and help to raise money for charity by offering prizes, normally relating to our businesses where appropriate, for raffles/auctions/challenges.
Our first event was on 16th July on The butts in Rochdale Town Centre, in conjunction with the Skylight Circus event, where we held a target golf competition. We will also be at the Rushbearing Festival in Harehill Park, Littleborough on the 30th July, and the Feelgood Festival in Rochdale Town Hall square on 3rd September.
Here is a selection of pictures showing the target golf in action. The golf setup was kindly provided by Jennifer Shaw Events.
Also supporting the event were:
SYSOP, Rochdale Online, Molesworths Solicitors, Hillary's Blinds, The Online Print Company, Junction 21 chauffeur driven cars, Ladies Only Gym, Dublcheck Cleaning, GSG Carpet Factory Shop.

School Photography and Christmas Fairs

I have just come to the end of a very busy run up to Christmas with school and nursery photographs and a couple of school Christmas fairs. This is in addition to the weddings, commercial photography and event photography.

Despite the busyness, and the pressure to deliver orders in time for Christmas, I have been totally blessed with the privilege of producing some of my best pictures to date for the parents.

Obviously, child protection issues prevent me from sharing most of them with you, but I have obtained parental permission to share a few of my favourites.

I believe in giving the children enough time to relax in order to get the best pictures possible and, by giving them a bit more time, I am (in a lot of cases) able to offer the parents a selection of pictures to choose from, rather than just the one that I think is the best.

One of the pictures below is from a charity fund-raising Christmas Market, just one of the ways in which I am able to support worthy causes through my work.

Ber-Cirque

Yet again, I had the pleasure of meeting the weird and wonderful, but very nice group of people calling themselves Ber-Cirque.

They describe themselves as: "A collective of entertainers, providing professional Fire and Glow shows, character performance on stilts etc...".

They were greeting guests as they arrived for the annual Kirkwood Hospice charity ball at The Venue Halifax. What a way to be greeted!

Here's a selection of pictures to show you what you can expect if you book them for your event.

Charity event for Oldham Cancer Support Centre

Just had the pleasure of supporting a very valuable resource in Oldham, taking photo's to help raise funds for the charity. The ladies were waited on by the lads below, "Butlers in the Buff". They were, as you can imagine, very popular lads.
















 Event photography is a great way to meet interesting people,and rhelp a good cause.