The joys of new budgets! Clients have received theirs for this year and are spending them, so this month’s been jam packed full of commercial photography commissions. We’ve been working on May Gurney’s annual report, which has taken us all over the UK, to Manchester, Wales, Gloucester and London, not missing of course Head Office here in Norwich.
The design work is produced by London creative communications consultancy, Radley Yeldar, renowned for producing annual reports for many of Europe’s top companies. So following several meetings we’re left to our own devices to fulfil the brief.

Another substantial photography commission was for Microsoft’s research department based in Cambridge. Microsoft Research Cambridge was set up in July 1997 with three researchers. Today over 100 researchers, mostly from Europe, do computer research at the lab developing new concepts and software technologies for the future. What amazed me is that they are working 15 years in advance, which just shows how much goes into the development process after the initial concept. The brief was to produce corporate photography of their development staff to be used across a wide range of mediums including newspapers, magazines, reports and websites.
The stylish architecture of the research centre complimented the subjects and was an obvious choice to add impact to the images. One of the images can be viewed here.

On a more personal level, a good friend and his girlfriend have launched a quarterly men’s magazine aimed at Norfolk’s car and golf market, 1º East. 1º East has the look and feel of a national magazine but is tailored towards men who live, work or play in the eastern region. 1º East is no ordinary regional; it offers a unique mix of men’s lifestyle, automotive and golf in a refreshing way and contains high-quality editorial by national writers as well as inspirational photography by Jarowan Power. 1º East is also elegantly designed, beautifully printed and expertly edited by automotive journalist, Suzannah Sorrell.

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