JULIAN CLAXTON

Bright & Colourful Pre Wedding Shoot | Norfolk

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Julian Claxton

Beginning of May I met the lovely Ellie & Rob at their stables in Norfolk for a pre wedding shoot.

It was a rather hot day with that horrid mist that didn’t seem to burn off – but thankfully around the stables/paddocks we had a plethora of locations to chose and play with and managed to introduce some strobes to fill light.

Many of you will know I am now gradually moving away from weddings due to more commercial operations and it’s a pleasure to end, what has been a wonderful few years with Rob & Ellie’s wedding in a couple or so months.

#Norfolk #Wedding #Prewedding20

Last Week the Norfolk & Norwich Festival kicked off with a stunning performance by Chris Bullzini

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Julian Claxton

The 2019 Norfolk & Norwich festival was underway last night with a truly breathtaking high-wire performance by Chris Bullzini tightrope walking his way across the historic city.
Thousands of people crammed into the city centre to watch the amazing act.

#NNF19 #Norwich #Norfolk #Tightrope #Festival #Norwichcastle #openingnight #Theforum #cityhall

Norfolk & Norwich Festival Launch May 10th 2019

| Tagged 2019, arts, Chris Bullzini, city hall, crowds, festival, NNF, norfolk, Norfolk & NOrwich festival. people, norwich, norwich castle, norwich market, performance | Leave a comment

Invest in High Quality Local Content | Photography

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Julian Claxton

It is a pleasure to see great local businesses continuing to invest in high end marketing & photography, in the push to create a strong reliable and trustworthy brand.

It appears the days of cheap uniform stock photography are becoming a thing of the past for businesses that want to build a reliable brand.
After all, we buy from people and value that trust from strong reliable visuals.

#norfolk #norwich #cambridge #linconshire #corporate #photography #business #commercial #people

ABG, Norwich Prince of Wales Road Feb 2019

| Leave a comment

Shoot at the BigC Centre | NNUH

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Julian Claxton

The Big C Centre at the Norfolk & Norwich hospital, a truly warm homely space for those that need it.
It was a complete pleasure to be able to shoot in this wonderful space for such an inspiring Norfolk charity.

#Norwich #NNUH #Charity #Bigc #Norfolk

| Tagged bigc, cancer, Charities, charity, Homely, hospital, NNUH, norfolk, norwich, people | Leave a comment

Event Photography Awards Shortlist

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Julian Claxton

Delighted to announce I’ve been shortlisted for the 2019 Event Photography Awards. The image in question was a capture during a hectic morning shoot in one of the kitchens at a Cambridge College.

Commercial kitchens are never the easiest places to shoot, limited on time, space and equipment. Thankfully several elements seemed to come together and with careful planning the capture was complete.

It’s always a pleasure to be recognised in a national photographic award and especially one that is so hotly contested within the event and commercial photographic world.

St Johns College, Cambridge, Catering Department

57511555_2119696054816369_7376112572849717248_n

| Tagged 2019, cambridge, chefs, Event, eventphotographyawards, julian. claxton, kitchen, London, marketing, norwich, photo, photographic, photography, shortlist | Leave a comment

BigC Workshop on the Broads

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Julian Claxton

Saturday played host to the BigC Broads Photographic workshop, which I hosted in aid of the fabulous Norfolk charity on the Edge of the River Bure & Thurne.

Given we’ve enjoyed some fabulous recent weather, I think, quite rightly myself and all the participants envisaged a wonderfully warm, bright day with the cameras….. Sadly, we were met with wind, rain and dreadfully cold temperatures… in fact, it felt more like November.

Still, we Brits are a hardy lot and having only one participant pull out, the rest of us popped the rain coats on and proceeded to shoot some atmospheric images along this picturesque part of the Broads.
Naturally, during the workshop, I’m not shooting my own material, instead, advising, suggesting and running through settings and ideas with all.

After the folks had departed Thurne, I stayed on and shot a few 40 second exposures as the darkness rolled in and moments before it began to rain.
A beautiful hue formed over the mill & river and thankfully in those couple of minutes I managed to capture my one frame of the day.

#Norfolkbroads #Thurne #Landscape #Hue #Night #workshop #Norfolk

| Tagged Abbey, bigc, broads, Canon, evening, nikon, norfolk, norfolk broads, photo, photography, thurne, wex, workshop | Leave a comment

Miracle | Uganda

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Julian Claxton

This is 12 year old Miracle.
She lives with her grandmother in Southwest Uganda. Sadly her parents both died of HIV and since then her grandmother has looked after her and sells at the local market earning “just enough” to pay the rent on her hillside home above the border town.

Although HIV Positive, the health of Miracle is really rather good. Thanks to a funding program from USAID and the tireless work of a Ugandan NGO, she receives regular medication to manage her health.

She told me she wants to be a doctor.

#usaid #uganda #ngo #africa #eastafrica #hiv #child #children #giveachildacamera #health #portrait

| Tagged africa, Awareness, East Africa, family, Health, HIV, ngo, orphan, portrait, Positive, rwanda, Ugandan, USAID | Leave a comment

Smiles @ The Norwich & Norfolk Eco Awards

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Julian Claxton

Norwich & Norfolk Eco Awards at the fabulous St Andrew’s Hall was held last week – well done to all the fabulous Eco Winners!

“What does a taxi company in Norwich, a school in Ellingham and an allotment enthusiast in Reepham have in common?

They were all recognised for their commitment to sustainability at the prestigious Norwich and Norfolk Eco Awards 2018-19, held at the historic St Andrews Hall.

They were in good company – with other winners a volunteer group working in Tuckswood, a school in Reepham and a Norwich community interest company – at the evening hosted by biologist and conservationist Professor Ben Garrod. Speakers included Richard Powell, who was awarded an OBE in 2005 in recognition for his work in environment and sustainability.

Professor Garrod said: “I was thrilled to have the honour of hosting this event, which is a real celebration of the effort people are making to do their bit for the planet. It’s particularly inspiring to see the younger participants, who are not just tomorrow’s conservationists but already proving that you’re never too young to make a difference.”

Each of the winners received a handmade sustainable wood trophy and Ellingham VC Primary was presented with three tablets by sponsor Updata and Reepham High School scooped £500.”

*text sourced from Norfolk.gov*

#Norfolk #Norwich #Ecoawards #Awards #Photograhy #Event #2019

Norwich & Norfolk Eco Awards 2019 @ St Andrews Hall, Norwich

| Tagged awards, Ben garrod, eco, Event, norfolk, Norfolk COunty Council. Norwich City Council, norwich, Norwich & Norfolk Eco Awards, photography, Richard, St Andrews Hall, WSP | Leave a comment

Cambridge Design and Construction Awards

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Julian Claxton

Held in the wonderful grounds of St Catherine College in Cambridge the Cambridge Design and Construction Awards took place last week, showcasing truly awe-inspiring design and building projects throughout Cambridgeshire.

Watching the presentations is fascinating. It certainly offers food for thought and I often come away with ideas for building projects, albeit on a significantly different financial footing.

#Cambridge #StcatherineCollege #CDCA #Design #Awards

CDCA Awards 2018 at the McGrath Centre, St Catherines College Cambridge March 2019

| Tagged awards, cambridge, CDCA, centre, evening, Mcgrath | Leave a comment

Long Weekend in Rabat

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Julian Claxton

We’ve all heard of Marrakech, but how many of you have visited Rabat, Morocco’s capital?

It’s a lovely place for a quick weekend getaway and just a short affordable flight from the UK.
We had an absolute ball when we visited – staying in a souk in true old Moroccan style, we thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the ability to visit on the excellent train service both Meknes & Casablanca.