RPS Licentiateship Assessment success!

Great news just in from Margi Lawrence on her way back from the RPS Licentiateship Assessment day in Bath.

She's been successful in her application - and here's the link to prove it!

http://www.rps.org/distinctions-introduction/Latest-Successes

She thoroughly deserves it (although she thinks they may change their mind next week). Well done Margi - we look forward to hearing all about it!

One of the successful RPS approved shots

Calendar shoot

Having broken the mould with "Bald is Beautiful" calendar, we're back on home territory with the 8th (!) annual Lindow School Calendar.

Just take 150 children - in fancy dress to represent 12 different Olympic (ish) sports and add a mobile photographic studio set up in the school hall,  (factor in dismantling the studio for lunch...).

That leaves about 4 1/2 hours to photograph each child individually, then in groups of 3 or 4, taking care to ensure the correct child is in the correct costume correlating to the correct sport.... And this year the whole of the staff, including support staff, the caretaker and the secretary were also co-erced into taking part - and they looked brilliant.


Richard's nearly finished his bit, and then its over to the fantastic John Bowring of Keyprint to meticulously add in every child's name, high days and holidays.


No visuals available yet - it's all very much under wraps until the great launch on Dec 4th...

The Macclesfield and Wilmslow Business Awards Shortlist

The Awards shortlist is published this evening in the Wilmslow Express - one of the companies we're up against is Matmi, who look very innovative and very design led indeed - maybe we won't need to be finding a space in the trophy cabinet after all..... Richard's not able to attend the awards dinner  - not really sure I could go on my own....

What I'll look like on the night if we don't win.......

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