Poppy & Will's wedding took place over 3 days at the family's home in the south of France. They were photographed by Jo de Banzie and James Yeats-Brown. Here's how Jo describes the wedding day and how they ended up doing something a little different! "The weather was unbearably hot, and the idea of the swim occurred to us during the evening. Poppy is one feisty girl, a qualified doctor and champion canoe polo player. She'd already climbed a tree for us, so we were pretty sure she'd be up for it!  However, she was dressed in couture, and as the designer was present as a guest, we thought To View More >>

Heather and I have been in Penang for a few days, "recharging our creative juices". But what does that mean? Creativity is like happiness. You can't reach out and grab it directly, although we do believe that getting out of your comfort zone (I couldn't think of another cliché, sorry) – and sleeping a lot – both help. We're staying in old George Town. It was declared a Unesco World Heritage site in 2008, as the locals are proud to tell us. They're also proud that Jimmy Choo was born into a family of local shoemakers, and apprenticed to a little shop just a few metres from where we're staying To View More >>

We've just spent a great Monday afternoon browsing through the submissions for our Bragging Rights campaign, which closed last Friday. Thank you to everyone who participated! We had a terrific response from friends old and new. Plenty of weddings of course, but also engagement shoots, family portraits, maternity, pets, you name it. Different countries, cultures, locations and styles. So that was inspiring, but now comes the hard part – choosing! We're looking for twelve sets of images to showcase on our website, in our new season sample albums and books, and in our blogs and marketing pieces. To View More >>

Photography by Johannes van Kan I hope you have a blog. They're a perfect marketing vehicle for photographers, and they're free. Photograph every album before you present it to your client, write a post about them, their day and their album, and send them the link. Just like all our new possessions (and this is a very special one) they'll want to show their friends and family, talk about it and (hopefully!) recommend the person who created it for them (you). What could be better? And don't forget to promote your blog on your website, in your email signature and in your fliers etc. To get you To View More >>

Click here to watch the video on Vimeo. My father's family came from Westhoughton, only twenty miles or so from where Brett and Kristie Harkness have their studio in the North of England, so we're practically neighbours. Brett's a northerner born and bred (Newcastle), but Kristie's from Saskatchewan, where the population density is only slightly more than that of New Zealand supporters at an English rugby match. In the first of a two-part interview Kristie and Brett tell Ian how they got from working on a cruise ship to their high end studio, and: learning the business side of photography; letting To View More >>