Zip-wiring across the hallowed turf!

In March, I spent a fantastic Sunday at the home of my beloved Coventry City Football Club (Play up Sky Blues!). The Ricoh Arena was the location for a sponsored Zip wire event for 'KIDS' - the midlands based charity supporting 'Intensive Care and Decision Support'.

Over 150 people zipped across the arena raising thousands for the charity in the process. As I was taking a few photographs from the top of the rig, I was told the easiest way down was to zip myself, so I had a great view as CCFC's hallowed turf sped towards me!

A great event for a great charity. Enjoy the pics...

The Bear Inn Derbyshire

A few weeks back, I was asked to spend the afternoon in a beautiful country pub in Derbyshire (I know, it's hard work but somebody's got to do it).

 The fantastic Bear Inn in Belper has had a complete redesign of it's website courtesy of the amazing DE1 Design (www.de1design.co.uk), and so needed a set of photographs which showed all the amazing details of the near 300 year old pub.

I really enjoyed the shoot and working with both the guys at DE1 and the pub owners. It was also nice to get some great feedback from 'De1 Design' director Jeunine Bray: 

"[Sam] was such a pleasure to work with and had a great rapport with our clients. The photos really captured the essence of the venue and were exactly what we wanted. We couldn't have asked for more and will definitely work with him again. He is personable, professional and follows briefs really well."

To see the new site, please click here:

www.bear-hotel.com/

Bettie Lottie Fashion Shoot...

In early March I was asked by Leicester based "Bettie Lottie - Make up" to shoot a series of fashion images for them. Fashion photography isn't usually my "bag' (Which is strange as I'm marrying a fashion designer in just over a months time!) but it sounded like an interesting assignment so I said I would help out.

We eventually found a great location for the 'industrial' look we wanted in Leicester and set about getting the shots. The photo shoot was great fun and I couldn't be more pleased with the final photographs. Having written off fashion photography a bit in the early days of my career, I'm beginning to wonder weather I may partake in a little more of it.

Let me know what you think of the photographs in the comments box below . . . 

Tom Daley and Tonia Couch

A couple of weeks ago I travelled down to catch up with Olympic Divers Tom Daley and Tonia Couch at the amazing new £46.5m Everyone Active Life Centre in Plymouth. I had the opportunity to watch and photograph a training session from both ground level and up on the diving boards. (The 10 Metre platform is nuts! - I think I'd struggle to jump of it, let alone do a handstand on the edge of it and flip 6 times into the water!) It was incredible to watch from such close range and was an amazing experience.

It was also great to meet with them afterwards to shoot some portraits (which you can see below along with a few photos of the training session in full flow) They were both really friendly, and I wish them the best of luck for the Olympics in London this summer. Come on Team GB!

New website!!

My new website is finally here! It's elegant, simple to use and the layout and colour scheme keep all the emphasis on the photography. It now also offers online payments for purchasing photographs, secure online photo galleries for weddings and studio customers, and more regularly updated photo galleries. The photography blog is a nice touch too! 

The concept behind the design of the website was all about clean lines and simplicity, in order to let the photos speak for themselves. The website has been built completely from scratch so everything is designed to work perfectly for my three main lines of work - Corporate, Portraiture and Weddings. 

All three sections of the site offer Client Logins, so once your photoshoot is complete you will be able to view your images online. 

For the Portrait and Wedding sections of the site, you will also be given a password and will be able to purchase photographs from the albums.

The blog is also a great addition, as I will now be able to keep the website constantly updated with new photographs - so make sure you check back soon to see what has been going on at Sam Johnson Photography.