Last theatre performance in Devon, UK

At 7.30pm on Thursday 29th May Multistory Theatre doing their last ever Devon performance of Every Mother's Son ( the show that started life as Josh's Monsters) in St  Giles-in-the-Wood Village Hall, - hosted by Robert Barber. All theatre production photos Guy Harrop.

Woolacombe beach, Devon bakes in hot weather as sunshine hits the UK at the weekend

All photos by Guy Harrop. 18/05/14. Weekend sunny weather photos at Woolacombe beach on one of the hottest days of the year, Devon UK.

Sea mist rolls in on Westcountry coast as weather heats up across the UK

Photo by Guy Harrop 15/05/14. An eerie sea mist rolls in across Woolacombe beach , Devon as hot weather arrives across the UK.

Lifeguards get ready for the summer season at Woolacombe beach Devon

Photo by Guy Harrop 15/05/14. An RNLI lifeguard keeps a watchful eye on the surf at Woolacombe beach, Devon in readiness for the summer season.

One of UK's oldest identical twins celebrate their 100th birthday together, Devon UK

One of Britain's oldest set of identical twins celebrated their 100th birthday this week, with them both receiving telegrams from the Queen on the same day.

Identical wins Freda ( pictured right) and Doll (Doris) Latham who were born on 5th May 1914 celebrated their joint 100th birthday with all their relatives including  five generations of family and two of their sisters, also in their nineties at the Barnstaple Hotel in Devon UK. 

Doris and Freda , also both share the same surname Latham as they married two brothers. They both still live in their own homes and agreed the secret to longevity was down to home grown vegetables.

Pictured are the twins with their telegrams from the Queen. Photos by Guy Harrop

 Pictured are the twins in their early 20's

Cycling through the photographers tilt shift gaze in Avignon, France

Title: Cylist, Avignon, France. 

Travel photo from a trip to the beautiful city of Avignon in Provence, France. Photo Guy Harrop

On location shooting corporate business photos for clients across the Westcountry.

North Devon photographer Guy Harrop recently shooting new campaigns for businesses across the Westcountry. Photo Guy Harrop

Devon Cornwall food photographer Guy Harrop is celebrating after winning several awards in the prestigious Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year 2014

Pink Lady International Food Photographer of the Year 2014 -  runner up - 

(Stockfood Food Off The Press category) image taken at Clovelly herring festival, Devon, UK. Photo by Guy Harrop 

Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year 2014 - highly commended - (Food And Its Place category) -  Shopping trolley packed with fresh tuna and dolphin (mahi-mahi) in Bridgetown fish market in Barbados. Photo by Guy Harrop.

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Devon and Cornwall food photographer Guy Harrop is celebrating his success in an international Food photography Competition for the third year in a row.

Guy has just been awarded a runner up, highly commended and two commended awards for his food photography in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year  2014. His image taken at last year’s Clovelly Herring festival came 2^nd in the Stockfood Food Off The Press category and another, from a busy Bridgetown fish market in Barbados, taken early one morning while on honeymoon, was highly commended in the Food And Its Place category (which Guy won last year).

This year’s competition attracted over 6000 images worldwide and the judges included Israeli-born chef Yotam Ottolenghi, David Loftus (Jamie Oliver’s photographer) and food critic Jay Rayner.

Said Guy, “To compete and actually win an award with my food photography on an International level feels amazing. I feel very fortunate as this is the third year in a row I have won awards in this competition, which is also in its third year.

The competition is worldwide and the level of entries is very high and so diverse and far afield. Photos entered come from literally every corner of the globe, so it was just great news to win a second place with my picture taken at the annual Clovelly Herring festival of a man holding smoked herring.

I am also very pleased another entry I took of a fish buyer dressed up to the nines in a busy downtown Barbados fish market in Bridgetown was highly commended in the finals. I was on honeymoon at the time, so you can imagine my wife’s thoughts, when I said we should catch a bus and go to a fishmarket at 5am in the morning!

Luckily she said, lets go and she hates fish.

I think also living on the edge of rural Exmoor and near the sea has a huge part to play in my food photography. I am very fortunate to be surrounded by hills and farms. Good quality local farm producers are everywhere and the coast and access to fishing is only 20 minutes from my house. I am very passionate about food from the sea. I love every aspect of fishing and spent my childhood near the sea and I also love cooking, I grew up baking cakes in my parent’s hotel in Lynton, Devon, so combining these passions with photography seems only natural.

I have been a photographer for over 20 years now so have covered most subjects for my clients and regularly see my photos published in National and International publications. A lot of my work now tends to be food orientated regularly working with producers, restaurants and luxury hotels across Devon and Cornwall.”

Guy regularly updates his blog with latest foodie shoots and can be contacted at www.guyharrop.com or 07866 464282

Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year 2014 - Commended - Food And Its Place category - Rum distellery worker with rum barrels stacked up at Mount Gay rum distillery, Barbados. Photo by Guy Harrop.

Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year 2014 - Commended - Stockfood Food Off The Press category- Distillery worker with rum barrels stacked up at Mount Gay rum distillery, Barbados. Photo by Guy Harrop.

Devon PR food photographer Guy Harrop catching up with bakers preparing beautiful traditional hot cross buns in time for Easter.

A baker finishes the glaze on hot cross buns in time for Good Friday at East and West Bakery, Barnstaple, Devon UK. Traditionally buns had a cross on to ward off evil spirits and in the late 1600s, (after the English Civil War) only bread, cakes and buns made on Good Friday continued to bear a cross. Photo by Guy Harrop 170414.

Enjoying the sunshine under the cherry blossom in full bloom, Devon UK

Photo by Guy Harrop 16/04/14. Student Beth Tippet, enjoys the sunshine under a cherry blossom tree in full bloom in Barnstaple, Devon, UK