Meerkats cool off with fish lollies as Easter temperatures soar in Devon

Meerkats at Exmoor Zoo in Devon get a cooling off treat of seafood and sprat lollies as the hot weather conitinued through Easter weekend. The family of meerkats eat a diet of meat, fish and veg and when the temperatures rise cannot resist the fish lollies the keepers provide. Photos by Devon PR photographer Guy Harrop

Switzerland and it's beauty captured by Westcountry travel photographer Guy Harrop soon to go live

Professional photographer Guy Harrop's International award winning images of Switzerland will soon be available to purchase for his clients on several International picture libraries. Guy, who spends time abroad shooting commissions and stock has a growing collection of travel images which he will be uploading in the next couple of months. "In Switzerland there is beauty around every corner and the pure mountain air, hiking, wine growing and scenery cannot be beaten", said Guy. 

more food photographer commissions for top restaurants and spa hotels across the Westcountry

Devon PR food photographer Guy Harrop has been busy shooting in and around the kitchen for some restaurants and leading spa hotels in the South West over the past week. Guy who is regularly published in newspapers and magazines, shoots a lot of food for his clients across the region. Guy also supplies his food images to several International food picture libraries who licence his work worldwide.

Devon PR photographer catches up with James May and his toy train race along the Tarka Trail, Devon

James May and Oz Clarke, prepare to take on German train enthusiasts Gerrit Braun and half-brother Sebastian Drechsler, from the Miniatur Wunderland model railway attraction, Hamburg,  in a miniature train race along the Tarka Trail from Barnstaple to Bideford at the weekend in Devon. The spin-off show to the BBC2 series, James May's Toy Stories, saw the teams race three model trains along nine miles of track between the towns' stations. James May previously failed in a world record bid to run a train along the old railway line amid claims that vandals tampered with the track. Photo by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

North Devon pub finds novel way of advertising its Royal wedding party

Photo by Guy Harrop 14/04/10. A pub in North Devon has found a novel way of advertising it's Royal Wedding party by putting a picture of Wills and Kate behind a trotter alternative robin reliant. Landlady Jane Pearce, of The Wrey Arms in Barnstaple, who remembers the Queen's Silver Jubilee is hoping to replicate that same sense of family community with their alternative Royal Party on Friday April 29th. Said Jane," Combining the two great British traditions of a Royal Wedding and a Robin Reliant seemed the obvious choice and it is certainly proving popular with the locals and visitors to the area."

North Devon PR photographer busy shooting and preparing stock for several International photo libraries

Westcountry PR photographer has been preparing and shooting new stock soon to be available on online at several leading photo libraries worldwide ahead of busy week in the studio and on location.

James May keeps Chemo Unit Appeal on track to raise funds

Top Gear's James May helps  Charlotte Overney cancer nurse specialist raise funds for the new Chemotherapy appeal at North Devon District Hospital. The £2.2 million appeal for the purpose built chemotherapy unit has already raised over £400k in pledges and donations. Said James, " It is a great campaign and I am happy to support it".  James is in North Devon filming James May's Toy Stories: The Great Train Race, which will see 2 teams racing three trains along a 9.1-mile section of track between Barnstaple and Bideford. Photo by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

Westcountry beer launch from highest Brewery in the British Isles

Jonty Depp helps launch the new Friggins ale at Jamaica Inn, Dartmoor. The Westcountry brewed ale is from the Dartmoor Brewery, the highest brewery in the British Isles. Photo by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

Big Ballet stars help Devon photographer Guy Harrop scoop another National win.

A photograph taken recently of a Russian touring ballet company has helped a North Devon photographer win a monthly National photographic competition. Guy Harrop’s image depicting Big Ballet stars getting ready for their performance at the Landmark theatre helped him win the March ‘flair’ competition, a monthly online competition at creativematch.com run for photographers working within the creative industry. Guy who works across the Westcountry for his clientbase is regularly published both in Regional and National press. This is the second time Guy has won this competition, and in the last 2 years he has also won 5 International awards for his photographic work with images taken from both the UK and abroad. For more information please visit www.guyharrop.com or tel:01271 850317

Corporate Business PR portraits in demand for Devon PR photographer

Less formal Corporate Business PR portraits are becoming more in demand for Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop who is based in the South West. Guy, who works with clients across the UK regularly producing eye catching images for both websites and company branding. This is proving a huge success as he takes on more commissions nationwide. More of Guy's work can be seen on his website www.guyharrop.com

Wild Ponies battle it out in spring ritual

Wild Exmoor ponies fight in the Valley of Rocks, Lynton, Devon. The ponies, one of the worlds oldest breeds, has been preserved unchanged on Exmoor for centuries and there are fewer than 800 breeding females in the world. They were introduced to the Valley Of Rocks several years ago famed for it's feral goats and this spring time ritual sees the ponies fight for supremacy. Photographer Guy Harrop was just passing in his car and with his 80-200mm to hand managed to grab a couple of frames before he got completely soaked in the heavy rain.