Halloween witch prepares for the Pagan New Year

A witch in Devon prepares for Halloween (to mark the Celtic festival of Samhain), celebrating the pagan new year traditionally marking the end of the summer season and the end of the harvest. This years weather has meant pumpkin sizes have got smaller despite a late Indian summer across the UK. Photo by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

Magical mists rise from Exmoor for Westcountry photographer

Light can be magical and living on the edge of Exmoor has it's perks. Westcountry Photographer Guy Harrop has been making the most of this weeks moody mists, up and out before dawn, chasing the light in the mornings and evenings across Exmoor and beyond.

Devon PR photographer scoops another International photographic award

Westcountry Photographer Guy Harrop is celebrating after winning a Silver award in the FEP (Federation of European Photographers) European Professional Photographer of the Year Award 2011 for one of his images of a Russian Ballet company touring the UK. 
Guy's entry depicting Big Ballet stars getting ready for their performance at the Landmark theatre in Devon helped him win a silver award in the reportage category of the competition.  The prestigious International competition attracts entries from the world’s top professional photographers and this year, 2011, received over 2,000 entries from over 20 countries worldwide
Guy who works across the Westcountry for his client base is regularly published both in regional and national press. This win adds to his tally of over 5 International awards in the last 3 years for his photographic work with images taken from both in the UK and abroad.
“It is great to be recognised Internationally for my work and to win an award in such a prestigious competition is just fantastic news. This year has been great for me as I have watched the business grow, taking on more commercial PR for leading businesses, both across the region and nationally”, said Guy. 
For more images and contact information please visit  www.guyharrop.com or 
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cutting from todays Independent newspaper of Silly walk pic taken at weekend

Pic from National Trust silly walks event in Independent newspaper today. Photo Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop.

Silly walking popular again thanks to the National Trust One walking campaign

Silly walks are all the craze thanks to a new 1 mile walking campaign launched this week by the National Trust South West. The ‘National Trust Silly Walking’ initiative forms part of ‘National Trust One’ – a new set of 101 downloadable, regional mile-long walks. The National Trust’s national Walking Festival runs until October 30th. Silly walkers are being encouraged to film themselves and their families silly walking over the course of half term and upload to www.ntsouthwest.co.uk/sillywalks. Pictured are over a hundred silly walkers in a flash mob walk at Studland beach, Dorset which was the original setting for some of the opening scenes of The Monty Python sketches. Photo by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

Best Fish and Chips in the South West

Hanbury's fish and chip takeaway in Babbacombe, Devon which is celebrating making it through to the final of this year's National Fish and Chip awards, after being named best Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year in the South West of England. Pictured are owner David Hanbury and staff celebrating reaching the final. Photo by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

Shooting more vintage clothing in the studio

More shoots in the studio for North Devon based PR photographer Guy Harrop who has been busy with some vintage clothing for several clients across the UK. All images copyright © Guy Harrop.

National Trust launch 101 walks across the South West of England

Dust off the boots, wipe down the wellies, take out the trainers and flick on the flip-flops! To celebrate the changing seasons with a bit of fresh air fun and uncomplicated outdoor adventure, National Trust South West is launching an exciting new range of one-mile walks.  As part of the Trust’s nationwide Walking Festival, the new ‘National Trust One’ campaign delivers 101 short walks across the South West graded in difficulty from flip flops to wellies to walking boots. Photo by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

Traditional cider harvesters enjoy bumper crop

Westcountry Scrumpy time. Apple pickers gather the years cider apples during harvest at Ostler's cider Mill, one of only a handful of traditional cider orchards left in Devon.  This year has seen their sales increase twofold as Nationwide cider demand is on the up again. Harvest time for cider fruit is roughly from September to November and by October most of the fruit has fallen to the ground ready to be picked.
Photo by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

Westcountry PR photographer portraits of Burt's Crisps finalist in HSBC awards

Nick Hurst, Director of Burt’s Potato Chips celebrating becoming a finalist in HSBC’s Business Thinking initiative. The initiative, which identifies and rewards the UK’s most innovative and forward thinking companies, will see Burt’s Chips and five other finalists across the South West attend an international Thought Exchange visit in Dubai to meet like-minded business thinkers and find out about international business development opportunities.  Photo by International award winning PR photographer Guy Harrop

north devon portrait photographer providing on site studio shoots for clients across the Westcountry.

North Devon portrait photographer Guy Harrop has been shooting a lot in the studio as well as on location this year for his clients across the UK. Being mobile and having a portable studio has been great for his business, as a lot of clients have been too busy to travel. Setting up a shoot on site has really worked as Guy has already had bookings well into 2012. For more information please contact Guy at info@guyharrop.com

When a beach scene could be a painting?

100's of people flock to the beach everyone evenly spaced out, all doing something different and beach related - temperatures rise above 27 degrees. Photo by Devon PR photographer Guy Harrop