Public sector workers strike across Britain

 A public sector worker shows his support outside a hospital in North Devon during nationwide strike action protesting over planned Government changes to pensions. Photo by Westcountry PR reportage photographer Guy Harrop.

Foodie photography makes being in the kitchen fab fun especially at Christmas

 Christmas is a great time of year for food photographers, as everyone is making festive goodies and treats. Today, in between lots of other stuff, Westcountry food photographer has been helping out in the kitchen, cooking up a few rustic mince pies in time for Christmas.  All photos by Guy Harrop

More demand for online Italian travel images keeps North Devon Photographer busy

This week Westcountry photographer Guy Harrop has had several more requests for more and more of his travel images as his photos are being published around the globe. Guy, regularly visits foreign countries both for clients and vacation so incorporating valuable stock with workflow can be very rewarding. Said Guy, "Stock travel images tend to get put in a folder marked Italy, France etc etc, as my daily shoots take priority. I don't get that much time to sort and caption them up and it can be quite time consuming. Luckily I have had a quite a few requests recently so I have been able to incorporate some travel editing into my day. Often you forget a place or a name, but it is great to revisit on an edit and fortunately I am quite meticulous with caption info which helps when filling images in online."
Pictured are several images from a shoot in Italy which will be online this week.

When wildlife comes to the photographer's door

Wild foxes that stray into the cameras eye. This image of a wild baby fox was snapped by chance as Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop was cleaning his kit in his house. Living in the countryside does have it's perks!

Christmas photo sales up for travel photographer Guy Harrop as Budapest comes in top 10 Christmas markets again

Spicy gingerbread men, hot mulled wine, paprika smoked sausages, wooden hand made crafts and figures - this is Budapest Christmas market every winter. Wooden chalets selling hand crafted goods and beautiful smells in the festive cold air, traditional loud folk music and bell ringing. This year has been a good year for stock images with several sales alone this week from Winter markets photographer Guy Harrop has visited in Eastern Europe. 

 

Westcountry PR photographer catches up with fisherman preparing for annual Clovelly Herring festival

Clovelly harbourmaster Stephen Perham whose family have been fishing for Herring for over 200 years pulls in the days catch on an early morning tide, North Devon. He is a 5th generation herring fisherman and his fish will supply the annual Clovelly Herring festival this weekend which attracts thousands of people each year to the old smugglers village. The fishing village originally worked over 80 herring boats employing over 200 men, today , there are just 2 boats fishing for herring. This season has been exceptionally good with boats landing record numbers. Photos by Guy Harrop.

Royal Marines back from Afghanistan parade through Barnstaple

100's of people cheer and wave flags as soldiers from the Commando Logistic Regiment parade through Barnstaple Devon. The Royal Marine Regiment based in Chivenor, North Devon paraded through the town to mark their safe return from Afghanistan with his Royal Highness Prince Philip taking the salute along the route. Photo by Guy Harrop 17/11/11. 

HIking, Trekking and Tramping around the South West coastpath

A few scenic views from trekking around the South West coastpath. All photos © Guy Harrop

Exmoor cattle bask in the last of the autumnal light

More stock images of cattle grazing on Exmoor in the late autumnal light as part of  farming project. Photos by Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop

Puffin photos finally edited and soon to be online for sale

 Westcountry PR photographer Guy Harrop spent a couple of days following puffins and finally got lucky. Puffins are colourful stubby little birds and with the right photo kit can make a couple of good photos. They are very quick and do not sit still too long so keeping an eye constantly around you, as you are waiting for them to hunt for food and come back during nesting season becomes second nature. Guy was also lucky, as 2 previous visits had been uneventful. Said Guy, " I don't really take nature photos too often. You usually have to have a bit of time on your hands and wait a while for something to happen. But when it does it can be so rewarding and worth every minute". Guy regularly supplies International stock libraries with his images which are available worldwide.