Italy's charm captivates the travelling photographer

Travelling to Italy with a couple of cameras, you cannot help but fall in love with the countryside. It has so much charm and warmth. The ever changing colours in the light, sunflowers and vineyards as far as the eye can reach. Time stands still as dogs bark and old folk gather in the village squares to chatter about their daily goings on. Bright yellow fields of sunflowers rise and fall in the heat of the day.
All photos Guy Harrop

Herrings smoking in a traditional fish smoker

Beautifully rich coloured Herrings lined up in a traditional wood fish smoker. photo by westcountry

food photographer Guy Harrop.

food photography growing from the ground to the table

Food photographer Guy Harrop has been in the greenhouse growing lettuce again this year. Not only are they delicious to eat, freshly picked in salad from the ground to the table but they are beautiful to photograph too. Here are some stock images shot for a food client.

Shooting corporate PR portraits for clients in the UK

Devon PR photographer Guy Harrop has been shooting back to back in the studio this week photographing several portraits for business clients across the Westcountry. This year Guy has been working with a number of businesses who have needed portraits, quite often a mixture of formal and fun images for websites and magazines.

National Sheepdog Trial ticket sales for event at Castle Hill, Filleigh, Devon, UK

Recently Devon PR photographer Guy Harrop was asked to photograph the launch of tickets on sale at this summer's English National sheepdog trials at Filleigh, Devon UK. 

Guy, has worked with sheepdogs and farming extensively over the past 20 years both for newspapers/magazines and with Devon farmer David Kennard photographing the bestselling book 'The Shepherd's Watch'. Guy was often seen lying face down in the wet mud for several of the book shoots to get the right images - rams battling, sheepdogs retrieving stranded lambs on cliffs, sheep farming and capturing the daily life through a sheepdog.

The event this year at Castle Hill, Filleigh will see around 150 of the country’s top sheepdog handlers and their dogs compete at the historic home of the Earl and Countess of Arran on the 19th-21st July. This will be the second time the trial has been held at the estate, the previous event was held in 2009.

Pictured is Marie Fraser, marketing manager of North Devon Hospice and farmer David Kennard, from Woolacombe, representing the International Sheep Dog Society . 

Keeping your eyes open on way to photographic assignments

Shooting library stock images cannot always be planned - These two were taken on way to a PR job this week by Devon PR photographer Guy Harrop as part of a set on footpath signs.

Temperatures still hit 21C as UK prepares for weather change.

Photo by Guy Harrop 07/05/13. Sunbathers enjoy the continued hot spell across the UK. Pictured are sunbathers enjoying the sunshine on Woolacombe beach, Devon, UK today Tuesday.

May Bank Holiday monday weather temperatures soar UK

PIC BY GUY HARROP  06/05/13. Poppy Melchior enjoys the sunny May Bank holiday weather near Barnstaple, Devon as temperatures soar across the UK.

Rural polling stations in Devon prepare for voters as elections take place across England and Wales

 PIC BY GUY HARROP  02/05/13. Voting gets underway in the local and coucil elections in England and Wales. Pictured is polling clerk Karen Oke outside a rural polling station in Martinhoe, Lynton,  Devon.

 PIC BY GUY HARROP  02/05/13. Voting gets underway in the local and coucil elections in England and Wales. Pictured is presiding polling officer Sharen Gullick outside a very rural polling station in Shirwell, North Devon.

Devon and Cornwall food photographer scoops top International photography award

Scrumpy time: 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 over 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.

Westcountry food photographer Guy Harrop has scooped a first prize in an International food photography competition. Guy was the winner in the ‘Food and its Place’ category in the ‘Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2013’ competition for his image called ‘Scrumpy Time’ taken at a North Devon cider orchard during harvest. The International competition, in its second year attracted over 5500 images from around the world.

Guy received his award from chairman of the judges, journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner at a packed champagne reception in the London.

Said Guy,” Last year I had two entries in this category and came second, so to actually win first prize in a category this year is fantastic. My food photography is really one of my passions and during this last year I have been very busy shooting new work for restaurants, luxury hotels, food producers and food publishers.

I think where I live is also very beneficial to my food photographs, as Devon and Cornwall have such a really diverse range of food producers from chocolates and cheese to meat and fish. I grew up in a hotel and was always around cooking as a child, so food and photography really does tick all the boxes.”

Guy’s work is regularly published both Nationally and Internationally in magazines, newspapers and books.

Guy can be contacted at www.guyharrop.com or on 01271 850317

From l-r (Celebrity chef, food critic and judge Jay Rayner, International food photographer Guy Harrop, Andy Macdonald, Managing Director of Coregeo UK, the Master Licensor of Pink Lady® In the UK)

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