Marko was recently commissioned to photograph a Commercial Photography shoot for Avanti Cleaning Solutions in Bristol.
Avanti is a privately owned, family-run business based in Bristol since 1980, and with a customer base throughout the South West of the UK and Wales. They carry an extensive stock-holding and have excellent links to the M32, M4 and M5 motorway networks. They attribute their success and rapid growth to their excellent levels of customer service and value for money, which are the principles on which their business is founded. They are passionate about their business, and are committed to constantly improving both their products and service provision.
The commission came about through Rachel Connor the Sales and Marketing Manager at Avanti.
Rachel is the Membership Co-ordinator at the Bristol Grace BNI Chapter of which Marko is also a member.
This is just one of five photography commissions that Marko received through his membership of BNI this month alone,a glowing testament to the effectiveness of belonging to BNI.
The brief was to show the people behind the company and to illustrate what Avanti do that makes them unique amongst their competitors.
Marko spent the day working with the team at Avanti and the images are now used on their brand new website and earmarked for future use in brochures and promotional material.
Huge thanks go to David,Bradley,Rachel,Mary, Nicola,Ron,Jason and Dan for all their help.
To find out more about Avanti please visit their website at www.avanticleaningsolutions.co.uk
Below are a series of images from the shoot.......
The Wedding Of Beverly & Steve.
Marko was recently commissioned to photograph a fabulous couple's wedding in Bath.
The commission came about through in quite an unexpected manner.
Marko lectures to professional photographers both in the UK and abroad.
Last summer he was asked by his good friend Mike Brookes Roper FBIPP to present a lecture in Scotland just North of Glasgow to the Scottish region of the BIPP and also to judge the Scottish Region's Annual Awards.
The Awards Evening was held at Bev & Steve's fantastic, cosy pub-The Rowan Tree Tavern, Jamestown, West Dunbartonshire and whilst there Marko took a portrait of Bev & Steve for their Facebook Page.
A year earlier Marko had presented a Wedding Lighting course again for the BIPP and Steve had stood in at last minute as the Groom when the male model hired for the day couldn't make it.
So it was a real surprise and a great pleasure to be asked to cover their Wedding day down in Bath.
Bath was chosen as the location as Steve is originally from the area and his parents are still based down here.
Bev and her father and mother are also Wedding photographers-so no pressure!!
It was a fantastic day and everybody was really kind and helpful.
It wasn't the warmest of days being late January but both the Bride and groom were great to work with.
The main ceremony was at The Guildhall in Bath and then we made a quick journey to Sydney Gardens behind The Holborne Museum for some shots of Bev and Steve together.
Regular visitors to this blog will recognise Sydney Gardens as one of the venues for Marko's fashion shoots for The Bath Magazine.
As with many Winter weddings there was only a small window of light and Marko was as always immensely grateful to his Elinchrom Quadra Ranger packs.
Huge congratulations to Bev and Steve.
Please find a selection of pictures from the day below....
It's always fantastic to get testimonials from our clients and Bev & Steve were kind enough to supply the following ....
"From the moment I met Marko I knew he was on my wave length which was very important. He totally understood what I wanted from my wedding photographs and has more than acheived that for us. He was very patient with my other half who was very unwilling when it came to the photographs and managed to make Steve so positive about the experience that he is blown way with the results. All in all a very positive experience and I would highly recommend Marko to anyone!"
Anna.
It's always wonderful when Marko has stunning beauties to photograph and Anna was no exception.
This commission came through the Grace Chapter of BNI and it was Chris McGrail who is the solicitor in the Chapter who wanted a portrait of Anna his daughter.
This was especially important because Anna is now at University in Holland so a fantastic portrait was a great way to help keep her close to home.
Anna was fantastic to photograph and a real pleasure to work with.
Again a selection of images are below.....
Debbie, Chris, Finlay & Seamus.
Never work with children and animals. So the saying goes but when you get a phone call asking if you can photograph a couple with their Irish wolfhounds how can you resist?
After all Marko has three dogs,Ivan & Elvis who are Jack Russels and Zippy who is a Lurcher.
I mean they can't be that different?
So when Debbie and Chris brought their magnificent beasts Finlay and Seamus along Marko realised that if he is to make a habit of photographing Irish Wolfhounds he may need a bigger studio. (His studio is just under 1900 ft square but Finlay and Seamus are big dogs, really big dogs.
Anyway fortunately they had been fed beforehand and didn't once look at Marko as if he might make a nice little morsel between meals.
Joking aside they were fabulous to photograph, incredibly well behaved and just magnificent to look at.
Debbie and Chris were great as well.
We have started doing lots of pet photography in the studio and as always Marko is always trying to create something unique.
When you have your own pets you realise that they have their own personalities and it's a photographer's brief to capture this just as you would for your human clients.
Judge for yourself from the images below....
