Martin Hobby Photography

Beauberry House Wedding Photography - Sneak Peek

2012-01-31T12:58:00.000Z

I photographed my 1st wedding of the year on Saturday, at the beautiful Beauberry House, in Dulwich London. A venue with plenty of awards under its belt including "Best wedding coordinator for London and the South East 2012" going to the very helpful Oleia Leclercq, who was on hand from start to finish to ensure the day went smoothly.

Rachel & Richard had a beautiful day for their London wedding photography, crisp, cold but not so cold that we couldn't grab a few pictures out side. They had planned their wedding to be a very relaxed informal day, and I loved being their wedding photographer, with the help of Claire Graham who kindly assisted me, we got some beautiful wedding photos between us.

I would to thank Rachel & Richard for choosing me to be their Beauberry House wedding photographer, here is a sneak peak of the photographs to give you a flavour of their day.

Event Photographer of the year 2011

2012-01-20T10:38:00.001Z

I am The SWPP Event photographer of the Year 2011.

Judges comment: “The emotion of the image was caught at just the right moment and makes the viewer wish that they were there.”

As I posted a couple of weeks back I had been nominated for 2 SWPP Photographer of the year awards.
Well, the award ceremony was held in London on Sunday night, hosted by the Society of Wedding and Portrait photographers. The award winners were announced by TV presenter Phillipa Forester.
Thankfully I didn't have too long to wait for my categories as they where read out in alphabetical order. Sadly I was only a runner up in the Interior Architecture photographer of the Year category, the winner being the extremely talented Maltese photographer Christopher Azzopardi.

But the good news is that I won the Event photographer of the year 2011 for my photograph taken at the Bloodstock Festival.

I'm the one with the moustache, which was partly grown as a dare for the awards ceremony, I didn't even know I had been nominated for an award when I accepted the challenge!

Press Release:

'Event Photographer of the Year 2011' has been awarded to Dartford based photographer Martin Hobby. The Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP) presented Martin with this prestigious accolade at their 2011 annual awards ceremony. The dinner was hosted this year by SWPP’s own Juliet Jones and television presenter Philippa Forrester.

Martin obscured the efforts of many worldwide members of the SWPP, who submit images in a variety of disciplines to a monthly competition. Each image is categorised gold, silver, bronze or unclassified. Over the course of the year gold status images are considered for the celebrated 'Photographer of the Year' awards. Across the thousands of entries, with competitors ranging from those new to the industry to seasoned veterans - only three nominations exist for each category.

In addition to accomplishing ‘Event Photographer of the Year 2011’, Martin was also nominated for ‘Interior Architecture Photographer of the year 2011’ and over the course of the year achieved 3 Gold and 24 Silver awards.

The image that clinched the award was taken at the Bloodstock Heavy Metal Festival and depicts the crowd empathetically cheering. The judging panel commented:

“The emotion of the image was caught at just the right moment and makes the viewer wish that they were there.”

Overjoyed to receive the award, Martin acknowledged: "Just to be nominated is an achievement, especially in two categories, as the quality of entries is so high. I am over the moon to have won.”
Martin Hobby Photography offers a variety of high-quality, professional services, including wedding, portrait and commercial work as well as music and band photography.

SWPP Photograper of the Year 2011 nominations

2011-12-30T08:47:00.000Z

WOW! Just WOW!
I have been nominated in 2 separate catagories for the SWPP 2011 photographer of the year awards.
What an amazing end to what was all ready a pretty awesome year!

I am up for "Event Photographer of the Year" for an photograph the crowd at the Bloodstock festival drenched in fake blood, and "Interior Architecture Photographer of the Year" for my photograph of the reception area of the beautiful boutique The Hide Hotel in Hendon, London.

These are two areas of work I absolutely love, and I am up against some well know industry names so to even get this far is an honour!

I get to attend a very posh awards dinner in London in a couple of weeks time to find out if I have won, so wish me luck and I'll let you know how it goes.....

Seth Lakeman & Jackie Oates @ The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, 3rd December 2011

2011-12-21T17:18:00.000Z

Earlier in the month, I got the chance to see and photograph Seth Lakeman for Wasted! Magazine, here's my review....

Launchpad@ceme business awards

2011-11-19T08:47:00.003Z

Earlier in week I headed over to the CEME complex in Essex, to cover a business awards show for PR company Deep South Media. I love covering events like this as they are always full of interesting people and this was no exception. Read the press release after the jump to find out how the winner of the £35,000 prize will revolutionise buying clothes online!

The Pod, CEME

Devil May Rise - Sneak Peak

2011-11-15T03:49:00.001Z

On Saturday I headed into Essex to for a shoot with Metalcore band Devil May Rise. Here is a quick taster of the session, I'll post a few more when the band have chosen their favourites!

Wasted! March Issue

2011-03-18T16:32:00.003Z

Wasted! Magazine

2011-03-18T16:26:00.002Z

Dave and Lucy

2011-03-16T18:16:00.001Z

Ben and Emma, Valentines shoot

2011-03-15T17:12:00.001Z

SWPP Awards

2011-03-13T10:56:00.001Z

Must. Blog. More.

2011-03-05T11:19:00.003Z

Thinking of Chicken....

2010-03-26T14:02:00.001Z

I was walking on the Dartford marshes, near where I live a couple of weeks back and I found this amazing location. I believe it’s what is left of an old fireworks factory.
I knew I had to do a shoot over there!
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Introducing...Scarlett

2010-03-26T13:13:00.000Z

Band Quest 2010

2010-03-26T11:50:00.003Z

I’ve been shooting loads of bands recently for a local promoter under the banner of Band Quest 2010. Follow the link for more info. It’s an awesome idea and the overall winner gets a chance to play at the Bloodstock festival later in the year.

Catface Comedy, Valentines’ special

2010-02-16T09:49:00.000Z

I’ve been trying to get along to this monthly night at the Betsey Trotwood for a while, but I've either not been able to because of the broken foot, or more recently I've had other work booked.
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Wonk Unit, Tyrannosaurus Alan, The Traitors

2010-01-29T16:46:00.009Z

Starting off the nights proceeding is the poet laureate of punk, Alex Brindle, playing an acoustic set.

Trash Monroe

2010-01-28T14:57:00.002Z

Trash Monroe, The Edge, Romford, 21st Jan '10

Introducing Chilli, Jam Jam and Eden!

2010-01-08T11:43:00.001Z

Snow Day!

2010-01-07T16:07:00.010Z

2009

2010-01-04T13:43:00.018Z

Sunshine on a rainy day

2009-11-16T15:54:00.006Z

Oooo, I feel a little bit Morecombe & Wise...
"I bring you sunshine..."
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Introducing... William

2009-11-13T12:02:00.007Z

...I was as nervous as a Bride on her Wedding night

2009-11-13T09:49:00.009Z

Phood and fotographs

2009-10-30T16:25:00.003Z

Nights of Nuggets and Vice

2009-10-29T11:08:00.004Z