June Blog

Lancashire Event Videography

South Ribble Partnerships held their first ‘Big Do’ networking event last month. I had a nice little booth set up were I was to record business owners selling themselves which would be projected onto the big screen during the evening but due to the fact we had a few (very talented) music artists on that day, we were quickly drowned out, so we made a decision to do a bit of event filming and use it as a promotional tool for all involved.


Whenever I record people directly in front of the camera it always amazes me how they go from a ‘bag of nerves’ to ‘Anchorman’ as soon as the record button is pressed.
Guest speakers for the event were Fettle Pr & DigiEnable.
A bit of a surprise for myself was to be nominated for an award which was eventually won by someone much more worthy to be honest.

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Leyland Promotional Photography

APC Overnight who have been a big part of this year’s Leyland Festival asked me to pop down to take a few photos for local publications, I would hesitate to call this work as it turned into a laugh riot for everyone behind the camera at the expense of the poor (Willing) guys they dressed up that day.

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Here is one of the photos which appeared in the Leyland Guardian.

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Photo Booth

Finally, I attended Balshaws High School Spring Fayre and set up a little photo booth were the kids could dress up and have their photos taken…

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This weekend it is Leyland Festival and I’ll be around town all day recording all the fun which I will share in the usual places when completed. If you see me about then please come and say hello and get yourself in the film…

BTW i can’t go without mentioning that my wifes company Purple Pig Catering will be on the festival serving these gems 🙂

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May Blog!

Just thought i’d share a few things that have been happening recently…

I spent a day with Karen (or Triple-O as i like to call her) from South Ribble and we visited various small businesses in the Leyland area to create a short episode for their revamped website. I will show you the finished article at a later date but for now i will let you have a quick look at some un-used footage which i posted last week on my facebook page…

Now, i know people are not going to be queuing to grab my autograph yet but the Leyland Guardian did a small piece on ‘Little Ol Me’ last week.
Kay Taylor actually managed to make it sound like i knew what i was doing in the article, which is no mean feat!
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Leyland Festival will be upon us next month but the buzz has already started on their Facebook page and i have already started on the short film which will show highlights leading up to and including all the fun on the day, here is a rough cut of the first 25-30 seconds so far…


The Wedding season has already kicked off and i will be blogging ‘Lisa & Dan’s Wonderful Yellow Wedding’ in the next few weeks, Stay tuned!

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Just a little update…

January to March is usually the catch up season for me which means a lot more hours at the desk editing, chasing up, advertising for next year etc….

But i thought i send out a quick post with recent developments….

obviously it has been Mothers Day (in the U.K) so we managed to create a few great gift ideas for those wanting to treat their Mums 🙂

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South Ribble Borough Council have commissioned me for a few filming projects this year including Leyland Festival, Leyland Live and some which i cannot mention at the moment (cloak & dagger) but i will be blogging the final films on here in due course, so please stay tuned.

Louise & Michael (Wedding Film trailer)

Twas a cold, bright morning in December…

Louise & Michael: Wedding Film Trailer from RT Productions on Vimeo.

As soon as i walked into Slicks hair salon that morning i knew we were in for a fun day, the bridesmaids could not stop laughing all morning (Farrah pretty much all day)…

First time shooting at St Catherines Church and also the first time shooting with Dave from Lancashire Photography. It was nice going back to Bartle Hall and it really had that warm Christmas feel going on throughout the whole day, loved it :).

Can’t say enough good things about Louise & Michael’s Wedding, great couple, really welcoming guests, cracking day!

This is probably my last post for this year so I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy new Year.

See you in 2013!

Family Shoot

“I think we should do this sort of pose now”!…..

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William (boy in shot) certainly didn’t mind directing me when i visited his family for an indoor and outdoor shoot, one cold December morning.

Molly on the other hand decided to be the bad cop in this relationship but with the help of some music, simulated fart noises and her brother making her laugh behind the lens, we managed to get some pretty decent shots of her.

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After the studio shots we all took a trip down to Cuerden Valley Park for a few fun group shots…

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A few days before this shoot i decided to have a quick play around and as usual, Yves was dragged into the middle but that is because she is so damn photogenic!!!

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Last weekend i shot my penultimate wedding video for 2012 which i will be sharing here next week (hopefully), but you can catch a short clip of the rehearsal here on my facebook page.

Bye for now 🙂

Central Lancashire Business Event 2012

Never actually attended a networking event before and technically, i still haven’t…

The Central Lancashire Business Event this year was held at the Leyland Civic Centre & the event was packed with businesses from the South Ribble, Chorley & Preston areas.

Central Lancashire Business Event 2012 from RT Productions on Vimeo.

Guest speakers included:

Mike Ode, Potential Unearthed  (Chair)

Heather Wright, Advance Performance Ltd (Networking)

Amanda Jackson, Tigerfish PR (Social Media)

The beauty about filming people speaking is that you get a chance to hear them again in the editing process, so plenty of ideas and tips were picked up whilst putting this together.

A really friendly and helpful vibe was going on through the whole event and i will probably have a look at these sort of things in the future 🙂