Bishop Stopford Prom

So straight after Kevin & B's wedding it was off to Bishop Stopford's prom. Had a problem with the Lastolite Hi-Light, whoever put it away last time hadn't folded it properly, so the spring steel inside was twisted! Always carry a Leatherman tool, the pliers did the job much to our relief! Next problem, all the viewing stations had been used at home so had to reset all the IP adresses. Then we realised we hadn't set up the new event in Graham's excellent Event pro software. That only took a couple of minutes as we were only charging £5 a photo mounted with no other options and only one photographer, me! Elaine was running the viewing stations and the Click printing system, plus handling all the sales and mounting the photos.

Then the Click switched itself off! This is an ultra-reliable piece of kit, but it wouldn't reboot. I could hear the fans struggling so decided to give it 30 mins to cool down as the sun had gone in and we were outside. I started shooting the tables and the presentations inside the event. As that drew to a close I went out and checked settings etc and prepared for the rush! I restarted the Click but was swamped by eager year 11's in some magnificent outfits wanting to give it some attitude on the White screen studio. I explained to them as I shot that the pictures would be on the website but not available on the night. When I had a few spare seconds I glanced over at Elaine and could see surrounded 20 deep by eager customers, and clear bags with mounted photos in were being proudly displayed, so I knew it had decided to work!

So from 10 pm til 12am we worked flat out and produced nearly 200 framed photos between 2 of us! That's down to experience, excellent kit, and very willing participants who knew value when they saw it. We get close to Studio quality photos at 9"x 6" in seconds using the same gear as in the Studio, but we work faster,

So thank you everyone at Bishops, and here's your free video as a thank you! Click the link below, then use the HQ button!



Bishop Stopford Prom