Phototed

Two Awards to start the year off

2012-01-23T10:12:00.000-08:00

Here I am with my two winning entries to the SWPP 2012 photographer of the year competition.I have just received received a double merit award in the baby and children section of the SWPP ( Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers) 2012international print competition.

This competition is the biggest I have entered and attracts entrants from around the globe the competition is judged by some of the worlds best photographers and I was delighted that two of the handful of photographs in children and baby section to receive merit awards were mine. My winning entries have just been returned after being displayed at the SWPP convention in London
to over 15,000 attendees.
The photo shows me with the two prints. One is a location portrait taken down by the river Thames on a very foggy morning with four cousins, although the conditions were difficult the children were great and the session led to some very atmospheric images this was one of my favourites from the shoot, I am so pleased that the judges agreed. The second image is totally different, a monotone print of a father and baby taken at a studio session this is one of my choice photographs that I absolutely love it is great that the judges liked this picture so much as well.

London Surrey Classic Cycle Race

2011-08-16T02:57:00.000-07:00

A great day on Saturday, when to whatch the cycle race leave to head out to Boxhill when they passed through West Molesey then walked along the towpath with lots of other spectators and watched them come back past Hampton court Station, All the photographs of the day can be found at www.phototed.co.uk

Elmbridge Music Festival

2011-06-23T01:25:00.000-07:00

The second elmbidge music festival took place this weekend I have posted all the photographs up on my website http://www.phototed.co.uk/

Molesey Carnival

2011-06-06T01:17:00.000-07:00

2011 Molesey Carnival was a little smaller this year. What the Carnival lacked in terms of quantity was made up for by the quality of the costumes and floats a fantastic display really enjoyed by the 100s of spectators lining the route. A tremendous day well done to the committee. A good day for 3rd Molesey Scouts group the band sounded very good a smart turn out. I helped out a bit at the Tea tent toward the end of the day, we had a great team of volunteers this year thank you everyone who helped out and also those that baked cakes a great selection enjoyed by the many visitors to the Tea tent. Together with the other stalls, archery, cocanut Shy, Cub plant sales over a £1000 was raised for the Scouts. See more photographs at http://www.phototed.co.uk/page53a.html

Get Your £10 voucher this Sunday

2011-05-12T00:46:00.000-07:00

£10 vouchers available if you visit us at the Dittons fair this Sunday 15th May 2011, Giggs Hill Green, from 1pm this year not only are we at the event but we are one of the sponsors. The Dittons Scout Group raises money to run their activities we are always happy to support local charities and schools whenever we can. Don't miss out on lots of free goodies from us on the day!

2011-05-04T07:50:00.000-07:00

May day celebrations took place in Walton by the river on the 1st May, and were organised by the RCSherriff Trust who asked me to take photographs of the days events it was great fun.

Children from across Elmbridge made masks and joined in a spectacular parade along the river Thames tow path they were then treated to a display of traditional Morris dancing and live music.

After the parade children participated in may pole dancing followed by a delightful concert from the promenade choir with a mixture of traditional folk songs and stage hits.

In the afternoon children from Chandlers Field School, Bell Farm School, Groveland's School and Cleves School gave performances of traditional folk dancing.

The day finished off with dancing to a live folk band with everyone present a fantastic way to celebrate May day.

More photographs of the days events can be found at www.phototed.co.uk under the galleries section (will be posted this week)

2011-04-04T07:28:00.000-07:00

For Red Nose Day award winning portrait photographer Ted Palmer took photographs of the youngsters and mums at Toddle Tumble soft play centre based in the Pavilion at Molesey Football Club, Walton Road, West Molesey. Users of the play group posed and could purchase photographs on the day by donating to comic relief. The time, materials and use of equipment was donated by Ted Palmer so all donations went to the appeal. In the 2-3 hours spent at the play group on Friday afternoon £110 was raised. Thank you to all the mums, children and staff at Toddle Tumble that contributed to this successful fundraising event.

3rd Molesey Scout group grotto a great hit

2010-12-16T07:50:00.000-08:00

The 3rd Molesey Scout group Santa's Grotto ran on Saturday and Sunday and this year the theme was the Wizard of Oz, hundreds visited the grotto and then followed the yellow brick road through to the emerald city.

Volunteers had spent months building all the props to create the enthralling displays, visitors also enjoyed refreshments, a tombola and raffle with the 1st prize been a flat screen TV donated by Molesey Refrigeration, overall over £500 was raised from these activities. This money will go to activities for children in the scout group to celebrate the groups 75th anniversary which takes place next year.

Magical Molesey

2010-12-07T14:50:00.000-08:00

Gallery posted of winter of magical Molesey 2010 and various local snowy scenes by the river Thames. I took festive photographs in Tredinick and Bower, I bought a snow machine which was skillfully run by Marc. All in all we raised £21 for 3rd Molesey Scout group.Despite the freezing weather and icy roads loads of Molesey residents turned out to help Mr Mole turn on the Christmas lights in East Molesey. The snow did not put people off this the 4th annual event was the best yet.

Molesey residents association, the WI, shooting stars as well as other local charities , businesses and organisations were involved and put on activities for families to enjoy. After the grand switch on carols were sung around the tree and there were plenty of mince pies and refreshment to keep people warm.

3rd Molesey Scout group members dressed up (one as a Snowman!!) to promote their Santa’s Grotto and Magical Wonderland which takes place next weekend

Visit www.phototed.co.uk galleries for more photos.

Switching on of Lights Walton on Thames 2010

2010-11-25T22:57:00.000-08:00

It was my great pleasure when asked by the RCSherriff Trust to take photographs of the swithing on parade and the beautiful laterns that the children at local schools had spent considerable time making and then created such a wonderful display. The photographs have all been posted on my gallery section if you would like to see more at http://www.phototed.co.uk/page3.html.

Portrait of Local celebrity politician "Chinners" front page on the Guardian

2010-03-19T01:53:00.000-07:00

Front page of the Elmbridge Guardian, an interview with celebrity politician "Chinners" of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party along with a large portrait taken by myself in the studio.

Photographs in the local papers

2010-03-04T13:58:00.000-08:00

You may have been held up the other morning if you had travelled through Molesey as two cars were involved in an accident on the Molesey Road and it was shut for most of the morning. Luckily there were no fatalities but one of the drivers had to be cut out of their car. I heard the air ambulance go over and went to take some photographs of it. I caught it taking off and sent the photographs to the local papers which used them when the wrote up the incident. The air ambulance landed on the road which is surrounded by trees showing exceptional skill by the pilot.

2010-02-25T09:50:00.000-08:00

I know it doesn't feel that spring like at the moment but the crocus and snowdrops are both out in the garden and I have launched my Seasonal Spring Special. I think digital photoframes are a great way to display photographs so for any bookings I take for March May and June at the sitting cost of only £59. I am giving a complementary digital photoframe loaded with images from the Shoot this can be in excess of 100 photos so is an offer I hope people will take up and enjoy.

Photograph For Hair Styling Competition

2009-09-30T04:37:00.000-07:00

This week Aimee from THM, hair salon in the high street approached me to take a photograph of a spectacular piece of hair styling she had completed and will be entering into a national competition.

This was very different from the families that came in for photo shoots over the weekend. I thouroughly enjoyed photographing "hair" a first thime. Good luck Aimee I hope you win!!

PhotoTed teddies

2009-09-16T23:10:00.000-07:00

Coming very soon will be phototed teddies these cute little fellows should arrive in October in time for the usual busy period up to the end of the year.

Molesey Carnival Pictures

2009-06-07T03:58:00.000-07:00

The Molesey Carnival Committee kindly asked me if I would take some photographs of the Molesey Carnival this year and I was delighted to oblige. I have posted the images (some 250+) on a gallery just visit http://www.phototed.co.uk/ and you will see the link on the front page (if it is not there it will have been moved to the gallery section)
I had shoots in the studio in the morning then cycled over to the start at Ember Court industrial estate to capture the send off and not knowing what the weather would do I thought I could get pictures of all the fantastic floats and parades before the rain came. Luckily it did not come so I cycled over to Molesey library where big crowds had gathered and took more photographs, and a few more at the recreation ground before helping out in the 3rd Molesey Scout Group tea tent.

Puffins on Skomer

2009-05-28T14:27:00.000-07:00

This May half term I finally got to visit Skomer. I visited with the family we camped in Marloes which was only a few miles from where the boat goes. We went Sunday to Wednesday working around studio bookings.

We had a mixture of sun fog rain and cloud and very very windy, but the photographic opportunities on the Island of Skomer were great I have posted a selection of photographs taken on the Island of Skomer on my website. http://www.phototed.co.uk/page52a.html

It was great fun and I can highly recommend it to anyone. for more information on Skomer visit http://www.welshwildlife.org/skomerIntro_en.link

Another award !!

2009-05-23T03:09:00.001-07:00

The studio has been very busy lately but I did attend the MPA (Master Photographer's Association gala day in Colchester and scoped up a special award for excellence in the category of landscape and travel with my picture of a tufted duck. This picture took me a long time to get I have many pictures but no others with this almost perfect reflection.

New Testimonial Web Page

2009-03-13T02:16:00.000-07:00

I have been asking customers to write in my new studio book about their experience of Ted Palmer's Photographic Studio. As they have been writing in the book over the last week or so I have placed the comments on a new Testimonials section of my website, why not take a look and see what you think. http://www.phototed.co.uk/.

£1000 Studio Investment

2009-03-07T02:56:00.000-08:00

With the increasing popularity of photographic shoots at the studio, the studio has now undergone a £1000 upgrade. This now means that the lights are now on a ceiling rail system which means they can be moved around and operated without wires or stands across the studio floor. This means there is more free space for children to relax, play and enjoy themselves thus creating a better environment to produce lovely candid shots. Despite this considerable investment sitting prices have remained the same and as always photography with Ted Palmer gives you exceptional quality that represents outstanding value. For full pricing details visit www.phototed.co.uk.

Studio News

2009-02-15T03:58:00.000-08:00

I have invested in a new bit of kit which allows me to pressure laminate images with different UV and abrasive protective coatings. This means that I can now provide a range of printing products without the need for glass, orders for block prints have already been made and I think this modern style of displaying portraits will be very popular.

New Home Page at www.phototed.co.uk

2009-02-05T01:24:00.000-08:00

The rain has replaced the snow and it is very cold wet and icy out so I have been catching up on orders and revamping my website, see what I have done so far at http://www.phototed.co.uk/ let me know what you think.

Snow

2009-02-03T07:46:00.000-08:00

The snow fell very heavily the night before last and it appears that some birds seem to be hiding from the cold climate whilst others seem to be more visible. The parakeets in particular are more active on the bird feeders. There are large numbers of these in our area they used to roost in poplar trees at Esher Rugby ground until the trees became unsafe this was addressed and the roosting site was no more. I have been taking photographs of the sun rise on Molesey Heath this morning and noticed large numbers of parakeets leaving their roosts here (under one mile from the rugby ground that used to be home) so they still seem to be roosting in large numbers but the roost site seems to change.
The photographic studio has been quiet this week with the inclamdesant weather, but this gives me the opportunity to catch up on orders and send some of my "snow" photographs to the local papers.