Rio 2016 Hopefuls and the Coaches that make it happen

 

My portrait of Brian Cookson in the Times

In Praise of Older Women

 

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve signed up with the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency and am currently working on my next book project, In Praise of Older Women. Nudity, glamour, sex and humour (strictly no Photoshop!) are used to celebrate REAL women alongside their remarkable life stories.

Criminal London

Following my book photography for Size Matters Not (adapted by the BBC as Life's Too Short), I'm thrilled to be collaborating for the first time with my author husband, Kris Hollington. Criminal London is a photographic guide to the capital's underworld and you can now pre-order on Amazon. It is published by Aurum and out in March 2013 (so there will be more shameless self-promotion nearer the time :-)

Here come the Dancing Queens!

Respect to Lexington Catering for another night of wild shenanigans; the 1970s relived by Lexington's hard-working staff at the Light Bar in Shoreditch. And, boy, some of the guises had been months in the planning!

And here's what Lexington had to say about me:

Click below to see some more outrageous outfits!

Emma's Birthday Bash

It was a pleasure to be called back after first shooting the Big 4-0 Birthday Bash of Emma's husband, George. This time it was for Emma's own birthday and it was an impressive do with ice statues, oyster feast and  the one-and-only New York band, Odyssey.

Licia and Kellie get civilly partnered

There's nothing like a good party wedding and Licia and Kellie know how to rock'n'roll, baby! At one point, I suggested doing some pics near the flowerbeds. Oh alright, I was planning to do a - heaven forbid - posed shot, but what I got was a jump, tussle and roll-around in a flowerbed (above) - like I said, not your average wedding. Click below to see more pics (and the best wedding cake I've ever seen, including my own).

LexingTEN Charity Auction

Hats off to Lexington Catering who, as part of their ten-year anniversary, are finding ways to give back - this charity auction was in aid of the Ben Jonson School in Mile End. Co-hosts Reed Smith were to thank for the event's fantastic views over London as it was held on their premises on the 31st floor of the Broadgate Tower. The evening involved guests dressing up as chefs to carve their own delicious leg of lamb, a fierce competition for the most creative trifle design (let's just say that there were some very creative designs out there and...not very edible ones) and, of course, some even fiercer bidding to get some of the top prizes (helicopter flights over London, anyone?)

UK Sport Olympic debrief

I was chomping at the bit to shoot this media briefing for UK Sport because I got to take photos of (and with - YAY!) Katherine Grainger, the most successful British female rower of all time. She's proof of what you can achieve - a 3x silver winner, she pulled off gold at 2012 at the "grand old age" of 37. Roll on 2016 in Rio - fingers crossed Grainger decides to go for it!

I was in awe to meet and photograph Kate Cross for the Sunday Times Style magazine. Kate is a consultant paediatric surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital who performs keyhole surgery on babies as small as the one in the photo. To read Olivia Gordon's article, please click HERE