The Latest News from Sharpa Photography
(News item - Thursday 7th August 2008)
The
climate has been decidedly challenging for a lot of our business
customers and we have not taken a single thing for granted. The work
has been flowing in steadily to us, a couple of Weddings, some portrait
sittings for private Clients, some building shots, a couple of website
headers and footers and a major Intenational Client in the UK. So we
are doing OK actually. On top of this we have launched or own branded
Business Network Fortunetwork and it is going like a steam train with a huge attendance for our launch!
(News item - Thursday 24th July 2008)
We have just received a call from www.ecossetravel.com
asking us to photograph their Prestige Vehicle fleet and supply images
for their Marketing and Website campaigns. This is one of Scotland's
leading Chauffeur drive operators, specialising in Airport transfers
and guided Tours. We are delighted to be selected for this work.
(News item - Sunday 20th July 2008)
Having
organised and completed a fabulous wedding day at Edinburgh Castle for
an American couple we were all equally delighted with the finished
results. The testimonial we have recieved from this couple has made all
the hard work worthwhile and very rewarding. More work for Clients onto
Canvases and some building shots see an end to a good month for us. At
last we have progressed this month on the promotional side of our
business and will be releasing our new mini brochure in August 2008.
(Request a brochure - rod@sharpa.co.uk)
(News item - Monday 30th June 2008)
It
has been an interesting couple of weeks. Sharpa Business is working
with two new Clients. The first Client is setting up a completely new
MOT Centre in the heart of Edinburgh and Sharpa is doing the master
Business Plan. The second is a florist Flowers Inc. and Sharpa Photography is tasked with taking
the photographs for the website as well as shots for their magazine
advertising. One
of our exisitng major blue chip Clients has returned to ask Sharpa to
take more Architecture and general building shots. Finally Sharpa is in
negotiation with a Fashion House in Ayrshire and a Model Agency in
Glasgow.
(News item - Tuesday 17th June 2008)
We have
just received a call from America and yes from an American couple, asking us at Sharpa Photography
if we would like be the photographers at their wedding! Of course we
said yes! They found us via the Internet. It has been a steady month for us with photography of
luxury cars, buildings, flowers, weddings, Graduates and finally a
booking for a big party next month. On the Sharpa Business side we have
3 new Clients all start ups. We will be working on these together with
our colleagues. We seem to be thriving in what is a difficult business
climate - so thank you to all of our customers.
(News item - Wednesday 3rd June 2008)

It was a pleasure to photograph KT Tunstall for The Hardrock cafe and at the same time we really enjoyed listening to her live performance, She was
superb live. We are so very chuffed at Sharpa Photography to have been
entrusted with this photoshoot which started at 1.00pm and completed at 11.15 pm. We edited as we shot the photos and
this meant that our Clients got stunning edited images sent to their Agencies
at 2.00 a.m. in the Morning. It was a triumph for us! So "Calling all
Agencies" give us more work - we promise to rise to the challenge!
Testimonial from Client will follow.
(News item - Thursday 15th May 2008)
Our
new video Testimonial service designed for the web is now available and
we have several Clients whom we are working with already. Not only is a
testimonial a very powerful marketing tool but also it is useful for
promoting yourself as well as Clients. Why not invite your Clients to
support you and tell the world what experience they had when
buying your Companies services. In this clip the testimonial promotes
the Actor, the Show and the venue. Think about it!
(News item - Thursday 15th May 2008)
It has been a busy week for us at Sharpa
with 3 more bookings for weddings as well as two video and 3
Portraits toping the charts. Orders from one of my favourite Clients Graypaul
just keep coming in - our sincere thanks to them for their continued
support. Thanks to Solas for selecting our Sister company JMS Business
Development to assist with their business plan, Logo and Branding
issues - we expect great things to come of this. It has been a superb
week all round.
(News item - Friday 9th May 2008)
May
is here already! We have just spent a week in Skye where we photographed wonderful Landscapes, flowers and wildlife. (Soon to be
published.)
Contracts keep coming in and we look forward to a fashion shoot in and
around Edinburgh, Iconic 360 Panoramic photographs of buildings to be
taken in and around Glasgow, Wedding and special occasions bookings, 3
Launches for next month and various Portraits.
On the video side we
have several video testimonials to complete and a Major Launch. So it's full
steam ahead!
On the business development front we are working closely with 8 Clients
developing Two new Business concepts, Three Websites, Two Brochures and
personal development issues. Thanks again to all our supporters and in
particular my colleagues at www.fortunetwork.com
(News item - Saturday 19th April 2008)
April
continues to see steady growth for the Sharpa business. The optimising
of the site has quickly produced 3 Wedding bookings within the first
two weeks. Big News - an important addition to the team is Associate
Bill Crawford who brings with him 14 years of Wedding experience. Bill
will responsible for the Weddings side in partnership with Rod who will
be shooting the casual images - both men therefore in their element and
continuing to produce great results for Clients. More work from Elaine
Grossart who is promoting Melissa Piper (GB Ladies number two Skiing
Champion - who is both talented and stunning!) watch this site for progress. Of
course some great jobs for Graypaul Ferrari and Bentley this month with a vairety of orders from web shots to Canvases. I love this job! Also GVA Grimley
who have placed more orders with us for general building shots and
Portraits. Andrew Crow continues to develop the video side and has
completed a number of video testimonials for Clients to use on their
Websites. We are also on the brink of a major video deal - details to
follow when contract is signed. Our thanks to our Loyal supporters,
Promise members and friends - as always without your support we would
be nothing!
(News item - Thursday 3rd April 2008)

Lamborghini Edinburgh Launch The president and CEO of Lamborghini Stephan Winkelmann and
Garry Bagley (MD) of Lamborghini Edinburgh unveiled the new, absloutely
stunning, Lambroghini Gallardo to an appreciative audience who filled
the Edinburgh Showroom to capacity. It is without a doubt in an elite
group of the most stuning cars in the World. The sound of the engine
gets your blood racing almost as fast as the revs rise when you tap the
cars accelerator pedal. Not good for the weak hearted - and that raw
rippping sound that rightly states "I am King of the Car World" - just
incredible.
Garry Bagley (MD) Edinburgh Lamborghini (LHS) & Stephan Winkelmann Lamborghini President (RHS)
(News item - Wednesday 1st April 2008)
It
has been a great start to the year for us and it isn't slowing down.
April bookings for Portraiture have started at 47 Corporate sessions
and two Private sessions, one private session for Mark Thomson already
completed and in edit and one for a Client with three delightful
Bunnies - yes that's right - Rabbits. Boy what challenges we are faced
with at times but we love it really. Watch out for the next News item -
Lamborghini Edinburgh Launch 3rd April - pics to follow.
(News item - Friday 14th March 2008)

Rod
received a call from the Peter Potter Gallery to say that Local
students who were working on a "Mussel-In Student Project,"
had selected two of his images which were hanging in the Gallery. The
Students wanted to use them as inspiration for a play that they
were writing using the photographs to express how life is viewed through the eyes
of the younger generation in East Lothian. Said Rod "It is a real boost
to me that these young Students thought my work was worth selecting. It
was great to talk to them about the images and what they meant to me. I
salute their project and look forward to seeing the end result. I hope
to be invited to see the play in due course. Isn't it great that the
older students have involved the younger students - I congratulate them
for their enthusiasm and creativity and wish them all the very best for
the future."
(News item - Sunday 2nd March 2008)
March has
started off where February began with some great orders to keep us
on the up and up. Thanks to GVA Grimley for their support and orders.
Also to Lamborghini Edinburgh for their commission on a presentation
album
which will be presented to Lamborghini in Italy. Thanks also to Bill
Todd for a
portrait commission and video testimonial as well as his ongoing
encouragement. Finally to Douglas
Milliken who has completed the design of our leaflet and it is
absolutely stunning.
(News item - Thursday 28th February 2008)
Rod, please find enclosed the following testimonial for Sharpa Photography:-
"Rod,
The photos of our Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bentley Stock
that you have taken are fantastic and we are equally happy with the
headshot you took of Richard and myself with our Rolls Royce Phantom. I
will contact you shortly for a follow up photograph session - hopefully
with a Veyron! Regards Ian Murray."
Azur International Ltd - www.azurinternational.co.uk
(News item - Tuesday 26th February 2008)
We have been really busy on
location this month and still the orders are flowing in. Despite this
we have just completed an overhaul of the website adding a general gallery section to our website which holds another 10 sub headings for you to peruse.
We have received many generous compliments from the Farming community who want to see more livestock photographs, something which we intend to develop with the input of the experts in that field! (No pun intended.)
Thanks to Andrew Crow for his input and video cuts. Finally a big thank
you to Malcolm Laurie who continually supports us and allows us to tap
into his vast human technical knowledge library.
(News item - Wednesday 20th February 2008)
The New Sharpa Video sections have been added to the site click here
The second half of February
2008 has been incredible, smashing all records with more orders rolling
in including Company Portraits for Azur, several Video testimonials for
websites and lots of Photography work for the commercial sector. A
Special thanks to Lamborghini and Promise for Businesss. Finally many,
many, congratulations to Mr & Mrs Stewart Jamieson - what a
fantastic Wedding - stay happy together and we wish you both much
prosperity in life.
(News item - Saturday 2nd February 2008)
February is a rockin' and a
rollin'! Already we have orders for 103 Portraits, plus several private
client canvas orders. On the Commercial side we are delighted to be
working for the first time with a top Glasgow Agency and have been
contracted to complete the photography for Twelve Restaurants in
Scotland. We had a brilliant time at the Lamborghini Launch photographing
Scotland's former World Champion F1 driver - Sir Jackie Stewart - (whose
speech was totally captivating.) We were further honoured to receive
his own book signed by him. To add to the party we are about to Launch
a new video
service and welcome Andrew Crow on board who will be solely responsible
for this side of the business. I would like to thank all those people
who have helped us and who continue to support us, Graypaul Motors Ltd,
Ashleigh Andrew, Stewart Nicol, Raymond MacHugh and in particular all
the hard working fellows at www.promiseforbusiness.co.uk
(News item - Monday 21st January 2008)
January has been a really busy month so far! We have one
new wedding booked for June 2008, 3 Portraits ( - two personal and one
Business Portait) Two product launches (one for Ferrari and one
for Lamborghini) plus five Commercial Client photo days for brochures and websites.
(News item - Monday 24th December 2007)
We wish you all the very
best over the festive season and hope you have a Prosperous New year in
2008. We also wish to thank all of our customers for their support and
new contracts during 2007. Thanks for helping us to have a truly
fantastic Year ! Also a special thanks to Stewart Jamieson for all his
help this year.
(News item - Thursday 6th December 2007)
Sharpa Photography were the
official photographers for the Launch of the new Maserati Granturismo.
What a magnificent car which was a joy to photograph. We will publish
the selected photos on the main site in the New year.
(News item - Friday 23rd November 2007)
We have just completed the photoshoot for the Launch of the new Ferrari F430 which was a huge success today - 23rd November 2007.
Rod got up the next day at 4.00 a.m.! and had completed developing and
editing all of the required images. The images were copied onto four
DVD's (for the press to use in London) by 5.00 p.m. that day. ( www.dealer.ferrari.com/graypaul/edinburgh )
This
e-mail just came in from the Ferrari Brand Manager:
"Thanks Rod, your hard work, dedication and
professionalism are much appreciated." Andrew Hamilton-Gray - Ferrari Brand Manager
(News item - Wednesday 21st November 2007)
Sharpa Photography are
delighted to announce their involvement as partners in a new business
venture which combines media advertising with photographic images. The
new system will be launched in Edinburgh City Centre in 2008.
(News item - Thursday 18th October 2007)
Sharpa Photography were
delighted with photographs it took at a Wedding earlier this month. The
photographs were viewed with "squeals" of delight and overwhelmingly
nice comments!
All of us send our congratulations and best wishes for the future.
(News item - Monday 7th October 2007)
Sharpa Photography had a
double celebration when The Peter Potter Gallery in Haddington accepted
24 pieces of Rod's work for public viewing in their Gallery. The
photographs will be exhibited from November 2007.
(News item - Monday 7th October 2007)
Following a meeting with Rod Jamieson of Sharpa Photography, The Robyn
Rowles Gallery, 23 Howe Street, Edinburgh has
selected photographs from Rod's collection and an exhibition will be
running throughout the month of October 2007.
(News item - Sunday 6th October 2007)
Edinburgh Hosted a
spectacular Downhill Mountain Bike Race. Enjoy below a selection of
images from this exciting and at times extremely brave and very
dangerous challenge. The riders skills were a fantastic spectacle to
behold!
(Images taken on Sunday 6th October 2007)
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