Squarespace SEO...

The dark art of Squarespace SEO today for marcus-harvey.com, cant say I like it but I'd like to thank Jewel H ward from https://www.impactzone.co/improve-squarespace-seo-checklist/ for a very informative piece on the joyful fun that is SEO.

I got excited for a bit thinking that a plugin from Yoast may lighten the load a bit but unfortunately it is not available to Squarespace users, only Worpress oriented sites...I have tried to use Wordpress but found it to be the most non-intuitive way to build a website, an expert I am not.

So I am a little way into this odyssey and have changed up my homepage and one of the gallery's, whether this will make a blind bit of difference to my google ranking, only time will tell. Apparently I need to start building quality back links to my site, hey-ho, new skills and less hair awaits.

The Switch House at the Tate Modern

A cloudy day before a little job at the Tate Modern but some soft sun broke through and provided me with some subtle graphic lighting, shame the coffee I bought from M&S was not as sublime.

Hallmark Care Home Woking

Love was in the air at Alexandra Grange Care Home in Woking, and everyone was fair game it seemed after having my derrière spanked twice.

First shoot of the year...

Tesco has announced zero sugar, low calorie drinks range, Revolution Waves, will sit on the shelves in 32 Tesco stores across Yorkshire. The water supplier is donating 10p per bottle sold to NHS charities across the region. 

The Yorkshire business was founded in 2015 by childhood friends Dan Norton, Charlie Simpson-Daniel and Phil Raikes who all share the same passion for sport being ex and current international athletes. The business partners have a plethora of sporting achievements between them with Dan holding the title of England Sevens star winger and silver medallist in the Rio Olympics; Charlie was also a member of the England Sevens Squad in 2010 whilst Phil played international cricket as a schoolboy.

New architectural work for FIS a global distributor of building chemicals

Some City of London building abstracts shot over the summer for FIS.

Pollinator Day at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.

Pollinator Day was an interactive, playful and informative day packed with opportunities to find out more about the vital role pollinators play across the globe.

The Hive at Kew Gardens

Fantastic idea, 'The Bees Knees' some might say!

A little portrait job for Metrix Lab

Metrix Lab are a global Market Research Company, here are a few portraits from a recent commission at their London offices.

Charity event shoot for Brakes Group in Mile End

'Science Fundamentals', a fun and interesting charity event organised in collaboration with the Science Museum and attended by Brakes Group CEO, Andrew Bush.

Interior/Editorial shoot for Experience Labs

Long day at the offices of Experience Labs a leading usability and research testing facility based in Holborn. 

Photoshoot for the CQI magazine at Bombardier train factory, Derby, today...

Interesting industrial environment to photograph in today, pity that all but one of the factory workforce was on holiday!

Composition retouch experiment #2; the fitness coaches...

I dropped a portrait of these personal trainers into the same background I used last time...

Retouch experimentation today...

A little photography and Photoshop experiment today using a freaky squeaker toy from the 1960's...

Backplate shot over the weekend for new sports related project

This is my first backplate shot for a new sports related photographic project. I am looking for candidates to take part in studio sessions in order to comp into the shot. This was taken at St Annes Hospital in Haringey in the disused part that has recently been earmarked for development...so we have more ugly and boring houses to look forward to that will inevitably replace the late Victorian buildings.