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The skies over Europe were deserted, not an aircraft in site – see my blog from April.

There’s some cracking shots of the volcano, up close and it is very impressive, check out the lightning inside the ash cloud!

View the photos online

Yeah, Ok – so I dutifully loaded my camera bag and headed down there.

The story involved cast lions decorated by artists being placed around town in aid of Born Free. I’d previously seen similar art projects in Manchester (Cows) and London (Elephants) so I knew what to expect.

So there we are in the surf, Martin Clunes being a great sport with the Lion and getting his feet and trousers wet.

Martin’s encouraging myself and Corin the Echo photographer to come closer into the surf – “Love to but I’m wearing suede shoes” I replied.

"Come on, get closer" say Martin Clunes

Anyway, long story short – my suede shoes are now wrecked after I decided that I really did want to go in closer for a wide angle shot.

Never mind, that’s the price for getting the shot.

Official - sea water isn't good for suede shoes

Seeker News is a unique business website, showcasing stories from Dorset and the South West. If your company or organisation are staging an event, Seeker News will help put it in the shop window, through words and pictures.

Founded in April 2010, Seeker News continues to grow,offering a first class service for businesses, organisations and events throughout the region.

Visit Seeker News.co.uk and you will see a host of stories, written by our own journalist and illustrated by beautifully taken photographs.

Seeker Photography were lucky enough on a warm July evening to be snapping the pictures when the world sandcastle building record was broken in the sand polo arena on Sandbanks beach.

It was all part of a great cause to raise funds for the Lewis Manning Hospice.

Eighty entrants had an hour to break the previous record of 520 sandcastles. And that particular record went tumbling as our intrepid bucket and spaders built 539!

Reham Khan from BBC South Today adding to the sandcastle world record

Even a brief down pour was not allowed to spoil things. In fact the dampened sand made things a lot easier for our sandcastle builders’ record breaking endeavours.

It proved to be a great day for Dorset sandcastle builders, a great day for Lewis Manning Hospice and we give them all our heartfelt congratulations!

More photos online here.

Read more about this on Seeker News.

They will now be able to use these images as part of their presentation in the regional finals in Torquay later this month.

So what is an Engagement Object?

An “Engagement Object” is an element or multimedia component that you can add to your website that is engaging and causes users to interact with your website.

Recently Google has added to it’s algorithms used for Search Engine ranking to take account of these elements which it recognises add to the surfers experience when visiting your website.

By adding video or audio to your site you can actually improve your search engine results.

At Seeker Photography we have recently started video blogging, shooting short video clips for the web whilst out on still image shoots. This is a move that is increasingly common in news photography as the news media moves over to delivering more content online.

We use a variety of methods to create compelling video content for ourselves and our clients using both video and still images, edited together, with or without audio.

Bruce Clay, one of the world’s top SEO experts believes that it will develop to the extent that if you don’t have video, if you don’t have engagement objects on your website, you are just not going to rank.  “It will make you last among equals if you don’t have it.”

To find out more about Engagement Objects and how Seeker Photography can produce video to help your web presence call us now on 01202 779604

No, this was the press launch event for the Sandbanks SandPolo, hordes of press, some camels, polo ponies and some of the world’s top polo players.

Here’s our new video blog using the dinky little Canon that I won in the raffle at Strictly Come Dancing last night!

Local business representatives were invited to partner up with professional ballroom dancers and enjoy a gala dinner followed by one heat of fancy footwork.

Steve Cook of Seeker Photography joined Richard Cossey of Humphries Kirk, Emily Johnson of Morris Lane Accountants, Sue Langley of Marketing Solutions, Andy Lear of HSBC, Karen Rickman of Parcelhub and Jo West of Team Recruitment who were the superstars of the evening as they took the challenge.

With sparkles and dance moves the audience were hooked cheering and clapping as each couple graced the floor.  With only a few hours practice the contestants were judged by a panel marking on performance and technique.

Seeker Photography’s Steve Cook showed grace and style with the famous Paso Doble dance guided by professional, Olesia.  With a tricky technique, Steve did so well and the crowd erupted with applause as the music came to an end.  Each judge gave a high score of 10-9-9-9, a total of 37/40 but Steve was beaten into second place by the last performance of the jive by Andy Lear of HSBC.

The whole event was organised in just five weeks and raised £6,000 for the cause.  Such a fantastic concept that aims to be a yearly occasion.

If you’d like to sponsor Steve, please visit his JustGiving page.

Twenty3 win Seeker Photography Young Enterprise Company of the Year

Their collapsible mobile phone holder would make an ideal company giveaway or promotional product and their research, development and presentation skills helped them to capture this prestigious award from a final list of eight companies.

Jasmine Tombs of Twenty3 receives the Young Enterprise Company of the Year Award from Steve Cook of Seeker Photography

“The quality of planning and the professionalism and drive of all of the finalist companies would be a great asset to many of the adult businesses that we see” said Seeker’s Managing Director Steve Cook whilst presenting the Award.

Steve Cook of Seeker Photography presents the Young Enterprise Company of the Year Award

Twenty3 will now go on to the regional final with a PR photoshoot from Seeker Photography as an additional prize.