I spent last weekend at T in the Park, shooting promotional pictures for the festival organisers, DF Concerts, and I found a little time to photograph a few bands. Lots more to show’n'tell soon but here are some photos of Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Slash and Ocean Colour Scene.
Allow me to introduce you to Rolf and Fozzie. They are not only gorgeous baby guinea pigs, they’re also my new live-in models so expect to see a lot of them.
I’m delighted to announce I’ve been selected as a finalist for Young Business of the Year at the Association of Scottish Businesswomen Awards. Clearly, the ‘young’ is in relation to the business, not my age 
Read all about it on the Scottish Women in Business website and cross your fingers for me in September when the winner is announced!
I always have a good day when it involves animals. I spent hours photographing baby meerkats, Laurel the seal and some pretty fish at St Andrews Aquarium today. Everyone posed beautifully for me and I can’t wait to show you the pictures. I also enjoyed some cuddles with three silly spaniels and now I’m home to my baby guinea pigs. Cute overload!
I’ll share the photos soon but, as a teaser, this is an iPhone snap of a few meerkats and you can see my previous meerkat photos on my Flickr site.
Photos from Glasgow Comic Con and Awards Ceremony are now online to view… and to buy, should you wish to purchase an image of yourself enjoying the comical fun! Please pop over to this gallery.
Hello and welcome to all you visitors from Glasgow Comic Con! This is just a wee message to say I’m shooting the event today and you will be able to view and buy my photos online very soon. Please watch this space for a pointer in the right direction.
Approximately 60 people attended the launch and I was bowled over by everyone’s kind words and support. I like to think it wasn’t just the bubbly and great food that prompted their enthusiasm! I have 15 photos on display until the end of July – a mix of puffins, meerkats, Scottish weather and the beauty of, among other things, The Enchanted Forest.
It’s my first public exhibition (I exhibited some of my work in BBC Scotland shortly before I left last year) and it was pretty nerve-wracking for more reasons than I dare to bore you with. Happily, it was hailed a success. I had fantastic help from friends on the day (Alison Hutcheson, Rob Beer and Nick Storey), it was an excuse to buy a new frock (and matching handbag – no, I won’t stop talking about it), it’s been featured on three great websites (Glasgow Podcart, Folio 14 and VisitScotland), there’s a press story in the works, many lovely people on Twitter have told their followers about it again and again (thanks to whoever started the #excitedforjulie hashtag – it made me laugh!), and I sold a few prints on the night.
As hostess, it was hard to take photos of the event but, as you can see above, I managed a few at the end of the night (one of my friends said that seeing me behind the camera was the most relaxed I’d been all night). Thanks to Sara Christie for taking the pictures of me, and Ali for the one of me and Patricia Elliot. The event was filmed by Woods Noble Media and I’ll share the videos shortly.
In the meantime, please allow me to share some of the lovely comments from Twitter folk who came along to the launch:
“At @juliebee’s very busy exhibition launch with @Kenflaw and @LadyMiller. Looks awesome! Tres classy!” – @different_light
“Well done @juliebee photos looked great as did you. Hope you enjoy the rest of your special evening.” – @caroledunlop
“A success. An unqualified success. @juliebee’s photographic exhibition in @curlers_rest was a resounding success. #excitedforjulie” – @stuglen
“Well done to @juliebee, the meerkats totally rocked! X” – @AnnieBeee (no relation)
“@juliebee Congrats on the opening night – a resounding success! #excitedforjulie” – @armadillojam
“Excellent launch yesterday by @juliebee at @curlers_rest. Photos are fab, definitely a must-see (Byres Rd). Well done!” – @heatheralex
“@juliebee Congrats on a wonderful evening @curlers_rest It was an excellent exhibtion, your work looked great. Well done! #excitedforjulie” – @elizakitten
“@juliebee Thanks for throwing a great party last night and making the Curlers’ walls a damn sight prettier!” – @Anna_Cook
“Had a great time at @juliebee’s photo exhibition at @curlers_rest last night. She is one talented lady!” – @hollyjunesmith
“Congrats on last night!! Excellent show and amazing images!!” – @kenflaw
“Some wonderful pictures to see http://www.juliebee.co.uk/curlersrest/ via @juliebee Why not drop in Curlers Rest on Byres road and look” – @wendyatidrach
“an exhibition I won’t miss!” – @dillytalk
“Some gorgeous pics! Have a look x” – @sue_mulholland
Thanks again, everyone – you were amazing! My exhibition photographs are now available to view and purchase online.
I photographed April’s Scottish Women in Business meeting at Tapela in Glasgow. I learned that trying to eat, network, gossip, listen and take photographs at the same time is nigh on impossible. Fun night though, as ever.
I just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone who came along to my launch at Curlers Rest last night. It was an amazing night and I’m blown away by the comments from everyone. I’ll post a proper update soon (I am shattered and have other work to complete before I can properly recover!) but I think it’s safe to say it was a great success. You can now view and purchase the photos online.
Finalist, Young Business of the Year, Association of Scottish Businesswomen Awards, September 2011.
Finalist, Event Photographer of the Year, Scottish New Music Industry Awards, September 2011.
Listed in Top 100 Freelancers, The Drum Magazine, May 2011.