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Engagement shoot Dave and Emily

Hepps — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:42:12 +0000

It’s always a good idea when taking photographs to lean against something solid, bracing the camera to your body thus avoiding camera shake and in theory getting better images. I would also like to add to this well know piece of photographic advice by suggesting people look at what they are leaning on, sure it might actually look like a sturdy tree but could easily be a wasps’ nest. Wasps, I have found out, don’t take kindly to being leant on and, as I have also discovered, are excellent at attacking in groups. Dave and Emily seemed to take this all in their stride as I acted like a total professional running around, arms flailing like Michael Caine in a scene from the hilarious Swarm. This image was taken literally seconds before the attack.

Trevor Farmer’s 70th Birthday

Hepps — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:43:47 +0000

Congratulations to Trevor on turning 70. His family held a surprise party for him at the Marston Stadium in Hinkley. We were there to photograph the event and take portraits of the guests.

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Jason & Emma’s Wedding at the Belmont Hotel, Leicester

Hepps — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:51:00 +0000

Congratulations to Jason and Emma, hope you had a great day and enjoy your honeymoon in The States.

Graham and Alison Hedges Wedding Album

Hepps — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:03:31 +0000

Graham and Alison Hedges

The third draft wedding album for Graham and Alison:

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Re-brand for Lunar Racing

Hepps — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:29:57 +0000

Lunar Racing are group of dedicated motor racing engineers and scientists who have had the idea of using the highly competitive world of motorsport as a environment for education. They are based at the Rockingham Speedway which must be one of the most exciting locations for a classroom in the country. Theory lessons are taught in an executive box overlooking the start finish line. They were keen to have a rebrand, which I have detailed below.

Design Process – Introduction

Lunar racing offers some interesting challenges for a logo redesign. The brand as it is, contains several strong characteristics that it would be better to keep or compliment.

crescent moon symbol
strong typography
strong racing colour

The weakness of the logo lay mainly in the execution this can be easily strengthened using standard design tools, for instance creating a vector, scalable logo rather than a bitmap.

First Ideas

The first ideas centred around the moon and car symbols.

Back to the roots

It was thought that this was moving too far away from the original strengths of the brand, for instance losing the crescent, so I simplified the idea from car to wheel and moon to crescent.

Refining the idea

The tyre shapes were simplified to graphic symbols which were reminiscent of lunar craters which led neatly to a new crescent design. 3D was added to give the crescent some life.

A typeface was created from the original Bauhaus to give a more distinctive version of the text logo.

Final design

The final design is presented below:

black and white:

Bibliotech the publication for information services

Hepps — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:07:53 +0000

I have recently finished work on revamping and redesigning the University of Northampton’s publication for Information Services ‘Bibliotech’. This has taken the form of an all new print publication and supporting website. The publication includes articles on the arrival of the first room sized computers to the recent emergence of the e-book reader plus many more. Special mention must go to Peter Lane and Chris Saunders, third year illustration students, who created the excellent cover.

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University of Northampton Outstanding Estates Team

Hepps — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:51:56 +0000

Congratulations to the University of Northampton Estates team who won ‘Outstanding Estates Team’ at the recent Times Higher Education Management Awards. This image was taken recently when they learnt of their nomination. For more information on the awards and why the estates team won please see the Awards website (requires flash).

Congratulations Alison and Graham

Hepps — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:45:35 +0000

A single picture from Alison and Graham’s wedding yesterday, this one jumped out when I had a quick look through the shots whilst backing up the files. Congratulations to you both, it was a great wedding and I look forward to presenting the pictures very soon.

Bibliotech Magazine Logo

Hepps — Tue, 25 May 2010 09:26:50 +0000

Bibliotech logo reversed

Bibliotech logo on white

Bibliotech logo with tag line

The Information Services department at the University of Northampton have had a revamp and redesign of their Bibliotech Magazine. This logo was the first part of that redesign process. The tag line reflects that the magazine is now also published online as a Wordpress blog website.

Wedding Guest Book for Paul and Kate

Hepps — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:27:18 +0000

A simple guest book for Paul and Kate’s wedding, made with the engagement shoot photos we created at the Normanton Park Hotel and Rutland Water. The colours have been chosen to fit with the colour theme of the wedding just one of the advantages of having a custom made guest book.

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