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A Year on Tour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anthony Highet blogs about hosting photographic events across the UK….<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The eagle-eyed of you may have noticed that I wasn’t attending meetings as often last season, and the truth is, I can’t see that improving much this coming season either.  So I just wanted to share this blog to explain where I’ve been.

For a little over a year I have been lucky enough to hold the role of ‘Operations Director’ at Creativity Hub Events, a premium fashion photographic events company that delivers awesome events for photographers of all standards to empower their portfolio all over the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can hear you all asking, \u201cbut what do you actually do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, in simple terms, I am responsible for the day to day running of the business, project delivery, finance, insurance, on site health & safety and logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believe it or not, I was quite reluctant when first asked to join ‘The Hub’…lot’s of self doubt filled my mind, am I capable, am I talented enough, will people take me seriously?  And in truth, I still struggle with the dreaded ‘imposter syndrome’ ahead of every event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But would I change it?  Should I have said ‘NO’?  Absolutely not!  Thanks to my amazing colleagues, and the incredible spectrum of people across the photographic industry that I get to work with every day, I have discovered skills and abilities that I didn’t know I had in my locker, and together with my team we’re achieving some amazing things that we were told were impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some may even remember myself and my colleagues presenting a taster session at Croxley in the New Year?  Well, rather than repeat that session, I just wanted to share a little update about my rollercoaster journey over the last 12 months, and what adventures the next 12 months might entail…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And what a rollercoaster the last 12 month have been, it feels incredible to sit back and look at our progress over the last 12 months.  From emerging from lockdown with our sold out \u2018Daydream Believers\u2019 fantasy themed event in July 2021, located in a stunning Treehouse with Forest surroundings\u2026hobbling together any lighting that we could find.  To our huge Art-Deco ‘Roaring Twenties\u2019 event at the beginning of this year with our new lighting partner, Rotolight\u2019 providing us with the most technologically advanced LED lighting available.  Demand was so huge we had to run the event across 5 days, and then Sony <\/em>got in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes you read that right\u2026Sony!  The message read; \u201cWe loved your Twenties event, please can we hire you to host that same event for our Sony Alpha Ambassadors?\u201d  Some of you may have even seen us in a variety of photography magazines over the last few months.  This year has been such a sharp upward trajectory that I often have to pinch myself to check that I\u2019m not dreaming.  It\u2019s been one hell of a ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So where is next on the tour?  Well, the trajectory only get\u2019s steeper!  Having just wrapped our sold out Utopia event in Northamptonshire, some of my colleagues are currently exploring secret locations in Italy ahead of the launch of our newest venture, \u2018Creativity Hub Escapes\u2019 where we will be providing photographic holidays for people who want to escape the norm from 2023.  Of course, I wish I was out there exploring with the team\u2026but someone has to run the show back home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m also really excited about our next event which is on \u2018home turf\u2019, in Bushey.  A 1940\u2019s inspired immersive fashion experience, \u2018Fashion on the Ration\u2019 complete with air raid shelter, authentic military vehicles, dancers and some of the best agency fashion models in the country, it\u2019s going to be an amazing show.  And from there, it\u2019s the big one.  The biggest project I\u2019ve ever managed in my career to date\u2026we will be exhibiting at The Photography Show at the NEC with Sony & Rotolight.  Someone pinch me\u2026I can actually say that Sony\u2026THE Sony is one of our customers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why am I telling you all this?  Well, until 2017 I had never photographed a model, the thought seemed completely alien to me at the time.  Until I joined Croxley Camera Club, and I attended one of the club studio evenings hosted by John Flynn.  His advice that cold February night still rings out to me as the moment in time that changed my life entirely\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUse these settings, point the camera that way, push this button\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you John, and thank you Croxley Camera Club x<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anthony Highet blogs about hosting photographic events across the UK…. The eagle-eyed of you may have noticed that I wasn’t attending meetings as often last season, and the truth is, I can’t see that improving much this coming season either.  So I just wanted to share this blog to explain where I’ve been. For a … <\/p>\n

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