Photographing the Sport of Kings at Great Yarmouth Racecourse
There really is nothing better than the sport of Kings. The 300 year old sport, rooted with England’s monarchy has never been more accessible by racegoers of every age and social background. The chance to combine an avid interest with work as a professional commercial photographer is an absolute dream. We’ve been working officially for the past two seasons with Great Yarmouth Racecourse, documenting all aspects of the business from Corporate Hospitality photography, Food Photography and of course, Horse Racing Photography.
Great Yarmouth Racecourse is well known Course East Anglia and plays host to some of the top Horse Racing in the country. As summer draws to a close, Great Yarmouth Racecourse launches the three day Eastern Festival. Around 15,000 people pour through the gates and pack out the grandstand and enclosures, hoping to catch a fleeting glimpse of horses and riders. Top jockeys including Frankie Dettori, Silvestre De Sousa, Jim Crowley & Ryan Moore ride the September meeting across the eight race card. Punters may even see appearances from famous celebrity owners including Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber who have been known to fly into the course for an afternoon of racing.
The Eastern Festival also hosts “Ladies Day” with Ladies pulling out all of the stops for a spectacular “Dress to Impress” day out. For one day during the Eastern Festival, Great Yarmouth Racecourse literally turns into a catwalk for stunning dresses, amazing high heels and a milliners dream. The Festival is a substantial race meeting for the region in terms of the quality of racing and is a premier event for Great Yarmouth Racecourse that assists to boost the Town’s economy with tourists visiting Great Yarmouth purely to experience horse racing.
Situated in the centre of Norwich and covering assignments throughout the UK, the Lee Blanchflower Ltd creative team deliver high quality commercial photographs, corporate film production & licensed drone footage to a really diverse range of businesses. After seven years of hard work in the industry trading as Blanc Creative, we thought it was about time that we made things a little more transparent across our business and as a result, Lee Blanchflower Ltd was born. We have to say that our attention to detail and epic customer service hasn’t changed, nor has our client base. We work solely in the commercial sector with sole traders, start-ups, established businesses, Advertising Agencies & International Press covering everything from PR, Editorial work, Film Production and Licensed Drone operations. What you won’t find, are wedding photographs, pet photography or family portraits. We seriously pride ourselves as being “people’ people and our unique selling point is transparency. Our favourable pricing structures are visible for every one of our services, so you won’t find any nasty surprises once you’ve decided to book an assignment.
