Time for Refreshments

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to be contacted by Time Out Guides, who commissioned me to shoot a whole bunch of stuff throughout North Northumberland for one of their travel publications detailing some of the top hotels, restaurants and beauty spots in the region I call home. One of these places was a relatively new B&B in the village of North Sunderland on the outskirts of Seahouses. St. Cuthberts House is an old church, derelict for a long time, and bought up by Jeff and Jill Sutheran, who moved up from Teesside after Jeff retired from the Fire Service. I took some very basic hand-held interiors, an exterior shot, and an environmental portrait of the 2 of them outside. Some time later, Jeff gave me a call and asked me to spend a day there shooting the rooms and some breakfast items for their website. I spent two days there in the end – taking great pains to cover everything in detail using a multitude of lighting and equipment. Those shots are used worldwide on various acc