Spoony Classic Charity Golf event (lots of pics)

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Apologies to those of you who might have already seen these words/pics in another forum but I feel rather proud so I thought I'd post the thread here too :)

I didn't want to jinx it, which is why I never mentioned it before but on Monday I covered the Spoony Classic, a charity golfing event at Stoke Park (seen in films such as Layer Cake and Bridget Jones' Diary) for a paying client. There were quite a few celebs there and loads of pro golfers and footballers.

My client was In2Games, makers of Real World Golf. They wanted me to get photos of celebs and pros playing their game, as well as covering the rest of the event and getting all the usual shots.

The event itself has been going four years and was founded and organised by DJ Spoony to raise money to get kids into playing golf. it started out as just him and a few friends and in the space of a few years has grown into a full day event with a champagne reception and dinner in the evening.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable day, although I did get soaked as I'd left my waterproof stuff in the car and, as sod's law would have it, the heavens opened as soon as my clients were about to tee off so I couldn't go anywhere until I'd got shots of them starting. Luckily I brought a change of clothes and my shirt was dry again for the dinner, which was fairly formal. I still looked scruffy by comparison but they let me in and served me posh food so I'm not complaining :)

Here are some shots from the day. Obviously with it being a paying client and not a photoblog, these aren't going to look anything like my normal 'work', and they've only been adjusted at the Raw stage. I simply didn't have time to do them in Photoshop - there were over 130 shots supplied to the client in the end.


The clubhouse
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Spoony with children from The Golf Foundation
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Ian Wright and one of the kids from the Golf Foundation
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Spoony & buggy
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Vernon Kaye, prior to teeing off
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Another blingin' buggy (though nothing compared to some of the cars in the car park that day)
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Teeing off
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My 'scene setting' shot (I know it needs masking)
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Ian Poulter begins his round. You can't see but he had the most blingin', iced-out shirt and bag you've ever seen.
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The reception area of the clubhouse
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Vernon Kaye and friends after having a play on Real Word Golf (I know the pic's distorted)
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One of the pros playing RWG, I'm really bad with sportspeople's names, sorry
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Better shot of the screen
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The bar area of the tent where dinner was served
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My clients at their table
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Vernon Kaye was on true comedic form for his speech, getting everyone to hold hands and do American-style motivational activities
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Louise Redknapp and Tess Daly, picking raffle winners
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And again, with the lucky winner of one of those (expensive) remote-controlled golf carts
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Ian wright and Craig David (who performed at the end of the evening)
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Various wives and girlfriends watching Craig David
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The set he did was mainly acoustic, with just one guy on guitar backing him
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Obviously there are loads more pics but they're either very similar to the above or they're potential photoblog/comp candidates so I'll keep them back for now. As for the event itself, I could easily get used to the lifestyle :) ...it's £6k to join the club on a golfing membership but only £4k per year after that. Time to start saving.
 
Brilliant!

Looks like you had a great day and happy clients :)
 
great pics, i have the real world golf game, it is actually very good.
 
Excellent stuff Fingerz...nice of you to post them here(Ive missed you, even if the rest havent....)
 
hell Ive missed you :D Was gonna say something to matty the other day but his rentanet broke. :p

Cracking shots. Are your clients pleased?
 
EOS 20D (and was pleasantly surprised to see two of the other three photographers had the same).
Battery Grip.
Four batteries.
Sigma 500 DG Super flashgun.
Spare batteries for above.
Off-camera flash stuff (cable and wireless trigger), used experimentally but not successfully.
All my lenses, but the only ones used were Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 (most of the day), Sigma 10-20mm (interior shots mostly) and Canon 35mm f/1.4L (for the indoor evening shots due to low light).
Two tripods.
Shutter release cable (used for interior shots - just set the camera up then left it ready).
Complete change of clothes (proved handy - I got soaked and so did the camera).
All filters and lens cleaning stuff but neither were used.
Spare memory cards but not used.
Colour checker chart and QPcards (again unused but should've thought to use them for interior stuff really).
Reflector, also unused.
Umbrella, should've been used but couldn't get to the car when it started to rain as my clients were teeing off.

Think that's it.
 
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