24 February 2012

Excellence Awards

Have arrived at the venue for the Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Staff Excellence Awards evening. The fully repaired, tried and tested Canon 300D is set up on the tallest tripod I have got and it is happily capturing an image every 30 seconds as the room for the event transforms into the spectacle it will be.

The meet and greet area has been set up with a backdrop of 9 feet of light blue curtain which we have framed with balloons on one side and an artificial plant on the other.

Now all we need is for the room to really start changing - the balloons and table decorations are in, next the tables will be set and the star light cloth will be switched on. And then the people, 270 people will be arriving.

Should be fun.

Team work - the backdrop is tested out!

Update:
The camera kept going for 7 hours capturing approx 830 images. Fingers crossed it got the transformation and everyone arriving. Had immense fun offering portrait shots in the meet and greet area - particularly to the award winners.
So many happy smiling faces.
Had a wonderful time and thanks to the team for generously catering for us and to Alan who has helped me understand more about people management at events like this.

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