I met Martyn at a BNI meeting earlier this year. For those of you who don't know BNI is a group of people who meet on a weekly basis and pass work to each other. This meeting is held in a Golf Club and the dress code is quite strict so even Gary the Kitchen Fitter comes in a suit. So one fine Thursday morning in walked Martyn. Long Hair, Piercings, Goatee Beard and Pointed Sideburns. Not your typical BNI'er. All I knew at that point was that his name was Martyn because his name badge said so. I asked him for his card and he gave me one complete with Zombies, with the name Ramsey Taylor - "Ramsay?" - "I've given you the wrong card" Out comes another card again with Zombies but with the name Martyn ZombieTuesday. I was pretty cool, but Gary (the Kitchen Fitter) only believed that was his name after looking at Martyn's bank card.
I arranged to chat to Martyn the following week to talk about the design of my business cards and website. This was the start of a great business relationship and friendship. They understood immediately that I wanted a different look and after looking at some of my work came up with a design that I immediately said "that's it"
I met Ramsay a couple of months later. Where Martyn is different, Ramsay on the face of it is normal. He is very well spoken, public school educated but uses four letter words liberally. What you soon realise is that this man is brilliant. Where Martyn is visually and creatively brilliant Ramsay is technically brilliant so the perfect match. They get on like an old married couple, full of arguements and make ups. Listening to them talk makes me laugh; looking at their websites puts me in awe of their ability.
I was asked to photograph them for some articles they are publishing and we had a really great time. They have a fantastic office but we chose to use the environment around the building for the images.
They have just won a bid to create a website for the NHS and they have done work for the the Creative Campus Initiate for the 2012 Olympics. Martyn has worked in his past for Rockworld TV and knows quite a few alternative models and they have created a packaged model website for alternative and mainstream models where for only £300 they get a professionally designed website (not Flash based) where they can keep it updated with images from their shoot.
They are working with me now to get my website up the Google rankings and I will let you know of the progress. Martyn is good at this as he explains what he is doing so that even a simple photographer can understand.
Have a look at their website here They are great to work with, extremely creative and only charges you for what you need and not what you don't
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