Purple Rain celebrates its tenth calendar
It started with a simple idea. Make a calendar to give to clients as a thank you. Now that tradition is ten years old (Purple Rain will be 12 in…
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Photography
Caught ‘In the line of duty’ – images from Rebecca’s first photography exhibition
My first photography exhibition was based around the theme In the line of duty, celebrating people carrying out ordinary and extraordinary duties. This followed on from one of my City…
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Purple Rain presents In the line of duty
A photography exhibition by Rebecca J McConnell What have a farmer, a Wimbledon line judge, a golf caddie, a bridesmaid and a GB captain all got in common? They all…
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Purple Rain Calendar 2017
Christmas is filled with traditions and one tradition Purple Rain has established is the production of the annual client calendar. I scan the archive from PR shots taken for campaigns that year, plus…
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Beautiful Bruges
I enjoyed a weekend break to Belgium recently. When Great Britain’s victorious Davis Cup team won the final in November 2015, I liked the tweets players and tennis journalists were…
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2016 Calendar
Introducing the Purple Rain 2016 calendar Drum roll please…the highly sought after 2016 calendar has arrived at Purple Rain HQ. Clients including the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Shambles Variety Market…
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The September Issue
Fashion fans are only too well aware of the importance of the September issue of Vogue. It is their biggest edition of the year and fashion houses wait in anticipation…
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Rathfriland Young Farmers – A club on the move
Rathfriland YFC, a club that I have been a member for almost 20 years, recently undertook a major building project after selling their hall that was situated on Newry Street,…
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Strike a pose!
There comes a time in the life of a PR professional where you have to go in front of the camera. It’s not often but it’s necessary to keep your…
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Purple Rain Calendars 2015
In amongst today’s list of tasks to be completed was the design of the Purple Rain calendar for 2015. With December coming faster than Rudolph on Red Bull, I realised…
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