Showing posts with label studio photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studio photography. Show all posts

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Oh well, y'know. A bit of this and a bit of that

People keep asking me, "What are you doing, what's happened to the blog?"

Ok, I know. I'm sorry. Just for you here's a whistle stop tour of the last few weeks.

The studio. Oh my Lordy Lord. The studio.

It's been battered, bashed, changed, painted, decorated, and generally pulled around so it bears no resemblance at all to how it used to look.

Bob has boxed in the roller shutter door which will make the place much lighter, warmer and quieter. He's also made a dressing and prop room for me. That's going to be amazing. I got the flooring for in there last week and once it's down I can get all the props I'm currently storing in baskets out on display.

The new studio flooring has gone as well and I've been running round and picking up some gorgeous new props while Bob's been doing all the hard manly work.

Carla made me this brilliant cushion. Isn't she clever?


You can't tell how big it is from the photo but I can tell you it's big enough to pose not one but two six week old babies on.

Well, we all know how much I like shoes so how could I not buy this?


I saw it in a shop one day while I was out walking the dog. Obviously I couldn't take the dog in the shop so I practically dragged him back to the studio so I could go and buy the chair. It's not often he struggles to keep up with me, it's usually the other way round.

Then when I was out having a posh coffee with Carla at the Darwen Gift and Furniture Centre (well worth a visit if you find yourself in Darwen ). I'm always in there,  it's just so jam packed full of gorgeousness.

While we were there we saw this:


As you can see, even the dog is worshipping it! It's going to go against my new red rose wallpaper (the chaise longue, not the dog) .

For the 'urban corner' in the studio, Carla got busy again. This time she drew some graffiti for me. As you can see by the hair, the girl she drew is obviously herself.




I can't wait to see the finished result.

While all this has been going on I've been having to hide all the debris every time I've had anyone in the studio so it's been a constant round of tidying up, which mostly consists of hiding everything behind the screens.

We've painted the kitchen and got loads of new samples images to show you. Watch this space for details of an open day with lots of goodies and special offers coming soon.

Aside of all this we've also had a steady stream of Cherubs through the studio and the wedding season is well and truly underway. Our feet have hardly touched the ground. It's been a busy year so far.

Over the next few weeks I'll be posting lots of images from weddings that we've shot recently and keeping you up to date with what's going on so don't forget to keep checking back. These are exciting times!

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Babies, babies and more babies

I love babies!

It's a good job really. There's been a steady stream of them through the studio recently.

That's because I recently became the local MPA Cherubs photographer and I'm loving it. Not least because it means I've been able to go out and get lots of lovely props to make all these gorgeous babies even gorgeouser (gorgeouser? really, Lesley?)

This little lady came in to see me last week and stole my heart clean away. She's obviously modelled before. What do you think?

I know which my favourite picture is, which is yours?









Saturday, February 16, 2013

Good Grief!

It's halfway through February! How did THAT happen so fast?

Well, like this:

Bob and I had THE BEST holiday in Finland in January. It's been on my bucket list for some time to go and see the norther lights and this year we actually did it!

Did the holiday live up to expectations? Yes it did.
Did we see the northern lights? Oh yeah!
You can see the photos from this amazing trip here

Once we came back from that trip we hit the ground running.

There have been some major changes in the studio - and more to come over the next few weeks. I'll be posting photos on here when it's all finished. It's all so exciting. I'm loving choosing all the new props and wallpapers.

As well as all that I've had a steady stream of babies through the door. As the new MPA Cherubs photographer for this area I'm seeing lots and lots of gorgeous, teeny, tiny, squishy li'l babies. Over the next week or two we'll be adding a new gallery to the website and telling you all about it.

What else has Happened? Oh yes!

The Princesses and Divas photo shoots have taken off in a big way. Two hours of modelling mayhem for girls from tots to teens for only £15 has proved really popular. It's a brilliant gift. We generally get two or three girls together so it is like  a party. We bring along drinks and cup cakes, do a bit of age appropriate make up and everyone has a ball.

So there you are. That's been my year so far.

How's yours been?




Saturday, September 15, 2012

What was that about never working with children...?

It's been a baby week! Well,  small child week.
This little girl came to the studio today. Not for a photo shoot, It was her  Mum, Nana and Aunty who were all booked in for that. Somehow though, this little one managed to completely take over. She was  lovely, what a character. Bob and me were howling laughing at her antics. I couldn't resist shooting just a few frames of her. Isn't she gorgeous?



Well into the wedding fayre season, we will be at the Preston Marriott tomorrow, why not pop in and say hello?

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Wow! Christmas is Coming!

can you believe it's November already? 


Can you believe it's November and the temperature is still in the teens?


 I love it! 


The ideal scenario for me would be if it stayed warmish till Christmas week and then heaved it down with snow over Christmas and new year till we all had to go back to work and then get warm again. Asking too much? Ok then. 


This years wedding are all finished now as are all the wedding fairs. Time to relax for a while then, maybe? 


Nah! This is the time of year for album design. All the people who got married this year are jut coming back now to get their albums so I'm busily working on them at the moment. 






I've been scratching my head over the last week or two wondering what to get friends and family for Christmas. It's such an expensive time of year and if you're anything like us you'll find most people you get presents for don't really want or need anything in particular and you end up spending loads of money for something that they aren't really that fussed about. 


Then I had a brainwave! 


I'll do a family portrait for my daughter's MIL, she'll love it!


Then I had an even better brainwave!


Well if I'm struggling to come up with nice, personal Christmas pressies for family and friends, so are other people. What about putting together a really good value offer on a set of children's portraits and  make a nice little themed set? That could sort out all your parent's. grandparent's, pressies in one go! I was so excited!


In between the album designing I've been building a little Christmas grotto in the studio. Any excuse to get the toys out and have a play......Ahem...no, what I meant there was that I've been working really hard on serious business stuff. (Phew, think I got away with that).


I tested the set out on my own granddaughter. What do you think?






 Hang on! How did the daughter manage to get herself on the shot? It's meant to be for kids!










She was so excited to be surrounded by all the lovely Christmas toys, we had a lovely time!




So. Here's the offer:


For only £50 I'll photograph your  little elf (or elves) and you'll receive two 6 x 9 and two 7 x 5 inch prints.


That's an amazing offer, even if I do say so myself!!


The set will be up till the beginning of december so you need to book early as it's already proving to be quite popular. 


Just drop me a line to book.


Ho! Ho! Ho!































































Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Animal Magic

There has been a larger number than normal amount of people wanting their dogs photographing recently. Funny that, I've never advertised as an animal photographer but somehow all these pooches and poochettes have ended up on my doorstep.

They do say never work with children or animals but I've had the best fun in the last couple of weeks. Here are a few of my favourite shots:










I mean, seriously, how cute?  

Monday, May 9, 2011

Two minute photo shoot

I've become the proud new owner of a lovely set of continuous lights for the studio - which means that I don't need to use flash anymore when I'm photographing small children and animals.

I'm sure that using flash  always bothered me more than it did them but even so, anything that makes the studio photography even better had to be investigated.

My first model for the new lights was my youngest grand daughter. She seems to have the attention span of a gnat so we had to work quickly
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The entire shoot lasted about a minute. It's amazing what you can achieve in just one  minute.

What do you think?  I love my new lights!