Its been a very busy day – so much to do in so little time!

The above photograph is from a shoot I did this morning with the beautiful Megan. She came in with her mum and her big brother Jack to have some photographs done for our great Kodak Awards promo – and she was just fabulous to photograph.

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Two beautiful babies for you today.

Firstly we have 10 day old Sebastian, who came in for his very first portrait shoot. His mum was telling me that he spent most of the day sleeping, but today he decided he wanted to be wide awake! However, after he had a long good feed, he fell into a deep sleep.

Next we have 6 month old Leah who was also in for her first portrait. She loved lying on her back whilst having her photograph taken!

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Shown above is Amalie, Lennie and Billy who all came in as part of our fabulous Kodak promotion. The parents of these lovely children could walk away with a cool £1,000.00. Fingers crossed!

Still on the subject of the Kodak awards, all available spaces for this promotion have now been booked. I am however making a list of people who are interested in taking part in the competition – just in case a client who’s already booked pulls out of their shoot. If you would like to be put on the list, give me a call on 01279 843050 now. I can’t guarantee any places will become available, but if they do, I’ll let you know. Spaces will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

As for general availability, I’m near enough booked up until mid August. I was supposed to be taking about 10 days off at the beginning of the month, but due to a high demand for shoots, I will be working on some of these days, but bookings are now being taken for 16th August onwards.

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This is Varina, Mataya, Amal at Matt. Varina and her family are regular vistors to my studio. The shots I’ve taken of them have been extremely successful in winning awards. To date the photographs of her and her family have won a national title (UK Mother & Child Photographer of the Year) and 3x Awards of Excellence. So when Varina calls asking me to do some more photographs, I get very excited!

I was due to take this family portrait back in March, but unfortunately, the shoot had to be abandoned due to Varina going down with a nasty bout of food poisoning a few minutes before I was due to do the group shot! Everyone was back in the studio yesterday fit and well and we did some really fab shots of all of them together.

Some of the past winning shots can be seen below.

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This is Samual (9) who came in as part of our great Kodak Portrait Awards promotion. This a composite shot of the last setup I did with him. Apart from these shots, I got some really striking and dramatic portraits of him which I’m keeping under wraps for a major competition.  

At this time of year, lots of  us start preparing our entries for the Master Photography Awards, which is the UK’s most prestigious award ceremony in the professional photographic industry. The competition is fierce and only the very best photography wins. In the past I’ve done very well in the Awards and I’ve been lucky enough to win 3 national titles, plus numerous awards for quality and excellence. If all goes according to plan, I will be entering a shot of Samual, plus some other great shots of clients I’ve photographed in the last 12 months. In the forthcoming weeks, I’ll post some of these shots up for you to see.

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Its been a bumper baby week and here are a couple of shots that I’ve done in the last couple of days.

Firstly we have Ruby. I first photographed her just before Christmas and it was great to see her again. Unfortunately, Ruby was a little bit under the weather, but despite that, I did get some lovely shots of her.

Finally we have 14 month old Elizabeth – don’t you just LOVE her hair? She was very good and loved exploring – and pointing at things in the studio!

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Time is now running short for people wanting to enter their children into our great Kodak Portrait Awards promotion. 

Sponsored by top image makers Kodak and the Master Photographers Association, I am offering a FREE studio portrait sitting to all entrants aged between 0-12 years old. I shall select the best image from your shoot and submit it to the Kodak Portrait Awards. If the photograph is chosen as the outright winner of the portrait category, you will win £1,000.00! There are also some cool runner-up prizes of Kodak digital cameras too.

To secure your sitting date/time and to show your commitment in attending the shoot, we shall require a booking fee of £15.00 to be paid by credit/debit card at the time you book your sitting. This will be refunded to you in full when you have attended your sitting at the agreed time, or alternatively you can put this fee towards the puchase of prints.

I now only have a few slots available in late July and a few slots available in August, so if you would like to take advantage of this great offer, contact me now on 01279 843050 to book your sitting. Sittings are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

One of our latest entrants hoping to win the big prize is shown above – the very handsome Ryan.

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Meet Emily everyone!

Emily very much enjoyed her time at the studio. She made lots of happy baby noises and giggled when the flash went off!

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A bright happy face for a bright summer’s day! This is Jessica (3). This her second visit to my studio – I first photographed Jessica when she was around 6 months old. During today’s shoot, she sung me a lovely song – her take on ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. Her version was called ‘Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar’!

Another quick update on my availability. I am now booked up for the first two weeks in July. Spaces in the second part of July are now limited. At the time of writing this, I only have one Saturday slot available in July - namely the 31st.  Remember, all sittings are booked on a first come, first served basis.

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Here’s the gorgeous Rianna (2) who was in my studio this morning. She was a lovely little girl – who liked to say ‘yes’ to all of the questions I asked her!

Rianna came in as part of our great Kodak Awards promotion - where you could win £1,000.00.  Thanks to a recent ad campaign I’m currently running in my local newspapers, there has been quite a lot of interest in this promotion. Subsequently, spaces in July are filling up and I now only have limited space available. I am planning to close this promotion around 7th August - however, if workload permits, I may be able to extend the promotion by one more week. If you would like to take part, call me now on 01279 843050 to secure your sitting.

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