I’ve always loved the classical look that photographers such as Patrick Lichfield used to create. His work was a massive influence on me – and here’s a prime example. This is from a shoot I did today with Alfie (5) and Evie (3). They were both lovely children to work with and they were telling me how much they were looking forward to playing in the snow tomorrow.

A little update on my availability. February is starting to get busy. We have some weekday availability, but we are now booked up for Saturday shoots. Call us now on 01279 843050 to book your shoot.

Would you like to see more of our child portraits? Visit our website here.
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Two shots for you today.

Firstly eleven month old Rocco (really cool name!) thought it would be a great idea to have a portrait taken with his mummy, so he came along with his granny for a portrait shoot. Next we have Louise who wanted me to capture a very special time of her life. Louise’s other children, Tyler and Honey Mae can’t wait for the arrival of their new family member!

Would you like to see more of our family and pregnancy portraits? Visit our website here.
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Happy new year everyone! I hope you enjoyed yourselves over Christmas. I had a great time and eat far too much!

Its nice to be back in the studio and we kicked things off rather nicely with the adorable Poppy who’s 15 months old.  I wanted to get a shot of her that had a springtime feel – and I think we succeeded!

Poppy came in as part of our ABC Cover Star promotion, where you have the chance of getting your child on the cover of a magazine.

We’ve teamed up with top parenting magazine ABC to find their next cover star. If you live in Hertfordshire and have children aged between 6 months and 11 years, they could appear on the next issue of ABC magazine!

All entrants shoots are at a very special price of only £25.00 (normal price £50.00), plus you will receive a complimentary print from the shoot worth £49.00 absolutely free! But hurry, we only have a few spaces left and your shoot must take place by 18th January.

To book your shoot and for further details, call me now on 01279 843050.

Would you like to see more of our work? Visit our website here.
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In March we made some big improvements to the studio, which has resulted in our clients having a much improved and more comfortable experience when they visit us. The improvements meant that we had to close for nearly 3 months to get everything into place and not being able to do any business during that time was challenge for us, but its been worth it. A lot of you – especially our returning clients have commented to me how fantastic everything now looks.

In October, we learnt we had won one of the biggest portrait photography competitions in the UK – namely the Fujifilm/MPA Portrait Awards. Out of the ten finalists places available, we were the only studio in the UK to get three of those places. But it was our client of the winning photograph who was most pleased. For winning the competition, they were given a cheque for £1,000.00! We are running the competition again in 2012, so if you would like the chance of winning a cool grand, contact us on 01279 843050 now.

Shown above is a small selection of shots from some recent shoots. From the top is a publicity portrait of Onelia who is a very talented photographer, next is Denise with her family, who braved the wind and cold for a location portrait shoot, next is Lesley and her family trying not to crush dad and finally the very well co-ordinated Liam, Eddie, Tom and Eleanor.

So finally, a big thank you to you, our clients for choosing us to capture the spirit of someone you love and to our suppliers for going beyond the call of duty. Also a big thank you to Jane who joined me in September, who is going out and spreading the good word about our studio.

Time to go, as there is a bottle of beer with my name written on it!

Have a great Christmas and a happy and healthy new year.

David
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Had a nice shoot on Saturday. Sally, her sister and their children came in for a family portrait shoot. It was a nice relaxed atmosphere and we got some great shots.

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Sorry! Offer now closed.

If you are wondering what to give family and friends for Christmas, we have the perfect gift idea for you!

With Christmas coming, there has never been a better time to have your portrait taken. Family portraits make a perfect and totally unique Christmas gift for everyone. For a strictly limited period, all studio family portrait sessions for up to 6 people are at a very special price of only £25.00 (normal price £50.00).  Plus, you will also receive a print worth £49.00 absolutely free!

To take advantage of this great offer, your shoot needs to take place by 12th November 2011. Spaces are strictly limited and are allocated on a first-come basis. Remember, this is our busiest time of year and spaces (especially on Saturdays) get booked up weeks in advance, so you need to book now to avoid disappointment.

To book your shoot, contact us now on 01279 843050.

All photographs: © David Calvert 2012. Copying strictly forbidden by law.

The second phase of judging for the MPA / Fujifilm Wedding & Portrait Awards has been completed and I am over the moon to find out that one of my photographs has got through to the final! I am particularly thrilled about this as after getting two images through in the first phase of judging, 3 out of the 10 images in the finals are mine.

A huge congratulations goes to 3 year old Daisy from Bishops Stortford, who join my other clients, Lottie from Bishops Stortford and Toyin from London. The winner will be announced at the Master Photography Awards in Newcastle on 9th October. The outright winner of the Portrait category will walk off with a cool £1,000.00. I’m keeping my fingers crossed the winner will be one of my clients.

For people who missed out on this years competition to win £1,000.00, don’t worry. It will be back for 2012. If all goes according to plan, it will be launched in the next month or two. Contact me on 01279 843050 if you would like to enter.

The images that have made it through to the finals can be seen above.

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Three shots for you today.

The first is the very beautiful Neha, who came in to have some headshots taken to help her break into the world of modelling. I think she did incredibly well and hopefully we’ll be working together on a little project in the near future. Next we have little Vojtech. I first photographed Vojtech a couple of years ago and this time he was in with his new little Brother Matyas, who’s also pictured above.

Would you like to see more of our work? Visit our website here. 
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With the summer holidays now upon us, now is the perfect time to have that portrait taken of your children which you keep meaning to do!

For a limited period, all weekday portrait shoots for children aged up to 12 years are priced at £25.00 (normal price £50.00), plus we’ll include a 7” print worth £39.00 absolutely FREE!

When you view your images at our studio, you can select your free print and you will be given the opportunity to purchase additional prints.

To qualify for this great offer, all subjects being photographed must be aged 12 or under.

To book your sitting and for offer details, call us now on 01279 843050 and mention you saw this offer on our blog. Payment of the above fee will secure your portrait sitting date and time.

Hurry! Spaces are limited and your sitting must take place by 3 September 2011.

Would you like to see more of our work? Visit our website here.
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After 6 weeks of the studio being closed for refurbishment, we officially re-opened for business on Wednesday – and it was great to get back behind the camera again!

Shown above are some of our first visitors to see the changes we have made. Firstly we have 11 week old Oliver and his older sister Amelia(2). It was Oliver’s first portrait shoot with me and a return visit for Amelia.  I first photographed her when she was the same age as her little brother. Next we have 8 month old George, who loved to crawl everywhere! Finally we have  William, who’s an actor. He came in to update his publicity headshots. I first photographed William about 6 years ago.  I couldn’t believe how much he had grown!

Shown below are a few shots of our new build and studio refurb. The flooring in the Garden Room/Reception area still needs to be laid (hence the rugs shown in the shots!), but we are absolutely thrilled with it. I would like to take the opportunity of thanking a few people for making the project totally stress-free, namely our Architect, Tom Williamson of Williamson Architecture & Design and Mark Savage and his team at MHS Builders, Hatfield Heath. The flooring will be done by a client of mine – Andrew Banks at the Wood Gallery in Harlow.

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