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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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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Two more entrants into our Kodak promotion for you.

First up is 14 month old Ronnie, who was a lovely well-behaved little boy and secondly we have Charlie (7), who was telling me about all the fantastic places he has flown to. I was very jealous!

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Had a nice shoot this morning. Pictured above is Elfie (7) and Seth (3). Great kids, they told me that they were both very excited about their upcoming camping holiday.

Elfie and Seth came in as part of our fabulous Kodak promotion – where you get a FREE portrait sitting worth £50.00, plus the chance of winning £1,000.00. Please note that I close this promotion in early August – which might sound some time away, but bear in mind that I now have limited spaces left for June and I’m now getting bookings/enquiries for July. If you would like to take part in this competition, you need to book your portrait shoot sooner rather than later. To book your sitting, call me on 01279 843050 now.

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Just bought a new pink background and I found an excellent subject to use it on. This is Madeline (2) who came in as part of my Kodak Awards promotion, where you get the chance of winning £1,000.00. She was a lovely little girl. We had a great chat about her cats and she told me about all the naughty things they get up to… a bit like my cats then!

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Well, we’ve had beautiful weather in the last two days… and I’ve been stuck inside for most of it! But its been worth it. I’ve had some lovely children to photograph.

First up is Emily. Her parents are past clients of mine and this time, Emily needed some publicity portraits of herself to submit to a theatrical agent. Secondly, we have Alice (2) who came in as part of our great Kodak portrait promotion, where you could win £1,000.00. I love her beautiful sparkly eyes.  Next is baby Jessica who came in for her first portrait sitting. It took a little time for the smiles to come, but once she realised mummy had her favorite cuddly rabbit with her, she settled down and was very happy to have her photograph taken! Finally, Jessica’s big brother Daniel (2). I first photographed little Daniel when he was a baby and he’s growing into a very handsome little boy.

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Had a lovely portrait sitting this morning. Lovely sittings always produce lovely pictures – and this is one of them. Shown here is Robert (5). Some little boys like to run and jump all over the place, but Robert sat there and did everything that was asked of him. Nice one Robert!

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This is Daisy(10) who was an absolute delight to photograph. I love this shot. It has a light, fresh delicate feel to it. Thanks must also go to Denise who brought Daisy to the studio and acted as ‘hair stylist’!

Daisy came in as part of our fantastic promotion we are doing - where you have the chance of winning £1,000.00!

We are looking to enter beautiful, photogenic children into one of the UK’s most prestigious photographic competitions – the Kodak Portrait Awards. Sponsored by one of the world’s top imaging companies; Kodak and the Master Photographers Association (MPA), we are offering entrants a FREE studio portrait sitting worth £50.00!

We shall select the best image from the sitting 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 great runner-up prizes of Kodak digital cameras too!

To qualify for this great offer, all subjects being photographed must be aged between 0-12 years.

As part of the offer, we will pay the entry fee to the competition. The proceeds of which will be donated by the MPA to the sponsors nominated charity, PACE – a fantastic organisation that helps children with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy.

Spaces are strictly limited, so book your sitting by calling us now on 01279 843050.

Offer subject to terms and conditions, details available upon request.

Shown above is the lovely Grace(4) who came in as part of our Kodak Portrait Awards promotion, which has proved to be extremely popular. This is not the shot of Grace I’ll be entering – I’m keeping that one under wraps for the time-being. Grace was a very bubbly little girl and not shy at all. She loved having her photograph taken – in between having a loving cuddle with her mum!

If all goes according to plan, all photographs for the Kodak promotion taken between January and today will shortly be submitted for first phase of judging which happens in April. All other Kodak shoots still to take place will be submitted in August in time for the second and final phase of judging.

In the next week, I will be announcing a great new portrait promotion. Be sure to visit my blog very soon for more details!