For my shoot with Heide's Pottery I had a specific brief to work to with, shooting the subject with a sharp, even focus with a light falloff on the backdrop in a style often used in art galleries and museums. Fortunastely Heide was able to stay for the shoot and make sure her sculpture was lit in the way she'd invisioned and highlighting the particular aspects she wanted to shine. This can take a little trial and error sometimes, different materals, colours and textures behave diffeently under different lights and so it can take some maneuvering to get things right, but ultimately getting it right is absolutely essential to me.

Last weekend we traded in the lush greens of Shropshire for the cool blues of the Welsh seaside, just for the day, in exchange for some Parma Violet Ice Cream and a few hours throwing stones into the water.

Balanced Health With Homeopathy offers both in-person consultancy services and online sessions with the lovely Anne-Marie, who invited me to her home in Ditton Priors to shoot some personal branding images for her website and social media.

Portrait shoots are almost always a daunting concept for the person being photographed, and so often become something people put off doing, but believe me, they are never as awkward as people worry they will be. There is so much value in a quality set of images of you, your workspace and your process, not only for the benefit of your clients, customers and social media following but also for you to be able to give your business the polish that it deserves and I always strive to make your photoshoot as relaxed as possible.

These sessions can either take place in your home / workspace, which is most useful for makers or practitioners where having some ‘behind the scenes’ is beneficial. For everyone else I like to choose a location and head out for a walk, this could be a coffee shop or a public garden, and if you choose to visit Bridgnorth we can throw in a set of formal headshots with my home studio just a short walk from the high street.

Emma & Pat were married in April, it was a particularly special day not just because Pat is my brother-in-law and has brought someone as so genuinely wonderful as Emma into our family but because it ended up being my very first two-part wedding. The first half too place at The Bridal Barns in Claverly, celebrating with family and friends in a beautifully designed venue surrounded by woodland and wildlife, while the second half took place on the following day at Emma’s grand father’s care home as he was unfortunately unable to attend the first.

Music: Alex chapman music

Catering: sticky fig catering

Flowers: flower fair

Venue: Bridal Barns

Perfume: Perfume Laboratory

A sound was detected, a pig was suspected, said pigs were located.
Joy.
 

In March I hosted a work experience student and put a request out on my instagram offering a free shoot with me in exchange for a product for said student to practise on. First Eden took the lead, researching each brand, gathering inspiration and then generating images for her own portfolio before assisting me with her styling skills in a reshoot for the brand who donated. 

Thanks so much again to everybody who kindly donated an item for the collaboration!

Natural Harmony
Purple Pixie 
Hook & Glow
Cotton & Clay

Organics By Hannah 3 Low Res (7) Beauty, hair ands skincare photography is always a fun challenge because we need to represent one sense (in this case tactile and scent) visually which isn't always as straightforward as it can be for things like food photography where the subject often looks very delicious all by itself. When selling exclusively online, imagery needs to be aspirational, needs to create a mood and establish a trust in the quality of your product that makes a customer want to buy what you're selling without ever having had first-hand experience of it, it's tricky.

Organics by Hannah is a Birmingham based brand with a very committed customer base (and with good reason), and after investing a lot of time into a rebrand of their product packaging our latest shoot was all about brand elevation and creating a versatile set of images that can be used in a variety of different ways over multiple platforms. As a remote, mini session we covered 3 set-ups including hero shots and groups for up to 5 products. 

If you'd like to discuss remote product photography options for your own brand, get in touch, I'd love to hear from you!

Shoots for Shropshire Macarons always need to combine a nod to their darker, luxury aesthetic and George's creative and fun personality which shines through in all of his flavours and passion for every little mac he creates. For this shoot we were updating their promo imagery, with a 'how it's made' photoshoot of a batch of two tone macarons and their making process. Promotional portraits don't and shouldn't only cover the 'who' behind the business, but also the where, why and how, so that when creating social media and marketing content that informs your audience and customer base about your brand (Shropshire Macarons offer Macaron making masterclass where how-to images are really useful), you have plenty of original, on-brand, illustrative pictures to go along with it.

Apologies for the radio silence around these parts this month, I've been busy over on Instagram and Facebook keeping up with the March Meet The Maker social media challenge and didn't want to confuse things between there and here so hang tight for April if you're interested to know what I've been working on this Month.

For the final Aston Eyre Barns property we're visiting The Forge, a sweet little cottage with a light, cosy, homey vibe and a free-standing bath on an indoor balcony. And did I mention all of these properties have their own hot tub? because they absolutely do!