Teenage Photo Shoot

Earlier this year I did a family photo shoot in Crawley, West Sussex. We got some really great images from the photo shoot and one of them now has pride of place in our new Studio in East Grinstead. I arrange a follow-up with session with Oleta on Monday this week, as it was half-term. I arranged for Make Up Artist, Siobhan Woods, to come over and help out so as soon as Oleta arrived she had her make up done. We started off with a studio session and then moved outside to do some environmental shots. We didn't have to go far from the studio to find some great outside spaces.

I really enjoyed the session and think we got some fantastic images. Here are some of my favourites. I'd love to receive feedback or comments.

If you would like to find out more about booking a portrait session please call Louise on 01342 300352.

Prom Night for Sackville School, East Grinstead

On 23rd June Sackville School in East Grinstead held their Prom for the Year 11 students. Our daughter is at Sackville and some of her friends came to us for a photo session before the Prom started. We were only given 45 minutes to get all the shots that we wanted and it was a bit of a production line, but we had great fun. All the girls looked stunning and it was hard to believe they are only 16 years old! It is an end of an era because Faith has now left Sackville and will be going to Haywards Heath College from September onwards.

It was so difficult to choose some images for the Blog as I wanted to put them all up, but I managed to restrain myself. Here is a very small selection of them and I would welcome any feedback or comments.

Make Up Model Session

Gorgeous Make Up by Siobhan Woods

If you have read my 3 previous posts you will know that I did a photo shoot this week for a new make up artisit called Siobhan Woods. I started thinking about what I could do with the images that would really show off the amazing job that Siobhan did. So I have been playing with s0me layouts today that could easily be turned into postcards or postcard sized flyers. They were a bit time consuming to set up the first time but as I'm planning to do more teenage photo shoots soon I think I may create some templates that could be re-used.

I'd love to receive any feedback on them :)

Tash's Photo Shoot

This the last of the three models from the make up photo shoot on Wednesday. I have done a couple of photo shoots with Tash before with some amazing results so I was really excited about using her on this project. I thought she was absolutely brilliant and we had so many good shots to choose from. She has a great personality and is very versatile which is great from a photographer's points of view. Here is a small selection from the day. I'd love to receive any feedback.

If you would like to contact Siobhan (the make up artisit) regarding make up for your wedding or photo shoot please call her on 07999 411 274. I will be doing a separate post soon that will really feature the make up session, but I have to go now as we have a wedding to shoot today:)

Lauren's Photo Shoot

This is the second post from our model photo shoot and features Lauren. I did a photo shoot with Lauren last year and got some really fantastic images. I have been wanting to do another shoot with Lauren since then so this was a perfect opportunity. She has a really individual look and you often hear about people who have their own sense of style - well that really is the case with Lauren. These are the first few images of Lauren, but I will find a few more that show off the make up and post them later on. I'd love to receive any feedback :)

Details of Siobhan, the make up artist, are in the post below.

Model Session with new Make Up Artist

At a recent wedding event I met a make up artist called Siobhan Woods. She was quite keen to expand her portfolio so we discussed the idea of doing a photo shoot together. We finally managed to get everyone together this week and had a fantastic session. The only downside was that it rained all day so we didn't manage to do any shots outside.

We had three models and Siobhan did two "looks" for each person. The first look was very natural and the second one a bit more dramatic. We used a simple white backdrop for the first session and then something a bit more luxurious for the second one. It was a bit like a production line for Siobhan and she coped really well.

Below are the shots from the two sessions with Becky. I have worked with Becky before and, once again, she was fantastic. I will do a separate post for the sessions with Tash and Lauren. Thanks to all the models. We couldn't have done it without you!

If you would like to contact Siobhan regarding make up for your wedding or photo shoot please call her on 07999 411 274.

Family Photo Shoot in Crawley

Last week I did a photo shoot with a lovely family in Crawley. Rain had been predicted by 1.00 p.m. so I was really keen to get going before it arrived. We went to a park near their house and it turned out to be a fantastic location in terms of the different areas of interest and textures that were available. As so often happens on a photo shoot, this was the first time they had met me and they were quite nervous to begin with, but I felt that we were all much more relaxed by the end of the shoot. The two middle children have even agreed to do a follow up photo shoot with me, so I'll be out looking for some new locations. Anyway, here's a sneak preview of some images from the day. All comments are welcome.

Photo Shoots for Fun

Last week we went out and took photographs just for fun. This type of session is something we try and do at least once a month but we don't always seem to manage to find the time. We decided that March was going to be a development month and have lined up some models of different ages to help us out.

It was a really sunny, but very windy, day and there was a lot of hair flying over faces. It also started to get really cold. We still had lots of fun and I have arranged to shoot with the two girls again at the end of the month in Brighton. Thanks very much for helping me out.