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Brand strategist and writer with a huge heart

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28 June 2024

The perfect example of you are your brand 🌟

Brand Language with a Beating Heart. I love Becca Magnus’s strapline for her creative studio business, Magnus & Co – it absolutely captures her personality and vision that branding should speak to the heart, then the head. Becca is the bubbliest of people and she and her brand are part and parcel. As it should be.

I met Becca at the lovely Allbright Mayfair and she booked onto one of my mini branding photoshoot sessions last month. It was so nice to see her and catch up properly, whilst packing in lots of shots. She wore the most gorgeous pink suit and just looked fabulous and then swapped it for a more casual look cardi, so that her pool of images captured vibes of meeting clients plus creative writing in her studio. She’s now got some stunning images which give insight into different areas of her work and show off her personality, for every marketing need. We did some inside and then snuck outside in between the rain and had a real laugh. One of her favourite shots is doing the hair flick 😆

Becca has worked for all sorts of interesting clients across many sectors – Imperial War Museum, Toast, the NHS, Book Trust, Microsoft, Twinings and my favourite of all, Pip & Nut. You can’t get better than almond butter in my book…😋 If you’d like some inspiration, have a look at her work or follow her on insta @beccamagnus

The financial wingwoman for female founders

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30 May 2024

Are you looking for some calmness about your business, knowing that you’re on top of your numbers and no longer need to waste precious fun time? 😎

Preesha Chhaya of Beaver Bee will help you understand which aspect of your numbers are critical to know and what they mean. She will gently train you to take control of your finances and feel confident about your business decisions, freeing up time and energy for yourself whilst knowing that you’re on course for success 🌟

Preesha had a branding photoshoot with me in Spaces, Victoria earlier this month. It was the perfect location for her as it’s full of soft neutral colours and backdrops to compliment her brand style and colours. She’s a super warm, approachable person so it was important to be in an environment to match this with nothing too formal. We used a number of different props including her favourite item – her very on-brand-coloured calculator obviously! If you look closely you can also spot a very cute bee on her mug ☺️

We had such a great chat whilst swopping set ups with outfits and props, it was brilliant working with Preesha. And now she had a fab new pool of images, ready for all her marketing needs 📷

If you’re a female entrepreneur do have a look at Preesha’s website to learn more about how she can help you and your business florish 😆

Thinking of going to a Greek Island anytime soon?

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23 May 2024

I love that I get to meet so many interesting people and businesses in my job ❤️ Maria Pitrakkou was no exception 😊

Maria hosts My Greek Island podcast where she and her cohost George talk about all different aspects of Greek Island travels. They cover getting around, avoiding the crowds, navigating greek supermarkets, and what to do in Athens if you have a spare 48hrs – in between island hopping or just a city break. They’ve both travelled extensively in Greece and still do, so their knowledge is huge!

Maria needed some new headshots for her speaker profile as she was invited to be a panelist on a National Geographic Traveller event this month – Plan the Ultimate Greek Island Hopping Adventure. We chose Spaces, Ealing for her photoshoot location as we wanted some white and bright backdrops that gave the right vibe. Here are a few examples 📷

I’ve not been to Greece for a while but Maria completely reminded me of what a magical place it is ☀️

Go have a listen @mygreekisland and read her great blogs for more inspiration 🌟😎

Branding photoshoots are just so much fun!

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17 May 2024

I did a branding photoshoot with Marie Loney recently and it was a lot of fun.

Marie is an executive wellbeing coach and full of energy and positivity – her consultancy business is aptly called Glow Consultancy. We started off in the beautiful Allbright Townhouse and then did a little tour around Bond Street to make use of the many neutral backdrops to complement her website. We did a few colourful ones too, just because they were such a great fit to her brand colours 🌟

Branding photoshoots have a lot of thought put into them both by me and the client so that we have a solid plan of which shots we’d like to capture for their marketing, and therefore which props and outfits would work best. The client completes a questionnaire, we draw up a shot list, we have a pre photoshoot zoom, photoshoot guidance sheets, WhatsApp chats about outfits and anything else required… everyone is different but whatever it takes to make sure that we can optimise the photoshoot time and it be as stress-free as possible beforehand and on the day 😅

Marie works with executives to help them achieve a better work-life balance and a happier healthier mindset. Her team can offer guidance and support to manage stress, reduce overwhelm and feel in control of their lives again. If you’d like to know more about her work or are looking for some support, do look at Glow Consultancy London. She is such a friendly, bubbly person, I can really recommend working with her 😊

It was a great morning photographing Maria, with some learning for me too. She’s got a background in fashion, including directing models on photoshoots, so I didn’t hold back from quizzing her on her own tips for posing 😆

Thanks Marie 🙏