Tag: photography

Learning from the best with Adaptis

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4 November 2024

A great mix of highly skilled people persons 🌟

Earlier this year I did a branding photoshoot for Adaptis, a Learning & Development consultancy. Founded by Sara Burks (feature photo) they are made up of a brilliant team of consultants, coaches, learning designers and facilitators, with backgrounds in leadership positions or psychology practice. Together they develop bespoke learning programmes to help others grow, strengthen and make behavioural changes or all three. I met with them a few months before their photoshoot so we could get chatting on how to incorporate as many aspects of their work into their images as possible.

The planning parts of a branding photoshoot are surprisingly straight forward. We sit down and talk about your brand, what makes you all tick, your values, which aspects you want to show off – everything that will give me a strong understanding of your ethos and the nuts & bolts of your company. Then we look at the logistics and how to capture this in images in the most efficient way for you. Sometimes this might be over one morning or across a couple of dates depending how many team members are involved and which locations we’re using.

For Adaptis’s branding photoshoot we hired a big meeting room in the coworking offices where they are based and used a combination of spaces in the building for headshots.

Thank you for such a fun set of photoshoots Adaptis, it was a real pleasure meeting you all and getting to know your business.

If you’d like to learn more about Adaptis have a look at their website. I can guarantee that they’re great to work with 😁

A branding photoshoot with a parent coach

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18 July 2024

A helping hand for the holidays 🌟

Priscilla Bacon is a Psychotherapist & Parent Coach and works with children individually as well as parents. She’s an absolute inspiration for how to communicate with children and keep them, as well as you, happy and calm throughout every day routines 😊

I did a branding photoshoot for Priscilla as she was redesigning her website and wanted a set of new images that showed more about her work – the environments she uses, some of her resources and materials, as well as capturing her warm welcoming personality. I particularly loved her shelving unit as a backdrop 📷

We also featured her gorgeous dog obviously as she plays a big part in Priscilla’s life 🐶

Since her photoshoot Priscilla has really increased her social media presence and she regularly posts brilliant tips and tricks for parents and families. My children are grown up now but I would have loved some of her advice years ago, especially for the school holidays which always felt testing at times 😎 One of my favourites is her post on how to manage sleepovers without the inevitable child exhaustion the following day ✨

With the schools just breaking up, if you’ve got children and would like advice on keeping a calm family environment, have a look at her website for more details or follow her on insta @passionate_about_parenting for some amazing quick ideas.

The best type of wellbeing before work!

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10 July 2024

How to guarantee a great start to the day 🌟

Karishma Kaimal is a financial advisor and Katie Mantwa George is a meditation teacher and founder of Being Human Well. Together they have been running some brilliant early morning sessions combining financial advice with seated meditation (not simultaneously haha). Having full control on your finances is highly linked to your wellbeing, so combining it with Katie’s meditation session was a perfect injection of knowledge and calmness before work ☀️

I was already at the wellbeing morning as a participant but Karishma and Katie had asked me to run a headshot session afterwards for anyone needing new profile photos. It was a lovely thing to offer people as it turned out that pretty much everyone said they’d been putting off getting a headshot refresh for ages because of time or lack of opportunity. By booking their slots in advance I got the chance to give them a few tips and nuggets of advice on how to make the most of their 5 minute sessions 😁

I always love doing headshots at events but it’s also a real treat as it means I get to meet everyone individually 😆

Here are a few of the great people I got to meet.

Book in to the next wellbeing morning on 3 October, you never know I may see you there!

Katie also runs meditation workshops and retreats so click here for more calmness. Or get in touch with Karishma for sound financial advice. They are both absolutely lovely to work with 🩶🩶🩶

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 🙏

Branding images for a naturopath

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28 March 2024

Seeds, greens, fibre and chat!

It was really great to meet Enrida Kelly to do some new branding photos for her. She is a naturopathic colon hydrotherapist and has a clinic in London offering naturopathy, massage therapy and food intolerance support. Gut health is one of my favourite topics (see also my last blog 😉 so we had lots to chat about 😆

We’re planning to do some more branding photos in her clinic but for these she wanted a more neutral space for headshots and images with the tools of her trade, so we used Spaces in Ealing. It’s super light and airy and has a variety of surfaces and backgrounds that worked really well with her brand style. Finding the right location for photoshoots is always key to branding photography. Sometimes we use the client’s own workspace or office but there are lots of options indoors and out that I can suggest and I’m always on the look-out for new locations, so that I can match your brand to the ideal setting. It’s not just about the interior design of location and light but also the feel that it conveys in images 📷 😊

Have a look at Enrida’s website A Natural Path to Health to learn more about her work 😊

New headshots for a nutritionist & lifestyle practitioner

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23 February 2024

The perfect combination of photography and gut health!

I’m really fascinated by the gut and how instrumental it is to our mental as well as physical health. I love a mixture of book genres but one of my favourite bedtime reading has always been Gut by Giulia Enders (the illustrations are particularly descriptive and hilarious). So I was really excited to do some headshots for Jessica O’Dwyer who is a nutrition & lifestyle practitioner in London and spends lots of time helping people protect their microbiomes.

Jessica works with lots of corporates and her brand colours are very neutral with plenty of white so the Victoria coworking Spaces was a good fit as it’s very light and airy with neutral furnishings and plenty of plants. I do headshots in a number of the Spaces sites all over London but I particularly like the Victoria one for their floor to ceiling windows and nice outdoor backdrops too.

Jessica offers private nutrition consultations and psychology sessions as well as corporate wellness packages. She is a specialist in chronic fatigue and has had real success in relieving some of the symptoms in her clients over time🌟 Chronic fatigue is so debilitating mentally and physically, with limited treatment options, it must be amazing to find something that can help. Have a look at her website to learn more about how she works 😊

I do lots of headshots and branding photography for businesses in the fitness and wellbeing industry. Getting people to talk about their work, as well as other things, is very easy when they are passionate about what they do. The resulting images are always full of engagement, energy and natural enthusiasm and really show off their personality. Clients love the experience (having expected it to be stressful and awkward 🤪) and my job is not only a breeze but I get to learn all about them and their favourite topic. The gut in Jessica’s instance! 😆

Mini branding photoshoot with MD of Fabulous Networking

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7 February 2024

A branding photoshoot full of chat, fun and creativity.

Personal Branding photoshoots are more detailed than headshots in that they delve a bit deeper into what your business offers and show even more of your amazing personality! They help people visualise working with you and potential customers will quickly get to know and trust your brand. We use your work tool props which are also great for making you feel comfortable in front of the camera – you’ll forget I’m even there 😁

Branding photoshoots are a very easy way of creating a bank of engaging images that take care of all your social media and website needs. You’ll never have to use stock images again hurray! 

A few times a year I offer mini branding sessions on specific days, in great locations which suit multiple brands or can be adapted to their style. These are half hour mini photoshoots packed with as many outfits or props as we can. They are perfect for businesses with a smaller budget or who want to tip their toe into the water and discover what brand photography has to offer. I give plenty of advice and tips on how to prepare for your session and what to bring so you don’t need to worry about anything.

This is Glenda Shawley, who runs Fabulous Networking, a brilliant set of network groups in and around London. Together, she and her members help each other’s businesses thrive, with practical solutions and moral support. Running a small business can be a very fulfilling but isolating experience and network groups can play an essential part in keeping people in good mental health. Glenda and I had a lovely half hour catching up in her mini branding session, with her doing what she does best: talking about working with people, and me capturing her warm, friendly personality. We did lots of different sets up using her everyday tools to give a flavour of her work, as well as incorporating elements of her book club for businesses. Glenda’s also a published author so obviously we included her very own book, Founded After 40 🌟

Scroll below for a taster of some of the images that I put into Glenda’s branding photoshoot gallery. If you’re looking for a new network to meet lots of inspiring business owners, do get in touch with Glenda and have a trial visit @fabulousnetworking or have a look at her website