Nursery Photography – 10 Tips on How to Engage Children During a Photo-Shoot
Getting genuine expressions instead of “cheesy smiles” is the most challenging part of nursery photography, but those smiles get the parents to fall in love with the photographs and place orders. It’s very rare that a child would look in the camera and smile happily...
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Actor Portfolio Photo-Shoot with Margaret Preece
Just finished going through the images from an actor portfolio photo-shoot with Margaret Preece and feeling so happy and excited! Margaret Preece is a world famous Opera singer, who has performed in the most prestigious Opera Houses all over the world. Margaret is an...
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Photos with Barbara Gornall – Craniosacral Therapist
Last week I had the pleasure to work with the lovely Barbara Gornall - Craniosacral Therapist, based in Winnersh. Barbara needed some photographs for her website, social media and business cards. CranioSacral therapy is a gentle hands on therapy that can treat the...
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IDA UK Launch Event Photography
Last Sunday I was asked to capture the launch of the IDA UK, a charity organisation which aims to promote education and professional development of Indian dentists settled in the UK. The event took place in the Sheraton Hotel near Heathrow airport and it was a very...
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June 2019 – My Favourite Photograph of the Month
June turned out to be a very busy month for business portraits. I worked with a nice variety of small businesses and self-employed people, and one of the most memorable sessions was with the beautiful Krestyna from London International Agency. This amazing lady set up...
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May 2019 – My Favourite Photograph of the Month
May was a rather intense month, as I photographed nearly two hundred children in Cedar Park nursery and Little Acorns pre-school. As much as I love all those beautiful children, I picked my favourite photo from a studio family session. It was such great fun, we had a...
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Thames Valley Taekwondo Training Day
Last weekend I photographed a training day of Thames Valley Taekwondo, in a beautiful hall in St. Andrew's school in Pangbourne. It was a great event, with students of all ages and abilities training together.. Here are a few of my favourite photographs taken that...
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Family Portrait Session in Wargrave Woods
Over May bank holiday weekend I had a lively and fun family portrait session in Wargrave woods with a beautiful family of three. Bluebells came out a lot earlier that usually this year, so there was not as many of them as we expected. Nonetheless, the woods itself...
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April 2019 – My Favourite Photograph of the Month
My favourite photograph this month was from a Beauty and Boudoir session styled by Tatyana Brown from the glosstudiobackdrops.uk.. It was a great shoot with many beautiful images to choose from, but I just love this...
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Photographing Shirley Pearce from Understanding Dementia UK
This week I photographed the lovely Shirley Pearce from Understanding Dementia UK...I have been admiring Shirley's work on dementia awareness for quite a few years now. She organises many events, one of the most significant of them being the charity Barn Dance in...
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Pauline Baxter – Business Massage Academy – Business Portrait
Professional photography for health and wellbeing professionals is absolutely essential, as they always need strong images for websites, social media platforms and business cards. In the past few years I have photographed several massage therapists, acupuncturists,...
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Photographing Exciting New Products for Verbatim
Last week I've spent an entire day photographing some exciting new products for Verbatim, a company that provides digital media solutions worldwide. They needed images of their new range of power banks, cables and USB drives. Part of the day was spent in the studio,...
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March 2019 – My Favourite Photograph of the Month
This month my favourite photo-session was with Edwin from Latin Brothers... there were so many photographs to choose from, so after quite a bit of hesitation I settled on this image, as I love the outfit and the powerful expression on Edwin's face. If you'd like to...
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Photo-Shoot with Edwin from Latin Brothers
I love creating professional portraits for dance instructors and performers... Each and every session is always unique and it's such great pleasure to create images that get seen by hundreds if not thousands on people worldwide. Last weekend I work with Edwin from...
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February 2019 – My Favourite Photograph of the Month
In February I worked with the beautiful Sharon Bowler to create a new business portrait for her Business Cards and for her other marketing needs. I absolutely love this portrait of hers, so I've chosen it as my favourite photograph of the month. If you'd like to read...
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Discovering Cuba
February was a very special month for me... After many weeks of research and planning my big dream came true - I went traveling to Cuba!!! My friend Alexandra was my travel companion and we were ready for a great adventure! Cuba has always fascinated me, in the...
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January 2019 – My Favourite Photograph of the Month
This month my vote goes to the portrait of these three beautiful sisters. These girls are very special to me, as they belong to my to the family who were the first official clients of ABL Photography in November 2007. It was such a pleasure to see them and photograph...
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Business Portrait with Michael from Michael’s Tuition
Last Saturday afternoon I had Michael Bailey from Michael's Tuition in my studio for a tutor business portrait session. Michael is a PGCE trained teacher with a maths degree. He teaches children maths, sciences, and English up to and including GCSEs and ‘A’ levels. He...
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ABL Photography’s First Clients in November 2007
Every business has a story about how it started, so here is mine - it's a story about my very first clients and my first ever commissioned photo-session. I met Claudia by the door of the Cedar park nursery back in the autumn of 2005. We were both busy parents, working...
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Fun Family Photo-session With the Dog Called Luna
I've met this lovely family four years ago, when they booked a Christmas photo-shoot. We've been in touch all these years and I was absolutely delighted when they returned to my studio last Saturday. The most exciting part was having a chance to meet the new addition...
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