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Summer portraits of a young family
Summer’s coming (can’t you tell by how much rain we’re having!) and it’s a great time to get outdoors for family portraits. I’m still surprised by the number of people who think that ‘a family portrait’ means venturing to a high street studio for a formal sitting or having contrived ‘fun’ pictures in an artificial [...]
Exclusive offer for Warrington Business Expo, April 27th, 2012
Look the part AND be the part Andrew Collier Photography and Catherine Sandland are delighted announce a joint special offer for people who want to set their businesses apart from their competitors. Catherine Sandland, well known as The Presenting Queen is renowned for her ability to help people become fantastic presenters who love to speak [...]
Top ten business portrait mistakes
Your business portrait makes a powerful statement about you and your business. Here are ten common mistakes people make and they can all be found on social media websites. Self-portrait taken with a camera phone Sunglasses – if we can’t see your eyes we can’t see you A picture of your kids instead of you [...]
Business Portraits Showcase at Warrington Business Expo
Warrington Business Expo I’ll be showcasing my business portraits and corporate headshots on Stand 12 at Warrington Business Expo on Friday, April 27th. I’ll be showing how natural lighting and local environments make business portraits that are not only flattering but also make a powerful statement about you and your business. Hardly anyone likes to [...]
Corporate headshots – a quick snap or a statement about your business?
Five tips for a perfect business portrait. We only have one chance to make the perfect impression. This is especially true in marketing, both digital and print based. I still cannot believe the huge numbers of people out there who still can’t see this. A business portrait, corporate headshot, avatar; call it what you like, [...]
Debbie and her daughters
Debbie asked me if I’d do a family portrait photography session for her as she wanted some portrait photographs of her and her two daughters for Christmas. We went along to their home in Stockton Heath, on the south side of Warrington, Cheshire to do the photographs for them. It was a freezing cold, grey [...]
Jessica’s prom dress
High school proms are amazing events, filled with so much joy and expectation. And the two big questions are what to wear and how to get there, everything else seems less important. The school prom is probably one of the first opportunities for young people to be celebrities for a night! In the summer of [...]
Aren’t toddlers cute!
We went over to Kerrie and Dave’s on the Wirral before Christmas to do a children’s portrait session for their ever so cute baby daughter. We wanted to keep things simple so we just used the back garden and patio. It was a very bright sunny Sunday morning but a bit chilly. It was perfect [...]
Gordon and Sheila’s wedding
This has to be the most romantic wedding story of 2011. Gordon and Sheila were teenage sweethearts in the late 1950s. Their lives went in very different directions as happens when families move to different parts of the country. They met up again a few years ago after nearly fifty years and decided to tie [...]
School’s Out
Lifestyle portrait photography means different things to different people so when I was asked if I’d do a shoot for Pete Linas’s daughter and her friends on their last day of school I wasn’t sure what type of portrait photography we’d do. We wanted to capture the moment. Seven best friends who’d been so close [...]
