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Helloooo :-) Here we are in another month with another colour in the ‘gallery’. August was about spotting, snapping and sharing BROWN and ‘hanging’ in the JMH Colour Gallery we have photos taking us to Spain, France, Tuscany, Morocco, Rochester (USA) and of course England. Meet the businesses owners that got involved this month, have a […]

Hello Everyone So, the month of July was all about spotting and snapping anything with a bit of blue.   Thank you to everyone who sent a photo in, always love seeing them pop onto my FB page.  We have had some really interesting ‘everyday things’ this month, and also some very special ones like […]

Hello Everyone June is over!  The colour for the #JMHColourPhotoChallenge was ORANGE, picked by putting orange and blue out to the vote on Facebook which was fun.  Orange won with 59% of the votes, so it was pretty close – for all of you that voted for BLUE, its here, with July. Have you sent […]

Have you tried Canva yet?  If not, whats stopping you?  Is it because you’ve not had time yet or maybe you think its too difficult or that its not something your business needs? Which ever one it is, believe me, if you use images for marketing Canva can make a huge difference.  Your images will […]

The #JMHColourPhotoChallenge has been going for 5 months and 5 colours. WHITE was the colour for May and here are the lovely photos that make up the collection. First my 9, each with a few words and then some of the ones you lovely people have taken and shared.  This month there are photos from […]

The #JMHColourPhotoChallenge for the month of April was all about YELLOW. Did you get involved this month and if you did, did you find yourself being a little more observant to what was around you? If you are still at the thinking stage of posting a photo on to my FB page, its just about […]

The #JMHColourPhotoChallenge has just finished its 3rd month.  March was all about spotting the colour GREEN while out and about in our everyday.  There is a collection from me, with a few words about the photo and this month photos from 9 lovely local business owners. I love this, its what I wanted to happen, […]

Why leave a client with just your business card to remember you by (if they keep it) when you can leave them with something a little more special that they will keep? Tidying my work space recently I found some jam jar lids that I had kept because of the little message inside the lid. […]

A PhotoWalk is you, walking, with your eyes open for a photo.  Maybe a 10 minute walk to get some lunch, an hours walk with the dog or a long family walk at the weekend.   Looking for something in particular while walking gets you focussing on what you are doing, rather than what you […]

Going out on a PhotoWalk is so much more interesting if you set yourself a bit of a challenge.  If I’m looking for something in particular I will walk slower and so notice much more.  This year I want to pick a colour every month, a simple challenge that can work anywhere, for people of […]

What is Mindfulness?  “Paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally”that’s how Jon Kabat Zinn, who introduced us all to mindfulness, describes it. By saying ‘non-judgementally’ he means keep your mind open to everything you see, hear, smell, touch and feel. By saying ‘in the present moment’ he is telling us to not […]

Hello Lovely People How are you all getting on with Christmas? Have you already added Christmas elements to your business ‘shop window’ or are you still working on it? Need some ideas? A couple of days ago Georgie Dog and I headed onto to the high street of Northampton.  My favourite spot is St Giles Street […]

People I meet often ask why I take photographs with my iPhone rather than a ‘traditional’ camera like most photographers in business.  They are intrigued by the idea and quiz me on whether it can work to tell their business story. We talk about photographs being a big part of marketing and how it should […]

Being a small business owner can be lonely sometimes but there are ways to get a ‘Business Family’ around you for support, to keep motivated and focussed. I found that during the summer holidays I had time to think, to step back a little and work out what  was working in my business and what […]

Cant believe we are over halfway through the school holidays!  How are things going, are you managing to keep the children occupied?  I thought I would share a few ideas in this blog on how you can keep them busy with a digital/phone camera. I’m sat writing this in our little holiday home in southern Spain, and for […]

We are spending hours on social media creating, sharing and/or watching videos from educational to just plain daft.  Did you know that 5 billion videos are watched on YouTube every day – thats BILLION, not million, how mad is that!  We may not be able to afford the cost of advertising our businesses on television […]

It’s always exciting when someone comes to me with an idea and asks me to put that idea into a social media photo, going through to newsletters and/or blogs. Talking it through, understanding the message they want to get across to their customers and then coming up with a visual is a challenge I enjoy. […]

Ever thought about going on a PhotoWalk and looking for photos that could work for your business?  Bespoke backgrounds to write your daily quotes, tips or advice on?  Wherever, and whenever, you are walking, whether it be to the train station or out on your lunch break, walk slowly, look at everything and you might […]

I take photographs, that’s my ‘thing’. Not just photographs for me but also for other peoples’ businesses. When I set up JMH PhotoStories, about a year ago now, I decided to create the website myself. Why did I decide I could do that when I had no experience? Because WordPress told me I could – […]

In this post you’ll find 9 photos of places, people or objects that grabbed my attention throughout May. All photos shot using my iPhone naturally…  Enjoy!