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Celebrating a Northants Business Woman

>> Business Stories, Video Stories

Ann Brebner of Time for You (Northampton) asked me to create a short video, with supporting words, to post on her social media platforms in celebration of 3 years working with Sheila Smith.

It was to mention how Ann met Sheila and other projects Sheila works on.  It needed to include photos of Sheila and be fun.

I took photos from Ann and Sheilas FB sites, added words using Canva and put them all together with music using the app Quik.

If you have a story to tell, drop me a message, if I can help, I will.

A Fundraiser’s Video Story

>> Business Stories, People, Video Stories

Northamptonshire business woman Ann Brebner fundraised through 2020 for The Lewis Foundation and asked me to create something that put the year together into a story, showing off the fundraising events, the businesses that had supported her and how much she had raised.

We talked through the year and made notes on what Ann should include in a series of videos.  Ann then did those in her own work space, sent them over to me and I edited them, added some photos and music.

It works all round, spreading awareness of The Lewis Foundation and shouting out for the the local businesses that got involved.

If you have a story that you would like putting together in a similar way, don’t be shy, drop me a hello.

Square Feet Co-working

>> Business Stories, People

Square Feet is a business that offers co-working space, hot desking, meeting rooms and office suites, spread over 2 beautiful victorian villa houses on the Billing Road in the centre of Northampton. Tom, the owner, asked me for photographs to go on his new website, images that would show off the beautiful features of his […]

The Hope Centre Allotment – Sept ’20

>> Business Stories, People

It was potato harvesting time at The Hope Centre‘s allotment so I got another chance to visit and meet some volunteers, catch up with Joe (who runs the allotment) and spend some time outdoors taking photos of them at work. I prefer not to set photos up and to let things just happen naturally, but […]

Photos for a Craft Group

>> Product Photography

A small craft group, local to me and that usually sells at Christmas and Village Fairs, decided it needed to start selling their crafts from their Facebook page.  

So they asked me to take photos that would help them sell.  

They had taken some photos themselves but were the first to admit that they were not showing off the lovely things they had made very well!

I took their photos over 3 days, at home as we were in lockdown at the time, and also helped load them into their FB Shop. 

If you want to support a little craft group in Northampton click here to go to their FB page and if you need some similar help click here to send me a message.

 

 

Video for a Lewis Foundation Campaign

>> Video Stories

Lorraine and Lee of The Lewis Foundation asked me to be one of their Ambassadors for their Lap of Honour fundraising campaign.  Perfect! A chance to meet new people, come up with ideas, pick up the Quik app again to put some videos together and generally have some fun.

This is a video I put together for Sheila Smith who did her Lap of Honour with, and on, her beloved Pip.

 

Graphics for a Lewis Foundation Campaign

>> Business Stories, Creating with Canva

Ann Brebner of Time for You (Northants) chose The Lewis Foundation as her charity to support through 2020.  To date she has raised close to £2,000 and is planning her 3rd fundraiser as I write this.

I have worked with Ann a number of times, so when she approached me about project managing her fundraiser #TFYRaffleforaSmile I jumped at the chance.  Proud to say that the target was £500 and we raised £808 :-)

Part of the brief was to create visuals for the campaign, which ran over 3 weeks.  Using Canva I created videos and stills that told the story of the charity and the progress of the campaign.

Here are a few of the stills – as you can see TLF got in on our hashtag too!

If you are running a campaign and think that I can help in a similar way please drop me a message.

Writer for You on Holiday

>> Business Stories, Message Boards

Natalie of Northants business WRITER FOR YOU doesn’t use stock images, she doesn’t need to when she has her own photo library of bespoke photos taken by me ;-)

Updating her library recently, Natalie asked me for some holiday themed photographs, using her ‘trade mark’ pencil case and some of her business cards – if you are going bespoke make sure everyone knows!

I was going away for a couple of weeks to visit family in Spain so took them with me – it was ideal, I had palm trees, sunshine and a swimming pool to add to Natalies props.

If you want something bespoke just drop me a message and lets see what we can work out.

 

The Hope Centre Allotment – June ’20

>> Business Stories, People

Spent an hour and a half at The Hope Centre allotment recently, on a lovely sunny morning which was perfect as blue skies in a photograph make such a difference.

Joe (Head Gardener) and Robin (CEO) were happy to be directed so we could ‘set up’ as many photos as possible. The more variety I could get, the more ways they could use them with conversations they were having across their social media sites.

Taking photographs for charities is something I donate my time to do.

 

The Lewis Foundation – A Packing Night

>> Video Stories

The Lewis Foundation is a Northampton based charity that provides comfort and happiness to cancer patients receiving treatment in hospitals in counties Northants, Bucks, Leics, Beds and Luton.  They do this by handing out useful and fun gift bags every week, and by taking the time to chat while with them.

I went along to one of The Lewis Foundations packing nights, when volunteers pack up to 700 gift bags. I took a few photos and quick video clips and put them together into this 1 minute video.

The Lewis Foundation is a Northampton based charity that provides comfort and happiness to cancer patients receiving treatment in hospitals in counties Northants, Bucks, Leics, Beds and Luton.  They do this by handing out useful and fun gift bags every week, and by taking the time to chat while with them.

I went along to one of The Lewis Foundations packing nights, when volunteers pack up to 700 gift bags. I took a few photos and quick video clips and put them together into this 1 minute video.

Poster for a Fashion Show

>> Creating with Canva

When Ann Brebner of Time For You (Northants) contacted me about a charity fashion show she was organising, and the poster she needed to advertise it, I jumped at the chance to get involved. We talked through all the different things that needed to be included in the poster including how people were going to […]

Graphics for Charity ‘Kids Club Kampala’

>> Business Stories, Creating with Canva

Kids Club Kampala is a charity working with children and their families in Kampala (Uganda) and that has offices both there and in Birmingham.

Social media plays a big part in spreading the word around about what they do.  There are plenty of volunteers that visit the projects in Kampala taking photos but the time to make them social media ‘pretty’ is sometimes hard to find.

Olivia asked me if I would help them turn their photos into something bright and eye catching.

Every month, using Canva, I create 4 or 5 ‘Happy Friday’ images and then images to work with International Days running through the month.

Sam of Your Elementz

>> Business Stories, People

Sam Andrews is a therapist based in Leicestershire that works with her clients in a small, relaxed environment at her home.

I spent an hour and a half in Sams workspace, with Sam, and a friend she had invited round to play the part of client for the photoshoot.

The easiest way for us to get the photos Sam wanted, was for Sam to just talk me through the different ways she works with her clients.  As she did, I took the photos.

Sometimes I bring a few ‘props’ to add colour or interest but there was no need on this shoot, there was plenty of things for us to work with.

 

The Lewis Foundation

>> Business Stories, People

The Lewis Foundation is a family run charity that (all through donations) buys for, puts together and then delivers with a smile & some chat, gift bags to cancer patients in Northamptonshire hospitals – and one in Leicester.

I met Lorraine through the networking group NBN (Northampton Business Network) and after listening to how TLF started and everything they do, I asked if I could be one of their volunteers and take some photos for them.

To date I have taken photos of their monthly coffee morning and of the packing of the gift bags, both at the Elgar Centre in Upton.

If you would like to volunteer some time to these lovely people then contact them on 07528 167341.

Enchanted Moon Ltd

>> Business Stories, People

Meet Steph Jones, a bookkeeper based in Leicester who specialises in cloud accounting systems.

Just screens, no paper – it makes for a very tidy desk!

Steph believes that businesses don’t need to spend huge amounts of time on bookkeeping when there is so much accounting software out there to get things done, so she either helps businesses to get set up or does it for them.

Here are a few of the photos that I took for Steph, not taken square so tap on them to see the full photo.  Most of them were for the Enchanted Moon website but we took a couple of fun ones to use on social media too.

Working on your own its not always to take photos of yourself, if you want something similar just drop me a message.

Steph

The Hope Centre – Oasis House

>> Business Stories, People

Over the years I have spent time, on a voluntary basis, with charities in England, Uganda and India.  When I heard that The Hope Centre here in Northampton wanted some help with photographs for their social media and newsletters I jumped at the chance to help.

We arranged for me to visit, to introduce myself and have a look around.  I was then sent a list of photographs that would be useful and returned on an agreed day and time to spend 2 hours taking some of them.

I met some lovely people and I’m looking forward to going back again to take some photos in their Memorial Garden and allotment.

If you are reading this and know of any other small Northampton charities I could help please let me know.  Call me on 07887 535112 or drop me an email.

Client of The Hope Centre
Client of The Hope Centre

Welsh Duo – The Lost Cause

>> Business Stories, People

Welsh acoustic duo The Lost Cause were playing local bars in Southern Spain and Gibraltar over the summer and asked me to take photos and videos of them to share across their social media platforms.

Taking photos in some situations that I was not able to stop and start when I wanted to was, for me, a completely different way of working and two of the biggest things I soon learnt were be brazen and work fast – there were rarely second chances.

We took photos at gigs; setting up at the start, performing and chatting after and some while writing songs and working on new covers.

For more on my time with Craig (guitarist & singer) and Baz aka Jordan (singer) keep a look out for my blog.

Enjoying music
Up in the hills
Writing songs
Lost in the song

 

Sheila Kirwan – Podiatrist

>> Business Stories, People

Northants podiatrist Sheila Kirwan found me through Instagram and her first message to me was, “Could I make feet look pretty”!

We met a few weeks later and it was soon clear that actually, for Sheila, the uglier the feet in a photo the better.  The Langham Place Foot Clinic focusses on getting their clients feet functional and comfortable no matter how small or severe their problem.

I spent an hour and a half at this family run, very friendly, relaxed clinic.  We took photos of all the different treatments the clinic offered, some of the faces that worked there and a couple of the very pretty garden.

Yoga with Kate

>> Business Stories, People

Kate Dyer is in the early stages of setting up her yoga business here in Northants.  Thinking ahead to advertising she asked me to take some photos that she could use for leaflets and her social media once set up.

Kate was very clear in her mind that she wanted the photos to be outdoors so in the run up to the photoshoot I sent her a few photos of places I spotted while out walking Georgie Dog.

We settled on a little stretch of the canal and met early evening, as Kate works in the day.  The sky was not as blue as would have been nice but we still got some lovely shots.

If you would like to get in contact with Kate to talk about yoga classes drop me a message and I can forward it on.

Katie

 

Dainty Rocks Jewellery

>> Business Stories, People

Diane creates her personalised birthstone jewellery in a small workspace.  Wanting photos for her social media platforms she wasn’t sure whether a photographer could work in the space she had.

It was a chat on Twitter #NorthantsHour about me working in another small business space that prompted her to call me.

Diane went through all the different stages of an order from receiving it to posting it out and I took the photos as she went along, with some fun ones showing off her tools and business cards.

Bonfirecherry at Work

>> Business Stories, Message Boards, People

This photoshoot is now officially the smallest business space I have worked in (to date). The printing shed of Bonfirecherry, a Northants lino cutter, podcaster and lover of social media.

Size of the space really didn’t matter, we had lots to work with and got photos of M at work, showing off prints and uploading photos and news onto social media.

If you worry that your work space is too small for a photographer to work in, please don’t. Working with my iPhone 10 I can work in the tiniest of spots, which can be quite amusing at times!

Head Shots for Virginia of Change for the Better

>> People

Virginia asked me to take some photos of her that she could use on her website and LinkedIn.

Taken at Virginia’s home, which is also her workplace, the shoot was relaxed and informal.  There was plenty of natural light to work with and it was easy for Virginia to do a few outfit changes.

(NB: These photos are cropped slightly to fit into my square format).

Fun Visuals for Time For You (Northants)

>> Message Boards

Using some little lego brooms and miniatures I went a bit different for these fun Message Boards for Time For You (Northants).   To work with social media conversations around:

  • businesses discovering TFY
  • TFY’s ironing services
  • cleaning over the Easter break
  • Walking away from the housework and letting TFY step in

Video for Birchfield Life

>> Business Stories, Video Stories

Elyse of Birchfield Life had been thinking of doing some videos about her flower garden for a while but just wasn’t getting round to it.

So she asked if I would spend an hour with her to get things started – as we all know starting is sometimes the hardest part.

We took some time to work out what part of her garden Elyse wanted to talk about and how we were going to split her chat into 3 ‘scenes’.  Elyse didn’t want anything too long which we agreed was a good idea for the first attempt.

We put together this short video in about 45 minutes – following the plan but also making things up a little too.  We kept things very natural and I think Elyse was a pro, she was very relaxed chatting to my iPhone!

Bespoke Images for Writer For You

>> Business Stories, Message Boards

Natalie Trembecki is a freelance copywriter based in Northants.  She puts words together in her magical way for clients to use on website, reports, press releases, social media – and more!

Natalie uses stock images but contacted me about creating some bespoke ones.

We worked together on ideas before hand, and on the day, to create the images she needed.  As you can see from these photos Natalie wanted to include in the images her love of words, outdoor time with her family and the importance she puts into writing thankyou cards.

Some of the props used just had to be her ‘trademark’ pencil case and the pens and notebooks in her life.

 

Autumn Images for Stacks Property

>> Message Boards

The photos I take for Stacks Property Search are ‘Message Boards’ but without the created space, like these.  Their words are placed over the photos.

These photos were to work with social media conversations around autumn and dark nights.

The nest was an extra, I spotted it sitting in the undergrowth at the base of a hawthorn bush, walked past it, but kept thinking about how I could use it for a photograph. Came up with the words – ‘Looking for a New Nest in 2019?’ so I went back and took it home!

Time for You (Northants)

>> Business Stories, Message Boards, People

I have taken a few photos for Time For You over the last year, but these were the ones I had taken in the office.  Ann asked for photos of her team and anything else that I thought would work to use on social media.  I had taken some Northants maps in with me so we took a series of photos around them and then some fun ones outside the office as there is a great frontage to it.

Extravis Marketing

>> Business Stories, People

Emma wanted a selection of photos for her social media posts.  Photos that would give her clients a peek into how she works and put a face to the business.

The brief was to get photos that covered:
1) a general working day
2) visiting a client
3) taking some time out.

We spent 2 hours taking photos over 3 locations, there were a couple of wardrobe changes and our props were things that Emma works with every day.

 

Samantha Cameron

>> Message Boards

Samantha Cameron is all about social media platforms; planning, training and scheduling.

Sam asked me for photos to be used as ‘Message Boards’ (photos with blank space that can be ‘written’ on).  We created a collection at her office, keeping things simple with her trademark nails, her love of stationery and of course her link to social media.

Campaign Images for EVE

>> Message Boards, People

Northamptonshire charity organisation EVE helps women and families who’s lives are effected by domestic violence and abuse.
Starting on the 25th November they will be running a campaign for 16 days called Kind Hands and these are a collection of photos I took for them to use both in print and across their social media.

#KindHands – keep a look out for the campaign and help Eve by sharing anything you can.

The National Foot Drop Society

>> Message Boards

The National Foot Drop Society, based in Warwickshire, launched their first national awareness day on the 21st September.

After looking through stock images and not finding any feet photos that were particularly inspiring they asked me to create a collection of photos that they could use across their social media sites.

Proud to have played a part in their first year!

Message Boards for JMH

>> Message Boards

When I have chance I take photographs that I can use for my social media platforms too. These are a few.

If you are reading this then maybe you are thinking about asking for some help with your photos?  These are all a little different and might give you some ideas.

Give me a call, I’m always happy to chat.

https://jmhphotostories.com/contact/

Time For You – Spring

>> Message Boards

Time for You (Northants) is a regular client of mine and I create Message Boards for them to use as part of their campaigns.  

These are a few from a collection I created for them to use in their Spring Clean conversations.

School photos for a Stacks article

>> Business Stories, People

This was a different photo request from Stacks Property. Having written an article for the Four Shires magazine – January ’17 edition – entitled “How Schools Impact on the Property Market” they needed some photos to sit alongside the words. Thinking of local schools to me I spoke to Quinton House School who were happy for […]

Cenu Cacao of Leamington Spa

>> Business Stories, Product Photography

Rosemary was just starting out in her shop in Leamington Spa when she contacted me.  With no set idea of what she wanted she asked me to just take anything I spotted.  A lovely lady, full of enthusiasm for what she creates she was a lot of fun to work with, and her chocolate really is delicious!

Wedding theme for Lisa Smith – Love Nails

>> Business Stories, Product Photography

Lisa is a nail technician based in Northamptonshire. A busy lady who works from home but also offers a mobile service. Lisa asked me if I could take some photos for her that would work with the wedding season.

Poolside for Lisa Smith – Love Nails

>> Business Stories, Product Photography

The next time I did some work with Lisa was a couple of weeks before Mothers Day. She wanted to talk about her voucher on social media and needed some photos to use for promoting treatment vouchers.

Spanish label ‘WestShark’

>> People, Product Photography

Product photography for a new business that had just started printing up t-shirts in Spain, called WestShark.

I met them on holiday, got chatting to them and took these just for fun.  It was the first time I had had the chance to take photos with people so it was a great chance for me to see if I could do it.

Jams & Jellies by Friars Farm

>> Product Photography

I met Steve and Caroline at their home where they make all their lovely salsas, jellies and more. They are amazing people who love creating new flavours. These photos were part of a general collection for them to use on their social media.

Bronzes at The Rose Gallery

>> Product Photography

Deborah asked me to take photos of the Richard Cooper bronze sculptures in the gallery. The brief was to keep things natural and to give customers an idea of their size which she was happy I did.

Bonfirecherry

>> Product Photography

Bonfirecherry is a Northampton-based business that prints on to bags, brooches and knot wraps by lino cutting.  He also creates bespoke pictures with this method.

The owner had always done his own product photography but asked me to help him with 2 different products when I was offering a free service for a month.

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