Self employed - work in studio for yourself
freelance- find work and get commission
Placement - unpaid work experience
shadowing- observing work for experience
managed task - work set by an external agency
First self employed photo-shoot within wbl
Photo-shoot for a childrens entertainer
I was approached and asked to do some corporate photos for a local man who was a childrens entertainer, a chris evans lookalike, a comedy hypnotist, and a stand up comedian . I had never done any work like this before so I was nervous and didn't know what to really expect , the shoot was a success and he was more than happy with the photos , here are some of them, and some used on his posters.
Photo-shoot for a childrens entertainer
I was approached and asked to do some corporate photos for a local man who was a childrens entertainer, a chris evans lookalike, a comedy hypnotist, and a stand up comedian . I had never done any work like this before so I was nervous and didn't know what to really expect , the shoot was a success and he was more than happy with the photos , here are some of them, and some used on his posters.
8th october 2011 - 12am
Payment - £30 for the hour with 20-30 edited images ( an extra 4hrs editing time)
28th october 2011 11am
Joyce's grandchildren ages 18months-11 years old
Review
Harry aged 2 and a half with his mother Jane
Travis and kelly - 2years old with mother
Testimonials
Review from travis and Kelly's shoot
''Thank you so much lauren for such wonderful & outstanding photo's of myself & travis everyone that has seen them have commented on them & said how good they are. I couldn't have asked for better picture's & you have captured each 1 perfect. Not only are the picture's outstanding but your professionalism was as well yesterday not only did you make us feel welcome & comfortable but you never rushed us at all and did all you could to make us feel at ease. You never commanded how the pictures or poses were to be but let us do poses we chose and advised us where you thought necessary. Once again thank you so much the picture's are more than I expected they are outstanding & I will be contacting you again in the near future for more picture's done.''
Reviews from past photo shoots
Rebecca Catteral Review (above photo-shoot)
Id like to thank lauren for the beautiful photos she took of me! the photos I recieved where unbelieveable!! id also like t say I felt 100% comfortable throughtout the photoshoot which I was worried about as the shoot was a maternity shoot so Id be in lil amounts of clothes!! lauren great work cant wait for the next shoot xx
Rebecca Catteral Review (above photo-shoot)
Id like to thank lauren for the beautiful photos she took of me! the photos I recieved where unbelieveable!! id also like t say I felt 100% comfortable throughtout the photoshoot which I was worried about as the shoot was a maternity shoot so Id be in lil amounts of clothes!! lauren great work cant wait for the next shoot xx
Emily Catteral and Ruby ellen ( baby)
Review from Emily's mother
dated 12/10/11
'Lauren
has done two photo shoots with my daughter and granddaughter, both
times I have been present while they took place. On both occasions
Lauren made us welcome in her studio, being friendly, polite and
hospitable. She was very professional in her approach to the shoot and
was ready to listen to myself and daughter on ideas we had for "poses"
and also offer up her own suggestions. Her patience was impecable where
my grandaughter was concerned as she was only 2 weeks old on the first
shoot and 4 months old for the second with more patience needed as she
got fed up and was a little fractious at times, but Lauren took it all
in her stride and worked with the baby.
The
process time was almost instant and we recieved our disc of the shoot
the following day. My daughter, myself and all our family and friends
were very impressed with the results and it led to a couple more
bookings from family and friends
on the strength of the quality of the photos. My other daughter has
just had a maternity shoot with Lauren and the photos are amazing. We
are all pleased with the results. We are booking a Christmas shoot in a
couple of weeks and I would recommend Lauren to anyone wanting some
professional photographs.'
Alan Lloyd photo-shoot dated -
I would personally like to thank Lauren for the fantastic shoot she did for me the results where far better than i could ever of hoped for.This girl knows her stuff .Looking forward to having another shoot real soon she has some incredible ideas and knows just the type of shoot iam looking for.
Patricia Murphy Review dated-
Lauren has done a shoot ov myself and her grandad ov which we were very pleased with as we had never been able to get a good photo ov the two of us together. two ov the photos have got pride ov place in our home. Lauren we cant thank you enough , keep up the good work . xxxx
12/11/11
Newborn shoot
This was another paid shoot from one of my clients Rebecca Moore , I was pleased when she wanted to come back to me after her first maternity photo-shoot it gave me a lot more confidence and reassurance that my client felt as ease whilst I was photographing her.
She requested some photographs are Baby Joel and some with them all together , I then suggested that it would be nice to have some images of leyton (father) with baby joel and Rebecca (mother) to show the separate bonds. I wanted to create moving images which the couple could keep forever and remember the times when joel was first born. Here are the chosen images edited.
Joel and Leyton
I must admit I got great feedback from these images from the clients and other fans on Facebook and from word of mouth. Although I was happy with the outcome of the photo-shoot I feel like some style of the images stood out for me a lot more than others. I felt that the more close up images of joel were more intimate and moving as an image , the far away ones looked more creative but less intimate. So therefore next time I do a newborn shoot I try and get a happy medium by shooting creative and moving images with not too much space in the background. I have noticed recently that I tend to stick with one software for editing - aperture , I want to see the other options so I have recently been trying actions on photoshop, I have edited some images from this photo-shoot with the use of actions to show the difference.
Eve photoshoot 2
I already did a photohoot with the Bannister family when Eve was 3months old and so they decided to come back 4months later to get some images with her looking a little more alert and obviously older.
Twins and finny
This week it was my first experience of photographing twins at four years old and it was especially harder as there was another 1 year old sibling involved.
26th november Rubys 3rd shoot and 1st birthday
This was quite an emotional experience for me as I photographed ruby from being just 11 days old as a newborn, she was my first ever newborn photo-shoot and looking back at the images now there is a lot of improvement that could of been made , nevertheless they loved the images and have continued to use me for further photo-shoots from the age of 3months to now her first birthday.
Lj photography Logos and price lists
I contacted a local graphic designer after getting fed up of having a calligraphy text for my 'logo' here is her first attempts and final logo. I also wanted a matching disc cover and cd case for clients.
New cd covers - downloads from a website
Placement&Experience
Dean mcdonald work placement for one day in his studio
dated 13/11/11
As I was searching for work based learning opportunities i decided to go into the local photographer in bamber bridge called dean McDonald photography. I approached dean and asked for any opportunities available at the moment , his reply wasn't a positive one at first as he replied by saying he didn't have enough work at the moment but offered a day working with him and a model and showing me his tricks of the trade with lighting and positioning and talking to the model. I wasn't going to turn down an opportunity like that whether it was a day or a week, so we arranged a date and I had to find a model. Here are some of the images from the day.
Week four: 12th december
christmas photoshoot - lucas family
Alfiie photo-shoot - age 2 1/2
Me&Thee Wedding Photography
After waiting a year to get into wedding photography I decided it was time to start doing weddings , I wanted to do it seperate from 'Lj photography' so had to come up with a seperate brandng , I thought seeing as id be nervous at first that maybe I should join up with someone doing simlar genres of photography , I acted upon asking Danielle to be my business partner and came up with the name 'Me&Thee wedding photography' as it suited both me and danielle and the bride and groom .I contacted a local graphic designer to design us a logo she sent us a few different designs and colours but eventually i changed the colours to suit our needs.
First Wedding - Julie&Graham - Wellington Park Leyland
This was me&thee wedding photography's first wedding so it was a big deal, I wanted to make sure we were both prepared and organised for the day, we had T-shirts Printed with our names on the back and had business cards for future clients, we made sure we had enough batteries for the day for our flashguns. Even though we thought we were prepared , half way through the day we ended up having to buy more batteries , this was a slight hiccup in the day but fortunately the guests where eating and didn't want to be photographed. Another problem we faced during the day was the lack of photo opportunities on location, we wanted to get a group photograph near some trees on the location but due to alot of older guests they where unable to get there , the group photos unfortunatley had to be shot on the carpark which isnt the nicest place for a group photo. We managed to overface the problems we came across and was over-complimented throughout the day of how well we was doing.
Website rearrangement and images on blog taken
my images on the blog
Mug Layouts
Me, corrine and Janine - owner and manager
Evaluation of my experiences
Overall After many months of different experiences with a variety of artists , photographers and clients I have managed to build up a list of contacts that will be forever useful for my future as a photographer.I have learnt , after searching in large cities for companies to take me on as a volunteer that not everyone will see me as help for them aswell as myself but often others will see myself as competition and send me away.
I have learnt new techniques when working with models and using specific lighting from the help of a very local photographer , Dean McDonald , learnt how collaborating with other artists can be helpful to me aswell as them for the nearby future. The Newborn Workshop with Newborn Photographer Vikkie Huckle 'Pennycress Photography' showed me how successful newborn photography really can be if you push yourself and take risks. Throughout the year I have also built up a range of clients that have continued to come back and use me as a photographer, I have been able to look back at my past work and point out my flaws and realise my strongest points and tried to push them further with each new customer that comes along. Starting Me&Thee Wedding photography as a business was a huge deal for me as a photographer , it has helped me further my skills in photography and helped me step out of my comfort zone which is studio based photography, working with another photographer has helped me know how to collaborate with others more successfully and be able to do it at a professional standard. I feel as-though my weaknesses throughout this brief have been that I need to step out of my comfort zone more , I have done this by visiting more galleries aswell as studios , to see the other side of art and photography that I don't see as often with the genre that I want to specialise in. If I was to step out of my comfort zone more and visit less local areas I do believe I would of probably got a lot more varied opportunities , although I have managed to successfully find a nice variety of opportunities close to home which I never even knew about, which has made me feel more confident about carrying on with my business more locally especially now I have built up a large sum of clients.
I would personally like to thank Lauren for the fantastic shoot she did for me the results where far better than i could ever of hoped for.This girl knows her stuff .Looking forward to having another shoot real soon she has some incredible ideas and knows just the type of shoot iam looking for.
Patricia Murphy Review dated-
Lauren has done a shoot ov myself and her grandad ov which we were very pleased with as we had never been able to get a good photo ov the two of us together. two ov the photos have got pride ov place in our home. Lauren we cant thank you enough , keep up the good work . xxxx
12/11/11
Newborn shoot
This was another paid shoot from one of my clients Rebecca Moore , I was pleased when she wanted to come back to me after her first maternity photo-shoot it gave me a lot more confidence and reassurance that my client felt as ease whilst I was photographing her.
She requested some photographs are Baby Joel and some with them all together , I then suggested that it would be nice to have some images of leyton (father) with baby joel and Rebecca (mother) to show the separate bonds. I wanted to create moving images which the couple could keep forever and remember the times when joel was first born. Here are the chosen images edited.
The family together
close up on babies features
I must admit I got great feedback from these images from the clients and other fans on Facebook and from word of mouth. Although I was happy with the outcome of the photo-shoot I feel like some style of the images stood out for me a lot more than others. I felt that the more close up images of joel were more intimate and moving as an image , the far away ones looked more creative but less intimate. So therefore next time I do a newborn shoot I try and get a happy medium by shooting creative and moving images with not too much space in the background. I have noticed recently that I tend to stick with one software for editing - aperture , I want to see the other options so I have recently been trying actions on photoshop, I have edited some images from this photo-shoot with the use of actions to show the difference.
Eve photoshoot 2
I already did a photohoot with the Bannister family when Eve was 3months old and so they decided to come back 4months later to get some images with her looking a little more alert and obviously older.
This week it was my first experience of photographing twins at four years old and it was especially harder as there was another 1 year old sibling involved.
This was quite an emotional experience for me as I photographed ruby from being just 11 days old as a newborn, she was my first ever newborn photo-shoot and looking back at the images now there is a lot of improvement that could of been made , nevertheless they loved the images and have continued to use me for further photo-shoots from the age of 3months to now her first birthday.
Lj photography Logos and price lists
I contacted a local graphic designer after getting fed up of having a calligraphy text for my 'logo' here is her first attempts and final logo. I also wanted a matching disc cover and cd case for clients.
New cd covers - downloads from a website
New logo and Business cards
Price Lists
Placement&Experience
Dean mcdonald work placement for one day in his studio
dated 13/11/11
As I was searching for work based learning opportunities i decided to go into the local photographer in bamber bridge called dean McDonald photography. I approached dean and asked for any opportunities available at the moment , his reply wasn't a positive one at first as he replied by saying he didn't have enough work at the moment but offered a day working with him and a model and showing me his tricks of the trade with lighting and positioning and talking to the model. I wasn't going to turn down an opportunity like that whether it was a day or a week, so we arranged a date and I had to find a model. Here are some of the images from the day.
Week four: 12th december
christmas photoshoot - lucas family
Alfiie photo-shoot - age 2 1/2
Me&Thee Wedding Photography
After waiting a year to get into wedding photography I decided it was time to start doing weddings , I wanted to do it seperate from 'Lj photography' so had to come up with a seperate brandng , I thought seeing as id be nervous at first that maybe I should join up with someone doing simlar genres of photography , I acted upon asking Danielle to be my business partner and came up with the name 'Me&Thee wedding photography' as it suited both me and danielle and the bride and groom .I contacted a local graphic designer to design us a logo she sent us a few different designs and colours but eventually i changed the colours to suit our needs.
Final Logo
First Wedding - Julie&Graham - Wellington Park Leyland
This was me&thee wedding photography's first wedding so it was a big deal, I wanted to make sure we were both prepared and organised for the day, we had T-shirts Printed with our names on the back and had business cards for future clients, we made sure we had enough batteries for the day for our flashguns. Even though we thought we were prepared , half way through the day we ended up having to buy more batteries , this was a slight hiccup in the day but fortunately the guests where eating and didn't want to be photographed. Another problem we faced during the day was the lack of photo opportunities on location, we wanted to get a group photograph near some trees on the location but due to alot of older guests they where unable to get there , the group photos unfortunatley had to be shot on the carpark which isnt the nicest place for a group photo. We managed to overface the problems we came across and was over-complimented throughout the day of how well we was doing.
Favourite images of the day
2nd Wedding
Terri&Carl - blackburn registry office
This was our 2nd wedding and went alot better on some parts of the day than others , the pre wedding photos were very rushed as the couple gave us very little time to take them , asking us to come at 12, as they were leaving at half 12 , we managed to get some but not as much as our last wedding, the group photos came out alot better than the last wedding as we went to a local park to take some and they where alot more scenic.
Favourite edited images
Newborn Posing Workshop
On the 1st may I went to a newborn posing workshop at Pennycress photography.
Trip to Blackpool 9/11/11
Found 4 possible placements
feedback from 2
Grundy art Gallery - one day placement with exhibition
Blott gallery - wednesday 23rd helping out with photo-manipulation and general gallery stuff
Week one: wednesday 23rd november
Corrrine and Janine talked me through that the day would consist of sorting out their new and live website, I must admit the first week of placement wasnt as exciting as expected and it was a very quiet and awkward day , but I did learn alot about the way the website worked , (alot like blogger).
Week two: Monday 28th november
Resizing the mug images to 300 dpi
learnt more about cyk printing
Blott Artists Studios
After searching for a placement in Blackpool I came across a small art gallery called Blott Artists Studios, I enquired about volunteer work and the owner (corrine) took me on straight away which was a positive start. I started just a week later and met some of the artists and managers involved with Blott, Week after week learning new skills , mainly computer based , such as rearranging the website pages , photographing artwork for the website and designing layouts to print on mugs to then sell on. Here are some of the images I took , some are printed in a box also. I have print screened some pages of the website that I rearranged .
Website rearrangement and images on blog taken
my images on the blog
Mug Layouts
Me, corrine and Janine - owner and manager
Evaluation of my experiences
Overall After many months of different experiences with a variety of artists , photographers and clients I have managed to build up a list of contacts that will be forever useful for my future as a photographer.I have learnt , after searching in large cities for companies to take me on as a volunteer that not everyone will see me as help for them aswell as myself but often others will see myself as competition and send me away.
I have learnt new techniques when working with models and using specific lighting from the help of a very local photographer , Dean McDonald , learnt how collaborating with other artists can be helpful to me aswell as them for the nearby future. The Newborn Workshop with Newborn Photographer Vikkie Huckle 'Pennycress Photography' showed me how successful newborn photography really can be if you push yourself and take risks. Throughout the year I have also built up a range of clients that have continued to come back and use me as a photographer, I have been able to look back at my past work and point out my flaws and realise my strongest points and tried to push them further with each new customer that comes along. Starting Me&Thee Wedding photography as a business was a huge deal for me as a photographer , it has helped me further my skills in photography and helped me step out of my comfort zone which is studio based photography, working with another photographer has helped me know how to collaborate with others more successfully and be able to do it at a professional standard. I feel as-though my weaknesses throughout this brief have been that I need to step out of my comfort zone more , I have done this by visiting more galleries aswell as studios , to see the other side of art and photography that I don't see as often with the genre that I want to specialise in. If I was to step out of my comfort zone more and visit less local areas I do believe I would of probably got a lot more varied opportunities , although I have managed to successfully find a nice variety of opportunities close to home which I never even knew about, which has made me feel more confident about carrying on with my business more locally especially now I have built up a large sum of clients.
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