How to customise your 404 error page
404 pages are a pain in the butt. Often resulting from people typing the wrong thing, a broken link, or other small gremlins lurking in your site, getting a 404 page tells you that what you have attempted to access doesn't exist. And usually, they are boring as hell -...
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Secret Vintage Fair at Colchester Town Hall – sneak peeks!
Just checking in to show off a few sneak peeks from the Secret Vintage Fair yesterday - I had so much fun capturing the music, the vibe, the stallholders and the visitors! Here are a few teasers, I'll blog the rest when they're ready: Were you there? What vintage...
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Checking in with your dreams
What are you dreaming of? What are your wishes and hopes for your business and life? As business owners, our lives are so caught up in our businesses, so intertwined that we often can't disentangle the two. Since leaving my day job I've been doing, every day, what I...
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Personal Branding Photography: Louise Rose Couture
Louise's new studio and boutique were already among my favourite places in the world, and then she added this wallpaper: So when it was time for our fourth-quarter shoot, I was pretty much halfway down the motorway before the new sofa had arrived! But arrive it did,...
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The styled stock library is coming…
Social media is a greedy beast, isn't it? And I'm sure you've enlisted someone else to take photos for your feed at some point, rather than taking 15927 photos on timer and finding maybe one that you can use: Pretty much every one of my clients so far has asked for...
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2019’s word
Another year's rolled around (they do go fast, don't they?!). I am a little late to the party this year, as I caught whooping cough in early December and only in the last couple of days have I felt well enough to actually do things. There's probably a whole other blog...
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Press: ze.tt Short Sight feature
A feature of my personal work on ze.tt
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Why professional photos for your business matter online
I'm now caught up with editing & well into the swing of planning for next year (despite this bloody cough which won't go away) - so here's a nudge if you're in the middle of your own planning. GOOD BRILLIANT PHOTOS MATTER! Good photos always matter, of course, but...
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Introducing the Multipodcast!
Hello loves! I don't know about you, but this early evening darkness is confusing my body clock no end - and the cats are most miffed that they're not allowed to prowl outdoors till 10pm. I wanted to write a quick post to introduce you to my podcast, which is...
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Festive Open Studios this weekend
Just a quick reminder that my studios and some of my amazing fellow artists' studios will be open this weekend for a festive maker's market 🙂 You are cordially invited this Friday evening (30th November) from 6pm to 9pm, and all day on Saturday 1st December, from...
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Making authentic Cornish pasties
In Cornwall, and everything! When I went to visit my Dad's family recently, to spend time with them and to scatter some of Dad's ashes on his mum's grave, we realised that I'd missed a chunk of my heritage - I have never learned to make Cornish pasties! So...
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Branding Photography: Bra Blinging with Miss Foxy Glove
As craft workshops go, Bling Your Bra has to be one of the most sparkly around! Burlesque dancer Miss Foxy Glove runs workshops for fellow dancers to sparkle up their costumes, starting with, unsurprisingly, a bra... and accompanied by cake, drinks and giggles. Here's...
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New Thing Thursday: little luxuries
Welcome to New Thing Thursday! An excuse to learn/experiment with new things and blog about them. Some will be photography and some won’t, and I’ll probably use it across all my sites, so keep an eye out! This week: Look at the exciting prettiness! Any excuse to use...
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Colchester Open Studios 2018
Last weekend was my first Open Studios, with the whole building's doors open to the public. It only happens once a year, and it's a wonderful chance to come and see artists at work, nose around our spaces and talk to us about our practice. My studio, Studio 19, is...
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Some honesty & a reminder…
Happy Tuesday, loves! It's been the weirdest journey since leaving the day job and leaping into full time self employment. Today I wanted to remind you to remember to listen to your soul. Even when you're doing what you always wanted to do, there will be obstacles,...
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Branding Photography: Maddy at The Wright Fit
Meet Maddy. She owns The Wright Fit, which is an umbrella company for lots of wonderful different things she does (perfect multipod client, right there!). She wanted some photos of her with Oswald, her logo octopus, Oswald on his own, and some shots of her both in her...
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Open Studios 2018 – you’re invited!
Although the majority of my lifestyle brand photography work is done out & about, wherever my lovely clients are based, I also work out of my studio in Ardleigh. A converted maltings, it houses 34 artists working in all kinds of media - it's a treasure trove of...
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One day to go…
Well, technically three, because my next day at the day job (which is also my last) is in fact on Tuesday. But OMFG I can't believe how fast it's come round! After years of extolling the virtues of a month's notice rather than three, I ended up giving ten weeks'...
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Studio inspiration & a bridal boutique: Louise Rose Couture | Personal Branding Photography
Louise Rose Couture, if you've not met her before, is a gloriously talented designer of dresses which make your heart sing. I'm not even getting married, but have one of her latest collection on order - it's a confection of embroidered tulle delight and it calls to me...
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Performance Photography: Burlesque Solos
Burlesque dancers are definitely among my favourite subjects - they have all the joy of dance, all the best parts of entrepreneurship and all the unique eccentricity of, well, burlesque! Bookings for stage performances are always fun - and it's fab to be...
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AN79 Tattoo Balm launch, Colchester
As someone who has no tattoos but is completely fascinated with them, I was delighted to get an invitation to Alice Nicholls' launch party for her new tattoo balm. She owns the beautiful, female-run AN79 tattoo studio on Eld Lane in Colchester, and has designed an...
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