The Studio Is Finally Ready !!

After all the ups and downs at the beginning of the year I was beginning to wonder if I would ever get my little studio finished.

Well tah dah ..welcome to my studio ....

Now everything is set up it means that when Rob comes home from work the lounge furniture is where is should be ‘in the lounge’ !!  It also now means that if I want to go and practice something I can without having to unpack everything, set it up, then pack it all away again when I have finished.  Now this doesn’t sound too difficult you may think, but when you do a full time job, have to cook dinner and various other ‘housey’ things it does make a difference !!

So everything is ready, now I need a model, step forward my lovely friend Heidi who has recently given birth to her first child.  What an opportunity and challenge for me, not only was this an opportunity to christen the studio, but also my first ‘newborn’ photoshoot.  .

Say hello to Phoebe Mae who was born on the 31^st May.

I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better model.  She was simply perfect and no little ‘accidents’ either!  It was an absolute pleasure and joy to photograph her, posing her and moving her around was so easy, she occasionally stirred, opened her eyes, looked at me,  then she was back in the land of nod. 

Lighting this new vinyl background is very different from lighting the Lastolite hi-light cube background.  I haven’t cracked this new set-up yet,  but at least I can now experiment.  My friend and fellow photographer Jo said it took her several attempts to get the look she was after so there is hope.  Thanks again to Jo and Richard for the hints and tips on the editing side too, so much to learn and so little time !  I think my next purchase will be from the local DIY centre as I need something I can use as flags, now that’s a whole different story !

Thank you so much to Heidi, Stuart and nanny Penny for coming round and being my models for the day.  It was a truly wonderful experience for me to be able to be part of creating some wonderful memories for you all to look back at over the coming years.

The best part for me was the email I received from Heidi, and I am sure she won’t mind me quoting a little bit from it ......

“You had me in tears again last night, thank you so so much, we love every single photo, so beautiful & loved the music you put along to them too, you've done a fantastic job & we are so grateful, it’s such a special gift & means so much to us!  Thank you so much”

For me, this is what my photography is all about ...

Thanks to all my lovely friends and family for their support and patience.

Love to you all, until next time

Jackie xxx

p.s. Ladies watch this space, Alex the gorgeous fitness model wants to do another photoshoot.  Well it would be rude to say no wouldn't it ??