Family portrait photography in Leeds: the Price family

Documenting the development of families and their children with family portrait photography is a mainstay of Mark Skeet Photography’s work load. We love working with families, seeing the love they have for one another. Helping to tell their story is one of the perks of our job. Extra brownie points on the happiness factor occur when one of these sessions is a gift, and so it was with the Price family.

Family friends, Greg and Rachel, arranged the session with us and a little over a week ago we went to Lee, Jeannie & Charlie’s home in Leeds to capture them at rest and play in their amazing apartment.

Charlie is a such a cutie and so happy, it was our privilege to spend time with the family and check out the great furniture!

To arrange a similar session for a friend or family member or to tell your own family’s story simply drop us a line.

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Corporate portrait: Linda Johnstone, Staveley Cumbria

Like many fellow photographers there’s usually a reason we’re behind the camera and that is we’re all a bit camera shy. I was up in Staveley in Cumbria last week for a seminar session at the CPT Studio and hooked up with all my old buddies from various courses.

I do these sessions as the quest for knowledge and insight never ends, I continually want to improve not only technically as a photographer but in other aspects like customer service and outlook. And of course sometimes it’s just good to be surrounded by like minded people. Being in business can be a lonely affair.

In the run up to this session I’d been very honoured to be asked by my good friend, Linda Johnstone, to refresh her biog pics for her website and social media presences. No pressure then taking pics of a fellow photographer!

We had a laugh and a joke and worked for a short period of time to capture the following images (amongst others).

Linda’s a wonderfully balanced, light and cheerful soul and I hope that has come across in the resulting images.

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Pennie & Dave’s pre-wedding experience – wedding photography in York

Pennie Bazzoni & Dave Edwards were the lucky winners of the prize draw that we ran at the Harrogate Wedding & Lifestyle Show earlier this year.

Last week we got together ahead of their wedding in September of this year, at the Parsonage Hotel in Escrick, to have a bit of fun and some relaxed portrait photography in York.

Pennie & Dave have lived in York for a wee while now and wanted to create memories of the city they’ve fallen in love with. So we started out at the Minster and spent a short time taking a walk through the Minster gardens, Treasury House and on through the streets of York itself.

Our pre-wedding shoots give our couples a chance to relax and see how easy it is to work with us and how, when relaxed, great images are the result. The last thing you want to worry about on your big day is the wedding photography, so we find these sessions really help couples. Of course all our couples receive their choice of image from these sessions as a mounted image for their guests to sign or as part of a hand-made guest book.

Here are some of Pennie & Dave’s images:

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Getting the best from a portrait photography session – part 5

Yesterday, we looked at what to wear on your shoot and by now your shoot is a happy memory. So what happens now?

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How long you wait after your portrait photography session before you get to see images depends upon your chosen photographer, how busy they are and their way of working. Here at Mark Skeet Photography we like to let you see 2-3 images the day after as we blog about the shoot and then present your at home feature presentation on our 6′ widescreen within 7-10 days following your shoot.

So you’ve been wowed at how amazing you all look and now the hard work begins. Any photographer’s job is to make you want to buy all the images, your job is to resist! So what can you buy?

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As a consumer there is now so much choice available to you. From prints on a variety of fine art papers, frames in a range of materials, multi-image frames, canvas wraps, Acrylics and printing directly onto Aluminium as well as a variety of gallery style mounting options. It can seem like a minefield and your photographer will be more than happy to advise and help you come to a design. And fo course, if you really must have every image then photo books or bespoke designed albums make a fantastic keepsake and heirloom.

Well that concludes our advice series on portrait photography, we hope you found it of use, be great to hear your opinions

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Getting the best from your portrait photography session – part 4

On Friday we looked at 10 questions to ask of your shortlisted photographers to ensure that you worked with a portrait photographer who was a good fit for you.

Now the day of the shoot is approaching and there are a few last details to sort out. Namely what to wear?
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If you’ve opted for a studio shoot, weather typically isn’t an option and warmth also shouldn’t be an issue. If you’re going for lifestyle portrait photography session and there’s an element of shooting in the great outdoors then you may want to consider options for rain or worse!

If you are a couple or a family try to find sets of outfits that complement one another choosing shades or hues that don’t jar. We’d also tend to advise people to avoid busy patterns and large logos (unless heavily branded clothing is part of your personality). In true Gok style, avoid horizontal stripes if possible as they’re not hugely flattering.
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Jeans and white tops (blouses, t-shirts or shirts) are a great choice as it creates a cool modern look and the white of the shirt adds an extra glow to your face. Deep shades can also work really well if they fit in with the time of year.

We always advise out clients to have a choice of 5-6 outfits to hand and we select with them on the day of the shoot.

The key to getting those great images on the day is to relax and enjoy it for the great experience it should be. Having these portrait photography sessions doesn’t happen often so make the most of it! If you’ve selected your photographer following our tips you should hit it off and they’ll have your at your ease in no time.

Whether your session lasts a half hour or even a full day at the beach the final part of this series looks at the end result of all this planning; The after shoot viewing and product selection. More on that tomorrow!
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