What an amazing year it has been so far! I have truly loved working with some many amazing small businesses and solo-preneurs this year. There is a lot of blogging to be done over the next few weeks now that the main wedding season is coming to an end (my wedding photography business has had the busiest summer since starting it).

A particular highlight were my spring mini sessions back in May. Mini sessions are an excellent way of giving small businesses a taste of what it is like to work with me. The feedback I have received has been incredible – making people feel comfortable in front of the camera when this experience is new and strange to them. Making people like themselves on photographs when usually they don’t. For me it is all about the ‘creative collaboration’- the teamwork, the trust, mentally preparing my client, listening to their stories, their feelings and their needs.

My lovely clients enjoyed the two locations I had selected: the Royal Crescent and Pulteney Street. Both locations offer a variety of views, corner, backgrounds and colours. I found it really interesting that not every person suited every corner I had selected for the shoots. Thankfully I am very good at being spontaneous and adapting to the light changing as the mini session days progressed. It was such a pleasure to meet the amazing women and business owners!