It has been a phenomenal year here at Made Portraits over the last 12 months. I have been delighted to meet so many new faces and also to welcome in so many past clients for their second visits. I’ve even even had a couple in for their third. The studio celebrates its 3rd Birthday in just 4 weeks time and …
Room on the Broom – How it was MADE!
The witch had a cat and a very tall hat and long Ginger hair, which she wore in a plat. For those of us with kids, there is a good chance you know this story and for a long time, it has been a favourite of my eldest daughter Grace. So much so that for a long time I could …
Casting Call – 7-12 Month Old Baby Required
This casting call is because I’m looking for a couple of babies to come in to my Glastonbury based studio on Wednesday the 7th of October 2015 from around 11:00ish to feature in a short video about the Lemon Babies project. Lemon Babies has made it as a finalist in the Somerset Business Awards. There will be 3 students from Bridgwater College at the studio …
Lemon Babies coming soon to the Wells Food Festival
I am delighted to say that my award winning Lemon Babies project will be a part of the Wells Food Festival this coming weekend. This brings with it a couple of firsts for Lemon Babies. Along with this being the first (and probably only) time it has taken place outside of the studio, it will also be the first ever weekend day the …
How up to date are your Family Portraits?
Needless to say, I’m a believer in having up to date family portraits displayed in your home. Of course I would say that. I run a family portrait studio so I’d go out of business if I said anything else. Saying that, I truly believe it! Many of you will have seen some of the quirky portraits I’ve done with …
Updated Made Portraits Gallery 2015
The last few months have been incredibly busy here at Made Portraits. Being able to update the website Portrait Gallery with some of the amazing images taken over the last 12 months has been a long time coming. I always find this a tough job choosing from the large selection of fantastic images taken as I love so many. The …
Newborn Baby Portraits
Back in January, I was truly delighted to introduce a new package at the specifically designed to capture Newborn Baby Portraits. At the time of launching, I didn’t mention that the main reason I chose to introduce this package was because my wife is pregnant with our second child who is due in August. Obviously a selfish reason to want …
Guild of Photographers Awards Dinner
The Guild is one of the Photography associations that I am proud to be a member of and last weekend was the Guild of Photographers Awards dinner. I was delighted to hear that two of my images had been shortlisted for ‘Image of the Year 2014 under the category of Creativity in Photography. The certificate states that I was one …
Shooting Composites – Behind the Scenes of a Creative Family Portrait
Shooting Composites is something I love to do at Made Portraits and today I wanted to do a little behind the scenes post of how I approach shooting composites to produce the more creative family photos I’m now known for. These images have certainly contributed to the studios success in terms of winning awards over the last couple of years and …
The Lemon Babies Portrait Project
One of the fantastic projects I do at Made Portraits is the incredibly fun and unique Lemon Babies. When my daughter Grace was a baby and tried raspberries for the first time, the result was a highly-amusing 5-minute video filled with amazing expressions. My wife and I always regretted that we didn’t take any photos of this so we could have hung …