Family Portrait Photographer in Coventry and Warwickshire

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Jessica and Paige

A Recipe for Children’s Photography Success (when it’s pouring down outside!)

  1. Find a suitable room, in this case a conservatory
  2. Set up 4 studio lights with soft boxes in-front of a portable white backdrop
  3. For the techies among you; add a 5DMkii, a couple of Pocket Wizards and an 8 GB CF card
  4. Mix in a few cuddly toys, some coloured plastic balls, a jingly-jangly jester, and a very popular bubble machine
  5. Finally, add the two cutest toddlers (well, ok …. one toddler and one not quite crawling)

AND ….. Hey Presto!!

……. You’ve got a fantastic set of photos for the whole family to drool over!!!

Now I’ll let the images do the talking ……………………

Cousins - Jessica (2 yrs ,2 months) & Paige (8 months)

A few of Paige on her own ……………….

I hope you agree that Paige is a natural!  Jessica is too – she’s had plenty of practice in-front of the camera.

Me and our daughter Jessica - Photo taken by Gary

Her first pair of shades - cool!

A tip for new parents - bubbles are just THE BEST entertainment!

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5 Minute Photos!

We visited some old friends in Staffordshire yesterday and I took my camera. I grabbed the chance to take a few snaps of their boys. The whole session only took 5 minutes but I’m pleased with the images I got. Some are shown below:

Bubble Fun!

I'm the main man!

No! - I am!

These boys were great! Very co-operative for the whole 5 minutes! Not bad considering there were footballs, trikes, bikes and spades to play with!

I love working with children of all ages and I usually manage to achieve very good results within a few minutes. Contact me if you are interested in doing the same with your family. Tel: 07739096632

or visit www.victortiajanephotography.co.uk

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Family Photo Shoot

I had a great time a couple of weeks ago with this lovely family. If you know them and wish to view all of the edited photos you will need to ask their parents for the password and then visit the password-protected client gallerys on my main website which is www.victoriajanephotography.co.uk

Look at me!

I loved that outfit!

Bouncey Fun!

Cool !

I'm cool too! - look carefully and you'll see my room!

Anything my brother and sister can do ...... I can do too!

I often combine similar images to make one

The children in the above images had a great time – so did I!

I bring all of my equipment including back drops and studio lights to your home. Session prices start at £50 for about an hours worth of photography and image processing afterwards.  As you can see I’m quite happy to do modern photography with children having a great time. If you’d like a similar family photo shoot with 40+ images to view on my password protected site please give me a call. I’m happy to travel throughout Coventry and Warwickshire and all towns and villages within about 45 minutes drive of Coventry and Rugby.

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Family Photo Session

Here are a few teaser images of the children of a family I did a photo shoot for a couple of weeks ago. I’ve processed the images, and for family members and friends, the full selection of images can be viewed on the password-protected area of my website. These are just to give you an idea of some of the images I create and they are typical of what I do regularly …..

Cheeky Chappy!

Happy Chappy!

Alert and Keen!

Colourful Fun!

Big Brother is watching over you!

Bubbles Bubbles and more Bubbles!

Cool bike.... I'm jealous!

I love working with children of all ages. The sessions are often fun and unpredictable but I do everything possible to ensure they enjoy being in-front of the camera and I think their enjoyment comes through in the photographs. These two youngsters were delightful and funny! I had a great time!!

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You can now book me at Phoenix Office and Printer Supplies in Coventry

My family owns a very popular shop in the Earlsdon area of Coventry. It is called Phoenix Office and Printer Supplies at 43 Earlsdon St, Coventry.

You can now book me here!

Many local people will remember my husband and I owned the original Cartridge World store there until we decided to leave the franchise in early 2009. We’ve not been working in Earlsdon for over a year but it’s certain that many of our old customers and local residents will remember us. The shop specialises in supplying printers, photo printers, ink cartridges, refilling ink cartridges and selling all sorts of office stationery. You can find out a little more about what the shop does by reading the shop blog by clicking here .

From this week I’m helping out in there some afternoons. I’m going to be helping with the introduction of digital cameras and specialist photo printers…..and to add to what’s on offer in the shop we are now making it easier for people to speak to me face to face and to book any of my photography services in the shop.

If you want to ask me anything about wedding photography or family portrait photography or if you’ve got a corporate or charity event that you want covering please don’t hesitate to come and see me.

You can also talk to me about any photos that you may want putting on to canvas. Alternatively, you could look at my Canvas Printing Website by clicking here. I’m not there all of the time though (obviously, I do a lot of my photography work outside the shop) so it’s best to call me first. My telephone number is 07739096632 or you can call the shop on 024 7667 4621.

I look forward to seeing some of you there soon, even if all you want to do is pop in and say Hi !

Vicky

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Grace and Philipp – Pre-Wedding Shoot

We met Grace and Philipp today, a lovely couple who we instantly got on well with! We were at Hampton Manor near to Meriden and we met to plan their wedding photography and to help them to get used to being in-front of the camera.

Hamptom Manor near to Meriden

What a lovely choice of venue! Really nice inside and out – a perfect choice!

It was very bright and sunny, but it was absolutely freezing! I could hardly feel my fingers by the time we’d finished!

Hampton Manor Entrance

A Grand Entrance!

When we do photo shoots we always provide a range of images that have been colour corrected, selectively cropped, are a mixture of B&W and full colour and sometimes with selective ‘colour-popping’.

Grace and Philipp

Grace and Philipp - Getting Comfortable!

We’ve agreed with Grace and Philipp that my husband, Gary, will go along as a second photographer at their wedding. We often do this! It enables us to get more shots and to use different lenses at the same time for similar shots.

We’re told that Philipp often closes his eyes when being photographed. Not this time! …….Too quick for him!

Hope you all agree that they are very photogenic couple and I’m really looking forward to their wedding at this lovely venue in March. I can’t wait to meet their family and friends who will be visiting from as far a-field as Singapore, New Zealand and Germany! I’m sure it will be a fabulous day!

Final note: If you are friends or family of Grace and Philipp there are more images on my main website here – but they are password protected. You’ll need to contact Grace and Philipp to get the password to view them.

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Limited Offer For January

Family Photo shoot at your home + an A3 canvas print of your favourite image for only £100

If you live near to Coventry or Rugby (incl Leamington, Kenilworth, Warwick, Stratford, Meriden, Solihull etc) I’m willing to come to your home, set up my portable studio equipment and do a photo shoot of you and your family. We can do individual shots, group shots, High key and Low Key shots. I’ll then prepare a comprehensive mixture of images (including a mixture of full-colour, cropped, black and white, ‘colour-popped’ images). The images will be presented on the password-protected area of my website for you to view. You can then choose your favourite image to have printed onto Canvas, ready to hang on your wall.

Other Products

You would then be free to buy other prints or products if you wish: whether they be mounted prints of various sizes, block frame prints, presentation print boxes, acrylic block-mounted prints etc. We can do just about anything you want!

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A taster – a small mixture of my images from 2009

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Hopefully, while I get other images ready, this will give you a flavour of some of my recent work.

Some Notes, for interest:

You’ll see that I concentrate mostly on weddings and family/childrens portraits.

I’m equally happy to leave the images as they were or I’ll ‘play’ with them to give a variety of effects ranging from the ‘Warhol’ style (the one shown is my 20 month old daughter, Jess!) to Black and White conversions, Sepia or Antique effect (not shown here), selective ‘Colour-Popping’ (selected coloured objects highlighted on a B&W photo) etc.

Wherever possible, I like to introduce fun into my family portraits. The young lady in the Ladybird costume was thoroughly enjoying herself jumping on a trampoline (I’m not even sure she noticed the camera during some of the shots) and what you see is a series of photos in a simple montage.

The teenager in-front of the colourful background wasn’t really there! …. Or at least the background wasn’t, I created it! She was actually in her friend’s living room. This sort of effect is time consuming but I love doing it!

I thoroughly enjoy doing weddings, large and small. I like capturing the traditional formal shots (the ones that everyone expects) but I also love the informal shots that tell the ‘story of the day’. My husband, Gary, often attends weddings with me. Together, we try to capture the little details that make the day: the rings, flowers, make-up, shoes, button holes, wine glasses as well as the emotions – the nervous looks, the laughs, the gasps, the tears, the joy!

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New Year Family Portraits Limited Offer

Family Photo Shoot + A3 Stretched Canvas Print for only £100

For a limited time only: If you live in or near to Coventry or Rugby I’m offering to come to your home with my portable studio equipment, do a one-hour family portrait and informal photo shoot, upload a good range of manipulated images to my password-protected website and then print an A3 size canvas from your favourite image. The canvas will be presented ready to hang and will be produced by my other company, Fotos2art Ltd, using the best materials available.