Happy solistice!

Another year has lurched past and what a year it has been.  Thank you for taking an interest in my work over the past year.  I just wanted to wish you all a very happy solstice and gentle ride into a beautiful 2013.  Here's wishing you an abundance of all things good over the coming weeks and months - especially great photos - and for those in the UK, not rain. 

I leave you with a few frosty shots from a walk on Otmoor a couple of weeks ago.  Sadly, it looks like xmas will offer more images of puddles than of snow-covered villages - but at least we'll all be feeling pleased it wasn't the end of the world :)

Go well, one and all, and see you next year.

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Reeds Solicitors - professional headshot photography

Do you know a business in its infancy, or an established business undergoing re-branding and a website update?  I offer professional headshot photography for businesses and individuals, and am always looking for new and exciting clients to join my list of happy customers.  To find out more, including rates, please get in touch, and please note that I offer special rates for charities and not-for-profit.

I have neglected to blog about my work with businesses, so thought I would share some shots from a couple of this year's headshot sessions over the next few weeks.  Today here are a couple of images from my work with Reeds Solicitors, Thames Valley specialists in criminal and family law, from March this year.  I visited the firm on two separate occasions, starting early in the morning to catch the busy team before they headed off to court.

I used my beautiful 50mm f/1.8 prime, and chose a spot with good light and a logo at head height, so it would appear in the background - but only partially and slightly out-of-focus, so as to bring the images together as a set, but not detract from the faces in front.  Reeds were very happy with my work:

"Mim is delightful to deal with. She is professional and always available to help. She did exactly what we required and it took her almost no time!" - Reeds Solicitors (headshot photography of all staff)

A few of my favourites below (see Reeds website for full set).  Please note that for the client, the images were cropped to a uniform size and made black and white, like the first image - personally, I like some of the images better in their original format and so am sharing them with you that way.

Summer nostalgia - toddler portrait session, Shotover

When the Bee was just 22 months, and the sun was high and hot in the sky (photographic proof makes up for memory fail), we hit Shotover for a day lazing on a blanket under a solitary and well-climbed Oak.  In the company of our trusty and over-heated hound and our good friend Keith, we shared a picnic, picked the occasional berry, and listened to the calls of the Red Kites and buzzing of little planes overhead. 

Keith is one of the Bee's favourite people; they have a really lovely relationship, which I put partly down to his ability to be very much in the present moment with her whenever they meet, interested in everything she shows him, exploring the world with her as if for the first time.  I wanted to capture something of this relationship in photographs, as well as being keenly aware of my little daughter's fast-paced toddle towards two years. 

Below are some favourites, taken again with my lovely Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and D7000.  They already make me feel nostalgic, both for the cloudless deep blue sky and long afternoons, and for my little one-year-old (now my great big two-year-old).  They are also a good example of the type and range of different shots I like to offer portrait clients from a one-hour shoot, including the couple of surroundings atmosphere shots at the end.

Enjoy and happy half-term* :)


*if you're wondering what to do with your kids/parents over the half-term break, why not book a family shoot?  They're great fun, and like all my clients, you'll love the results.  Book now by emailing me to make sure you get a half-term slot.

Thoughtful under the tree

Evidence of enthusiastic berry consumption

The photographer's daughter

Hair clip adjustment (a favourite of mine)

Cuddle!

My brown-eyed girl

In search of berries

Sharing a snack

Banana in the sun

Banana in the sand

Hope

Hot dog

Split down the middle

Summer love

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