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The Strawberry Advent Blog: 10th December – A Winning Family

Katy — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:00:36 +0000

On the 10th day of Christmas the Strawberry Photographer brings to you….A Winning Family.

Back in May of this year we launched a Shutterbug Competition for a family to win a photo shoot in their own home. In order to enter we asked for friends, individuals & families to write a few lines telling us why they thought their family deserved to win the shoot. We had a lot of wonderful entries and it was very difficult for our panel to choose one family to win the Shutterbug Shoot.

In the end the Wilders family were chosen as our winners. They had had a tough year with redundancies, a new baby & planning a wedding so it was felt that a family photo shoot was just what they needed. They were a fun family full of smiles and great fun to spend a morning with. It was a real pleasure to take their photos.

Baby Portrait

Cheeky Grins

Basket Fun

Beautiful Pose

Giggles

Quirky

Family giggles

Tickles

Toothy Grin

More Smiles

A wonderful blog full of smiles of a lovely family. A Shutterbugs shoot was a great way to spend the morning as a family.

Pamper your mum this Mother’s Day – SPECIAL OFFER with SPA 1877

Katy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:23:35 +0000

Family Memories Captured Forever.

With Mother’s Day just around the corner I wanted to come up with a wonderful package that I could offer to make sure that the mothers in your life were shown how special they are.

In the last week I have had some very exciting coversations with the girls at SPA 1877 in Sheffield and am looking forward to working with them in the future. To celebrate this, as well as to mark Mother’s Day, I am offering a FREE 3hr Spa Experience Voucher with the 1st 10 Family Photoshoots that are bought from me between Saturday 27th February and Sunday 14th March.

I think this is a wonderful gift to give as a Mother’s Day present. Not only do you get a family photoshoot ( and a free 10×8 print) in a location of your choice to capture your wonderful family memories you can also give the mother in your life a chance to be truly pampered in the wonderful Spa 1877.
This offer is for the first 10 family portrait sessions that are booked so don’t miss out on this great gift for Mother’s Day. Contact me at katythomson@serendipityphotography for your voucher or for more details.

The vouchers are valid for 6 months.

Now I couldn’t do a blog about Mother’s Day without introducing you to a very special lady in my life….my mum. I’m dedicating this Special Offer for Serendipity Photography to my mum who has been an amazing support to me whilst I’ve been setting up my business. My mum was a teacher and I think was a little disappointed when I left my teaching career behind and started my life as a sole trader. At every point along the way (including the moment I phoned her to say I’d handed in my notice and was leaving teaching and then left her to tell my dad the news!!) she has encouraged and supported me.

My mum

Another two very special ladies are my Grandmothers who have also been really encouraging of my business. Both my grandfather’s were keen photographers and definite inspirations to me.

Granny M - loves her martinis!

Granny J - At 90 she is dangerously close to being old!

Show your mother/grandmother/wife/mother of your children how much you love them by taking up this fantastic Mother’s Day offer.

Family Portrait at Graves Park Animal Farm

Katy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:24:26 +0000

When I do my family & Shutterbug shoots I like to go to people’s homes or a chosen location. With this family I am doing a “birth to 1st year” package. We have done two shoots at their home but we wanted to do something a little different with our 3rd sitting so decided to go to Graves Park Animal Farm. We chose a wintery day for the shoot and had a morning of wintry showers but that didn’t stop us getting out there and having fun on the farm. I’m just hoping that our final shoot will be a little warmer!

Fun on the farm in the snow.

Wrapped up warm

Not sure if I want to smile..it's too cold!

Cheese!

Loving the tractor at the farm!

What can you see?

Rosie Cheeks

I want to go higher!

The game we all love as a child...."1..2...3...weeeee"

Business Portraits – Sophie Mei

Katy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:21:22 +0000

I was introduced to Sophie nearly a year ago and in that time we’ve got to know each other really well and become good friends. We’ve developed a good network of like minded business women which has been a great support to me on both the social and business level. Sophie is a great entrepreneur and always has new ideas on how to expand her business. Her main passion is media and PR so with her contacts from Britain’s Got Talent and Belly Dancing I am excited about all the new things she has planned. In order to go with these business ideas she needed some different photos to use for her publicity. I’ve done a lot of photos of Sophie when she has been belly dancing so it’s great to do something different and show Sophie the business woman.

Glamorous

The designer dress.

Thinking of the future.

Business Woman

Business Headshot

Informal headshot

Getting down to business.

Valentine Photoshoot Competition

Katy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:51:04 +0000

I am very excited to announce my first Serendipity Photography Competition of the year! The reason for this competition is firstly because I am celebrating 2 years in the wonderful world of professional photography. It has been an amazing two years and I am still pinching myself that I get to do what I am most passionate about for a living. The second reason is that Valentine’s Day is not far away and is the most romantic day of the year and it is also my birthday so what other reason do I need to launch a photo shoot competition?

Happiness

The competition is open to couples of all ages and shapes and sizes who are based in Sheffield or the South Yorkshire region. (You don’t need to be newly enagaged or getting married to enter.)

Together

In order to enter couples must give me their names, address, email address & phone number and tell me what they think is the most romantic location in Sheffield/South Yorkshire and why.

Send your entries to katythomson@serendipityphotography.co.uk.

The wining couple will then win a photo shoot with me in that location and get a framed print and coffee table book with a collection of photos in it for them to cherish for ever.

Kiss

The closing date is Friday 5th February and I will be announcing the names of the lucky couple in time for Valentine’s Day. So, are you a couple who want the chance to win a romantic photoshoot or maybe you know a couple who you know would love this prize? Maybe you want to nominate yourself and your partner and then if you win it would be the perfect Valentine’s gift.

Romance

Get your thinking caps on and come up with your most romantic locations in Sheffield and the wonderful surrounding areas.

I can’t wait to see your entries and pick the winner.

Katy