Wendy - informal headshot photography session

Wendy and I worked together to create some informal portraits on Monday morning.  Below are a few of my favourites, and check out the lovely testimonial she sent me :)  Thanks Wendy, lovely working with you!

'I really enjoyed working with Mim. She was relaxed and friendly and welcomed me with coffee. I was able to chat with her about what I wanted, which was happily unlike my experience with another photographer who just wanted to arrange me in standard poses. It all seemed so like 'having a few photos taken in the garden by a friend' that I was amazed at the results. Merely by having me sit and walk around the garden she managed to capture a whole range of facial expressions and moods which are really 'me', together with a certain artistic atmosphere which is hard to define..She has sent me dozens of photos to look through and all are good. I think Mim provides a high quality service, and probably doesn't charge enough!'

My favourite, hands down

Love this one too

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A different look and feel

I really like this one - not the most relaxed, but something intriguing about it

International Women's Day 'Come and Celebrate' - event photography

During the 2012 Oxford International Women's Festival, I joined Amnesty, Oxfordshire Mind and Refugee Resource to photograph their 'Come and Celebrate' event, on the eve of International Women's Day (the 8th of March).  The event started with a seriously tasty lunch, the afternoon included stalls from a wide range of (women's) organisations and workshops (including relaxation, benefits & money, singing and African drumming), and the day finished with an evening film.  It was a lovely event to photograph, and I particularly enjoyed the opportunity to take quick portraits of attendees.  Below are a few of my favourites.

More images of the event can be found on my website here, including many more portraits.  Please contact me if you would like a copy of your own portrait.

Happy International Women's Day 2012 (a bit late, I know!) - horray for the women of East Oxford; horray for the women of the world!


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Some beautiful hands...

Fiona - informal headshot photography session

A few favourites from a one-hour headshot session with a lovely new client, Fiona, earlier this week.  Although I generally like to shoot clients on their own turf, or at a neutral location of their choice, as Fiona traveled from afar for the session, we ended up shooting at mine for ease and it worked well once again (see another shoot I did at mine with Liz, here). 

Thanks for a fun shoot Fiona!

My favourite from the shoot

2nd favourite

Favourite shot of the day (ok, from a couple of weeks ago) (oh, and make that two shots, sorry)

This lovely little man, Jude, invited me to a little party he was having with some of his old NCT buddies.  They're growing up fast (all now two and a half, and several sprouting younger siblings - I've known Jude since bump-hood, and done shoots with him and brother Reuben before), and I had a great hour snapping them eating a very yummy tea, and playing with a train set.  Jude's mum and her friends were really happy with the photos, and the Bee got to be fed by Jude's careful hand whilst her mummy worked - perfect, very happy all round.  Beautiful watching these little ones grow, I think you'll agree.  And I wanted to share my favourite shot from the session - but it seems to have become two shots - the one I intended to share initially is the second, but as I uploaded it, I fell in love with his slightly less confident stance in the first.  Thank you to having me at your party Jude!  And looking forward to many more sessions with you in the future.

If you'd like to book me to photograph your little one and friends, I offer special rates for baby/toddler/kiddie group sessions - check out my group portrait sessions, and get get in touch - I'd love to hear from you.

The beautiful Mr Jude

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March exhibition - Magic Cafe, Magdalen Road

Twenty prints of mine are up decorating the walls of the Magic Cafe on Magdalen Road (Oxford; click here for a map) for the month of March.  I've gone for a combination of some of my favourite portraits from the past year, five from the Oxford from the Skies series I took last November from a hot air balloon, and a few other random favourites, including recent blossom shots.  High quality prints are available of all images except portraits, at £20 unframed and £35 framed.  Go check it out, and while you're there, have one of their brownies (if I haven't eaten them all).

Radcliffe square from above, November 2011 - one of the images on show

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