It was about time we showed some new portrait photos instead of the old ones we had on our
portraits page, so here it is – a brand new shiny slideshow, showing just what we can do. Pop along and have your portrait photos done sometime soon!
Jon Silver
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Mar 102010
If you’re stuck for something special to give your mum for mothers day, we can help. How about a Gift Voucher for a makeover or family portrait shoot? Or you can choose your budget & leave it to mum to decide how she’d like to use it.
Give us a call on 01273 358283 for full details. We can take all major cards & dispatch vouchers for next day delivery or collection.
Nov 042009
Well, since we’re relaunching our studio model register, it was time to start interviewing and taking on new models. It’s essential to have a test shoot for each model, to see how they are to work with as well as what they look like. After all, as I’ve said elsewhere, a good model is a lot more than just looks – there are skills to learn, such as a large repertoire of poses.
Enter Georgina – she got in touch after a casting call just yesterday, and here she was this morning, bravely turning up for a test shoot, which was her first shoot since her return to modelling after a five year break. She’s a lovely, fun, bubbly girl with great looks and a natural ability to pose. So it’s welcome to the new, improved Southdown Studio model register, Georgina, and let’s hope there are many more as good as her.
Georgina is now available to book for shoots at Southdown Studio. She may also be appearing at our new group shoots & tutorial workshops – of which more later!
Southdown Studio has been in existence for five years now. We’ve worked with loads of people in that time, on loads of different kinds of jobs. One strand of the business is photographic studio hire. When we hire the studio to amateur or professional photographers, fashion houses or public relations/marketing/advertising agencies, sometimes they need models and so we’ve always tried to maintain a model book or model register. The trouble is, models have a tendency to drift in and out of modelling, and an even greater tendency to not bother keeping in contact. So, with time and erosion, our model register got down to just four active models and was no longer much of an attraction.
Time for a rebuild then. We have model test shoots happening in the next few weeks, and a new, improved model register should be born as a result. If you’re hiring our studio, do take a look!
Jun 042009
So far this year our work experience programme has once again been enjoyed by several students from Sussex schools, some of whom have demonstrated great natural flair for photography, and potential as future professionals. One of them has already taken a paid job, though still in full-time education… she’s Kate from Steyning Grammar, and as she has expressed an interest in writing a blog, perhaps the next post will be hers..! Kate…?
Get in touch if you’re interested in a Brighton/Sussex work experience placement or personal photography tuition in Brighton.
Dec 122008
Lots of people seem to like to get portrait photographs taken of themselves and their families in the lead-up to Christmas. Some people do it because the only time they manage to get the family all together in one place is around Christmas time. Others like to give their Mum & Dad or grandparents a nice portrait of the kids. Whatever your reason for wanting Christmas Portrait photos, Southdown Studio in Brighton serves the whole of Sussex and can offer a wide variety of portrait photography packages to suit everyone, including photoshoots in the studio or at home, makeover photoshoots, and items such as loose prints, framed prints, canvas prints and photo books. We offer gift vouchers for portrait shoots too, or indeed any of our services, which also make perfect Christmas presents.
Full details at www.southdownstudio.co.uk/portraits.aspx
Southdown Studio offers a great many photographic services, so we tend to break our web site into sections covering broad photography topics. If your business needs photography for advertising, marketing, food, public relations, web site headshots & portraits, product shots, pack shots or catalogue photos, we can provide an economical, cost-effective solution for you. Specialities include food, jewellery, business portraits, product catalogues and corporate brochures. In conjunction with our sister companies we can even provide full-service e-commerce web sites with photography, web design, copy writing and hosting.
Take a proper look at Southdown Studio’s Commercial Photography Web Site, including a variety of photo galleries.
Here at Southdown Studio we place enormous importance on education, and we’re just about the only photographic studio or photographers in the Brighton & Sussex areas who offer placements to school work experience students. So far we’ve played host to students from loads of different schools around the area, including Hattie, Alice, Adam, Alice, Charlotte, Sam, Sophia… and this week, it’s the turn of three students from Cardinal Newman School – Ellie, Ella and Jaz. So far they’ve been lovely, and they seem to be enjoying their week. Hopefully they’ll write about their experiences here…
If you’re considering modelling as a career or just a fun hobby, it’s important to know what it all entails. Many people think modelling is just standing in front of a camera looking pretty (or manly) and having your photo taken, but to be a good model there’s so much more to it. Good models are worth more because there are simply so many people (especially girls) wanting to be models; so to be competitive you need to have better skills than anyone else.
So what are these modelling skills? Continue reading »
Feb 092008
Women want to feel beautiful. That’s different from being beautiful, looking beautiful or being seen as beautiful. It’s also different from feeling, looking or being seen as “sexy”. Feeling beautiful is something that comes very much from within.
