Brand Photography for your business or product

by Zelda de Hollander

Brand photography means creating an image library of professional images that represent your business visually, and fit with your visual identity through their use of colours, tone, props, sets and etc… These can include photos of you, your team, your products, your process, your space and other things that make your business unique.

But, why are branding photos important?

It’s important to be strategic and intentional in how you showcase the visual aspects of your brand. Your branding photos show your businesses personality, and your team members. Branded images are so versatile because you can use them a variety of ways throughout your website, social media and marketing efforts.

Why should you use a professional photographer for your social media images?
* One less job for you & your staff to do
* Strengthens your brand & keeps consistency
* The best representation of your business
* Your images will be optimised for socials
* Your images will look much better than your competitors
* Strong first impression

Why are brand photos important?

It’s important to be strategic and intentional in how you showcase the visual aspects of your brand.

Your branding photos show your businesses personality, and your team members. Branded images are so versatile because you can use them a variety of ways throughout your website, social media and marketing efforts.

Meet the Team Pictures are SO Important!

by Zelda de Hollander

To a potential new client seeking any new service provider, can be a little overwhelming. It’s easy to wonder: Who are the people behind all the smoke and mirrors?

Adding a “Meet the Team” page or section to your website, or showcasing your actual team members on your social media is an easy, effective way to give your business an accessible face. It gives clients an idea of who exactly they’ll be working with, and shows potential employees that you’re proud of the people on your team.

Drop off service for Product Photography

by Zelda de Hollander
Product Photography is an integral part of selling your product online. Build your business influence with product photography that brings your products or services to life through visuals.
It showcases your products quality, correct colouring, sizes and uses all within a single image.

If you do need white background product shots we offer a drop off service ???? ideal for busy business owners

???? Drop your products off to us
???? See & approve the images
???? Come pick up your products
☑️ Job done

We live in a visual world
Photography should be a crucial part of any creative marketing strategy ????
People form a first impression within a mere 50 milliseconds!! ????
Making that impression count, and be remembered, rests on the quality of your images.
The numbers don’t lie: 75% of online shoppers rely on product photos when deciding on a potential purchase, let’s face it, it’s hard to describe some things & just easier to show it ????‍♀️
People remember 10% what they hear, 20% what they read and 80% WHAT THEY SEE & DO ????????

Christmas 2021 Opening Hours

by Zelda de Hollander

The end of 2021 is fast approaching! And the studio is very busy already so here are our opening hours over the Christmas & New Year period;
Normal operating hours until Wednesday 22nd December, closing at 1pm.
Re-opening in the New Year, Tuesday 4th January 2022 9am

We do only have very, very limited time slots left (Sorry, no weekends left at all) so if you did want to get booked in before Christmas, please get in touch now.
zelda@studioshotz.co.uk
01202 432234

Lockdown easing in the UK – what work can we do?

by Zelda de Hollander

Absolutely delighted to hear the UK roadmap out of lockdown on February 22nd! There is now a light at the end of the tunnel, with so many positives to really look forward to.

I just wanted to list off the types of shoots that I offer, and when these can happen. Understandably, these are provisional dates but it does give us something to work with.

Now to April 12th 
Business Head Shots on Location, Personal branding photography, Property photography, Product photography, News/PR and Landscape photography.

No earlier than April 12th 
Commercial Photography Studios open!
Studio sessions suitable for 1 individual person, for services including business head shots and personal branding
Commercial & Business Photography including hospitality and retail

No earlier than May 17th
Studio open to up to 6 people, or 1 household including business head shots, product photography with a team, family photo shoot, couples shoots, babies and kids photography, maternity photo shoots and all additional portrait and commercial photography types (only excluding large scale events).

From June 21st
EVERYTHING GOES!
Events, networking and conference bookings now welcome.

If you have any questions, would like to discuss possible photo shoots for now or the future, or to get booked in, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

info@studioshotz.co.uk
01202 432234

Lockdowns and photography – can we still work?

by Zelda de Hollander

Although the services we offer are now limited by the current UK restrictions, there are a few areas of work that we can still undertake safely.

PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY & PACKSHOTS
We can provide white background pack shot photography, as well as styled studio photography of products. Our home based photographic studio is available for any products that can be dropped off to our Christchurch location & be left within our porch, to ensure no contact. Products can also be posted or scheduled for courier delivery to us.

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPHY
The property market is still open and trading, allowing estate agents to do house viewings “Initial viewings should be done virtually wherever this is possible and property agents should help you to do this” we can provide interior photography to help aid with the virtual viewings and sales visuals.

We can also use this time wisely to update airbnb, bed & breakfast or hotel imagery.

PRE-PLANNING FOR UPCOMING PHOTO SHOOTS
If you’re thinking about booking in for a shoot once restrictions ease, why not book in a preliminary conversation now.

Throughout all photo shoots, we are adhering to all social distancing rules, and COVID compliance to ensure the safety of all parties throughout the process.

All consultations and pre-planning of photo shoots will be done over the phone, over email or by zoom video chat.

All sales materials including invoices will be send digitally with no hard (printed) copies being exchanged in person. All images sent are digital, sent electronically.

If you have any questions, would like to discuss possible photo shoots for now or the future, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

info@studioshotz.co.uk
01202 432234

Charity Calendar Football Photo Shoot for Mind

by Zelda de Hollander

Members of a Dorset based football team have made a calendar to raise money for mental health charity, Mind.

Inspired by the popular film Calendar Girls, St John’s Rangers members practised their best poses and stripped to their last item of clothing in a bid to raise as much money as possible for a charity which is very important to them.

Team member and Service Manager at a care company, Dan Wilson said: “A lot of the team have struggled with mental health problems at some point in their life. The current pandemic has also shown that everyone has struggled, so we thought ‘why not do it?’ and I set the wheels in motion.

“There are all shapes and sizes showcased in the calendar; it’s not primarily about what you look like, rather ‘this is me.'”

The calendar doesn’t only feature pictures of the football team, but also relevant statistics, such as “just over three out of four suicides (76 per cent) are by men and suicide is the biggest cause of death for men under 35.”

For this reason, raising awareness of mental health is equally as important as raising money for charity.

Dan said: “For me, it’s about raising awareness which is at the forefront of the calendar and our main goal. We aim to sell all 50 calendars which should raise over £500 for Mind.

Purchase the Calendar here

Full Bournemouth Echo Article here

Why your business should have an image library

by Zelda de Hollander

Has your business set up changed, has the layout changed, has your staff or team dynamics, your offerings, products or services changed in the past few months? If you’d answered yes to any of these, then you should think about having an update on your business photography

Why would I need an image library though? What’s the benefit?

What a personalised image library offers you is a variety of photos at your fingertips, ready to go!

Press release due yesterday? At least you don’t have to worry about quickly taking a photo as well.

Stock imagery of your business to use for your blog and socials for the next few months – sorted.

Someone’s been interviewed and they need to send a recent head shot, you already have it.

Having a stock library of your business ready to dip into saves you a massive amount of time, stress and panic shooting.

I could just use stock images
Sure, you could. But why bother?
That’s not your business, that’s not your team, your office space and that’s obvious to your viewer.

There are a limited number of royalty free stock images available out there, and they’ve probably seen that images being used before, not giving a sense of authenticity to your business which in turn makes it not appear trustworthy.

Professional photography may be the more expensive option, initially, but also provides longevity. The image library that you begin to create through multiple shoots will truly reflect your businesses style, brand and values. These images help to create an emotional connection between your potential buyer and your service or product, something a stock photo could never do.

How do we do this?

Firstly, let’s chat! The more about your business, services, products I know the better I can showcase them through photographs!

A basic image library creation usually takes a half day shoot minimum up to a day shoot, depending on how many elements, how many people and how many services we’re wanting to show. Exactly what is photographed will entirely depend on your business, and this is why our initial consultation is so important.

Happy World Photography Day!

by Zelda de Hollander
On August 19th each year, we celebrate World Photography Day! ????❤️???? ❤️
I absolutely LOVE being a photographer & feel so blessed it’s been my job for *ahem* 10+ years! ???? This morning, I even got to speak with the lovely BBC Radio Solent and Radio South hosts Alun Newman and then Steve Harris about photography and my journey of being a photographer over the past decade ????

COVID-19 update for Photo Shoots June 2020

by Zelda de Hollander

COVID update from 1st June 2020

STUDIO PHOTO SHOOTS

Following the new government guidelines, allowing photography studios to open from June 15th, we are delighted to be able to offer these services from then.

However, these photo shoots will not be taking place in our home-based studio, but instead at a commercial photography studio based in central New Milton, BH25.

Throughout studio photo shoots, we are adhering to all social distancing rules to ensure the safety of all parties throughout the process.

All consultations and pre-planning of photo shoots will be done over the phone, over email or by zoom video chat.

All sales materials including invoices will be send digitally with no hard (printed) copies being exchanged in person. All images sent are digital, sent electronically.

Although face masks are not actually government advised for my line of work, I shall be carrying them with me and will be more than happy to use throughout our photo shoot if it would make you, or any member of your team, feel more comfortable. This can be discussed during our consultation. “When managing the risk of COVID-19, additional PPE beyond what you usually wear is not beneficial. This is because COVID-19 is a different type of risk to the risks you normally face in a workplace, and needs to be managed through social distancing, hygiene and fixed teams or partnering, not through the use of PPE”- Gov.uk

 

LOCATION PHOTO SHOOT

We are adhering to all social distancing rules throughout the photo shoot process. Location photo shoots are available now.

All consultations and pre-planning of photo shoots will be done over the phone, over email or by zoom video chat.

All sales materials including invoices will be send digitally with no hard (printed) copies being exchanged in person. All images sent are digital, sent electronically.

Although face masks are not actually government advised for my line of work, I shall be carrying them with me and will be more than happy to use throughout our photo shoot if it would make you, or any member of your team, feel more comfortable. This can be discussed during our consultation. “When managing the risk of COVID-19, additional PPE beyond what you usually wear is not beneficial. This is because COVID-19 is a different type of risk to the risks you normally face in a workplace, and needs to be managed through social distancing, hygiene and fixed teams or partnering, not through the use of PPE”- Gov.uk

 

ADDITIONAL NOTES

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPHY

With the new government guidelines for the property market and allowing estate agents to do house viewings “Initial viewings should be done virtually wherever this is possible and property agents should help you to do this” we can provide interior photography to help aid with the virtual viewings and sales visuals, available now.

 

PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY

Studio Product Photography can still be undertaken at our home studio, for products that can be dropped off to our Christchurch studio location & be left within our porch, to ensure no contact. These can then be picked up at an agreed later date. Available now.

For products that require the client to be present during the photo shoot, we will have to use the commercial photography premises in New Milton, adhering to social distancing throughout, please see the full ‘studio’ section for guidance. Available from June 15th. 

 

Please get in touch to discuss your photo shoot.

info@studioshotz.co.uk