Attending an Ali Groves monthly Subscription Shoot is important for me, for more than one reason. Ali organises her subscription days in a way which allows you time to meet new people and rekindle old connections in a relaxed easy way. Ali herself is very chilled but focussed and you soon learn to mingle without getting […]
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Rachel Flood of Flood Associates was in need of some branding images to populate her new website and social media feed. Its been a bit of a wait to get the images done as we were waiting for lockdown restrictions to ease, and importantly hairdressers to open before we could do the shoot. Rachel is
A Liverpool Brand Shoot Read More »
Laura from LH Retail Development and I had been planning her brand shoot since the start of the year – but with lockdown restrictions in place, we patiently waited until the venue she really wanted was available to visitors. Laura decided to travel to Manchester for her shoot and stayed ta the glorious Kimpton Clocktower
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Last month saw a group of us meet up in city centre Manchester for the first Shoot Subscription day of 2021. Here, in Manchester we have hardly been out of lockdown for a year, so congregating around a bench in St Peters Square with our takeaway coffees is the new normal!! It was
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Spring is in the air, the schools are reopening – it feels like the start of the year again and a great time to think about how you can refine your brand. Our brands and businesses are constantly changing, growing and evolving, with each new client we work with, each new idea we try, each new
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Your headshot is the new handshake. A headshot (or professional portrait) is the way you present yourself to the world, potential employers, clients, customers, and beyond. Since the rise of social media, your headshot is the first impression you give to the people that find you online. If you don’t have a headshot that you
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Last summer I had the privilege of working with Sarah Kekus aka The Health Architect. We worked together on planning her shoot in advance, with a collaborative Pinterest board and a thorough workbook to help Sarah get really clear on what she needed from her images. Here’s a little slideshow I created for
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Coach Beth Creedon wanted a full update of her branding imagery to use on a new website and to launch various courses she had planned. Beth booked a full 3 hour brand shoot and we set to work in planning it in detail. Clients who put the most work into the planning stage will
A brand shoot in Yorkshire… Read More »
I’m guessing that lots of you have heard of vision boards? You might even have one yourself?? A visual collection of images to inspire you towards the life you want to live. You may have heard of a design board used by interior designers, pulling together concepts, colours and textures as inspiration for a
Do I need a mood board?? Read More »
Props are probably not the first thing you think of organising when you book to have some personal branding photography done, but are a great way to bring extra detail and personality to your images. These items are perfect for those ‘story telling shots’, for showing the tools you use for your work, sharing the
Props for your personal branding shoot… Read More »
Established in 2002, Ali Ford Photography is based in Manchester and specialises in brand photography, travelling all over the UK to shoot brand shoots and the popular shoot subscriptions.
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