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Freebie Friday – You are enough

Freebie Friday – You are enough

It's Friday! I want to start giving something away each week. Something small, but a token of gratitude to people who take time out of their day for me and to check out my work. You may notice that this is my first post, and I wouldn't even consider my site to be...

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Instagram is my jam

I absolutely loved working on these branding photo

I absolutely loved working on these branding photos for @sarasmilescottt a few weeks ago. Really missing these autumn vibes.
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It was an absolute “Karen” of a day. Anything that could go wrong... did. Torrential downpours, arrogant parking attendants, extortionate parking fees, umbrellas blowing inside out, ramblers holding their own little Photoshoots in the background of ours, duck invasions (that was actually pretty cool) but it was one of those situations were we adapted and made the best of it and it was actually one of the most fun shoots I’ve ever done.
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@sarasmilescottt is an absolute genius when it comes to Instagram. She shares so much knowledge, and if you’re not bothered about Instagram, her Travel photos are guaranteed to give you serious wanderlust so give her a follow.

💄 @sophie_baines_

Today is thanksgiving! It isn’t really celebrate

Today is thanksgiving! It isn’t really celebrated here in the U.K. even though we seem to have adopted Black Friday which, let’s face it, should be renamed black November because we’ve been getting spammed with it for weeks 😂

Anyway, 2020 has been a tough one hasn’t it? Can you believe it’s nearly over? Everyone has their hopes pinned on 2021 being better and I really hope it will be. But today, like we should every day, it’s good to focus on things this year that have brought us all together and made us closer. We’ve all learned to adapt, we’ve helped people, we’ve made new friendships, we’ve started new businesses. 2020 will most likely go down in history as an “annus horribilis” but if you look at what we’ve got through and that (most of us) are still standing. We’ve actually achieved some pretty epic shit this year!!!

So I just want to do a little roll call for my business besties. Because I’m so grateful for you all. @theprodigalfox you’re amazing! You’ve changed my life and I’m so grateful to call you a friend! @sincerelysophiephotography my sister from another mister, you’re going to go on to do amazing things. I know it. Thanks for always being there. @sophie_baines_ you beautiful, inspirational lady! Thanks for the yummy treats, for listening to my rants and hairbrained ideas. @workwithwolf my birthday twin, thanks for being a great person to bounce ideas around with. I see great things happening for you!

I can’t forget my little family @glyndor and @hollybonbon1 I love you both so much ❤️❤️

And THANK YOU so so much to my clients. Everyone I’ve worked with. I learn and grown with every new project and you all in your own ways make me a better person and better at what I do. You’re the reason I get up in the morning. Even if we haven’t worked together, I’m so thankful for everyone who follows and supports me too. You’re all amazing.

Wow this went on a bit longer than I thought... if you’re still here and not fallen asleep, have a great thanksgiving. Tell me something you’re grateful for? Are you celebrating today?

A shoot from a few weeks ago with @sophie_baines_

A shoot from a few weeks ago with @sophie_baines_ it was absolutely bloody freezing but I love how these photos turned out. I’ll be updating my photography portfolio very soon to show more from this shoot and others I’ve done recently ❤️
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The gorgeous crown was created especially for the shoot by the super talented @flowercrownmagic

I’ve been a busy bee 🐝 lately. This one of my

The last few weeks have been such a whirlwind. You

The last few weeks have been such a whirlwind. You’ll probably notice I’ve been doing a lot more photography recently and Im IN LOVE!! I’ve been honoured to work on some brilliant shoots with some great brands lately and last week I was lucky enough to work with the lovely @mrscmcguinness which was so much fun! She’s such a sweetheart. You’ll have to give her a follow if you want to see any more photos from the shoot.

Here she is wearing a festive jumper from @actionforchildrenuk which is an amazing cause to help children living in poverty this Christmas. Go check them out too as it’s such an important cause.

Hair and makeup @sophie_baines_
Shot at @fivefourstudios

Yesterday was my 40th birthday! I don’t feel 40

Yesterday was my 40th birthday! I don’t feel 40 at all. When I was a kid, 40 seemed ancient. I’d look at people that age and assume they had everything figured out and here I am... still winging it. It turns out most of us are though so I kinda feel a little better about that. Do any of us ever get that whole “adulting” thing down????

I’d planned a big celebration. Bottomless Proseccos while I danced with drag queens to cheesy eighties pop... then covid and lockdown happened and I ended up cooking a roast and binge watching the Crown. To be honest I wouldn’t have changed a thing. It was bliss. I can party hard next year... hopefully I’ll have the energy for it 👵🏼👵🏼I’m treating myself so a couple of days off this week because I’m in need of a break. As difficult as it is to switch off I’m going to try my best 😉

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of doing some

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of doing some product photography for @sophieskitchen_chorley. Go check her out. She’s amazing and prepares really delicious and healthy meals, lots of plant based, vegan friendly meals too so there’s something for everyone. She’s just launched these yummy brunch boxes for two which are amazing! Honestly I was drooling while taking the photos everything was so good!

Here’s a little design tip for a Monday. ⠀⠀

Here’s a little design tip for a Monday.
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I get asked a lot when I’m building website or designing brands, why I never use the colour black for text or put white text on black backgrounds.
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My main reason is that while high contrast colours are useful for readability, pure black text on pure white backgrounds can actually cause eye strain when users look over them for long periods of time. White has 100% brightness and black has 0% and such disparity can over stimulate the eyes.
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Obviously this kind of contrast can look really vibrant in some designs, but for text, something you want your site visitors to take their time with and stay on your website for as long as possible, you want to make their experience comfortable and give them a reason to stick around.
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There as millions of shades of gray/black that can still look vibrant without being too over stimulating. You can do the opposite with white too if you’re set on using pure black, just lower the brightness of the white.
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It’s little things like this to consider if you’re designing your own website because you want people to visit and look around and come back to hopefully buy your services or products.
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I hope you found that useful. Let me know in the comments if you’d like any more tips.
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Have a great week.