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Friday, 25 September 2009
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Awards Update #2
Some really fabulous news came in the post today. I learnt that out of 13 images I submitted into the Master Photography Awards (one of the UK’s biggest award ceremonies for professional photographers), 11 of them won Awards of Merit. Merits are awarded to photographs that show high standards in impact, composition, colour management and workmanship. The images are judged by some of the UK’s leading photographers and for them to gain a Merit award, the judges must score an image 80+ points out of 100. I am particularly proud of this result as entering the Master Photography Awards is a good way of getting an accurate assessment on how good the quality of your work is.
Shown above are some of the images that won Merit Awards.
Still on the subject of winners, the editor of ABC Magazine has now chosen the next Cover Star. A huge congratulations goes out to 4 year old Moira from Harpenden! I’m really pleased with the winning photograph, as it has a very different look to previous photographs that have appeared on the cover of ABC Magazine. For the time-being, we are keeping the winning photograph under wraps until it appears on the next issue of ABC magazine, which hits the streets at the beginning of November.
Shown above are some of the images that won Merit Awards.
Still on the subject of winners, the editor of ABC Magazine has now chosen the next Cover Star. A huge congratulations goes out to 4 year old Moira from Harpenden! I’m really pleased with the winning photograph, as it has a very different look to previous photographs that have appeared on the cover of ABC Magazine. For the time-being, we are keeping the winning photograph under wraps until it appears on the next issue of ABC magazine, which hits the streets at the beginning of November.
Saturday, 29 August 2009
ABC / On Holiday
Yesterday I photographed the final entrant for our ABC Coverstar competition. The editor of ABC now has the difficult task of deciding who will appear on next cover of ABC magazine (due out in November). As usual, there are a LOT of very strong contenders! Shown above are three lovely children I recently photographed for the competition.
As from September, we start looking for the next Cover Star, so if you would like your child considered to appear on the March 2010 issue of ABC magazine, get in touch! March 2010 sounds a long way off, but ideally we need to get you booked in fairly soon as the forthcoming months are very popular with clients looking to give portrait photographs as Christmas presents. We already have bookings for late September and October.
I am now on holiday for a well-deserved break and the studio will re-open on Monday 14th September. If you need to get in touch, I will hopefully be able to respond to emails fairly quickly, but this may not be possible in the second week as I'm not sure what the web access will be like.
See you soon!
All images and text: Copyright © David Calvert 2009. All rights reserved.
David Calvert. Hertfordshire portrait photographer. Family portraits, baby portraits, pregnancy photography.
As from September, we start looking for the next Cover Star, so if you would like your child considered to appear on the March 2010 issue of ABC magazine, get in touch! March 2010 sounds a long way off, but ideally we need to get you booked in fairly soon as the forthcoming months are very popular with clients looking to give portrait photographs as Christmas presents. We already have bookings for late September and October.
I am now on holiday for a well-deserved break and the studio will re-open on Monday 14th September. If you need to get in touch, I will hopefully be able to respond to emails fairly quickly, but this may not be possible in the second week as I'm not sure what the web access will be like.
See you soon!
All images and text: Copyright © David Calvert 2009. All rights reserved.
David Calvert. Hertfordshire portrait photographer. Family portraits, baby portraits, pregnancy photography.
Friday, 21 August 2009
Awards Update
As mentioned in my previous posting, our industry is currently in awards season, where wedding and portrait photographers around the country submit their work to The Master Photography Awards, which is one of the UK's largest award ceremonies for professional photographers.
Yesterday, I was thrilled to learn that one of my submissions to the competition has been nominated for a major award - namely the David Mathias Portrait Award. I'm no stranger to this category as I have been nominated for this award twice before and won the category outright in 2007, so I'm very pleased to be nominated for it again!
My wife is particularly pleased with my nomination, as she's had her eye on a 'gorgeous' dress and this is a great excuse to go out and buy it, as she will need something nice to wear at the award ceremony in October. I'm wondering if my dinner suit still fits me...
Yesterday, I was thrilled to learn that one of my submissions to the competition has been nominated for a major award - namely the David Mathias Portrait Award. I'm no stranger to this category as I have been nominated for this award twice before and won the category outright in 2007, so I'm very pleased to be nominated for it again!
My wife is particularly pleased with my nomination, as she's had her eye on a 'gorgeous' dress and this is a great excuse to go out and buy it, as she will need something nice to wear at the award ceremony in October. I'm wondering if my dinner suit still fits me...
Friday, 14 August 2009
End of a Busy Week.
I'm coming to the end of a very busy couple of weeks. The response to our Kodak promotion was very good and we have got some great shots to submit to the competition. Fingers crossed that one of them goes on to win the big prize!
As previously mentioned, we are now in Awards season. Myself and many other photographers around the country have been preparing their images for the Master Photographer Awards (formerly called the British Professional Photography Awards). In past years, I haven't done too badly, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this year. I should know my 'fate' in the following weeks!
Also, I must take this opportunity of thanking my clients for the lovely messages I have recently received from them. Here are a few excerpts:
"I think the photographs of Isobel are brilliant... ...Thank you once again, we both enjoyed the shoot immensely and I was very impressed with your studio and professionalism."
"Everyone appreciated your work as well. I personally liked all photographs, especially the first 6 are amazing, and Myra's one is Awesome."
"Hi David, Just to let you know that the pictures arrived safe and sound this morning. We love them. Thanks a million. x"
"Thank you again for all those wonderful pictures. They were all lovely."
Finally, shown above is a selection of portraits I've recently taken. I hope you enjoy looking at them.
As previously mentioned, we are now in Awards season. Myself and many other photographers around the country have been preparing their images for the Master Photographer Awards (formerly called the British Professional Photography Awards). In past years, I haven't done too badly, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this year. I should know my 'fate' in the following weeks!
Also, I must take this opportunity of thanking my clients for the lovely messages I have recently received from them. Here are a few excerpts:
"I think the photographs of Isobel are brilliant... ...Thank you once again, we both enjoyed the shoot immensely and I was very impressed with your studio and professionalism."
"Everyone appreciated your work as well. I personally liked all photographs, especially the first 6 are amazing, and Myra's one is Awesome."
"Hi David, Just to let you know that the pictures arrived safe and sound this morning. We love them. Thanks a million. x"
"Thank you again for all those wonderful pictures. They were all lovely."
Finally, shown above is a selection of portraits I've recently taken. I hope you enjoy looking at them.
All photographs / text: © David Calvert 2009.
David Calvert. Portrait photographer Hertfordshire, Bishops Stortford, Ware. Family portraits, baby portraits, pregnancy photography
Monday, 3 August 2009
August / September Sittings
Quick update...
For anyone thinking of entering our fantastic Kodak Awards portrait promotion, at the time of writing this post, I only have two slots available. These being; AM, 7th August and AM, 12th August. After these dates have gone, the promotion will be closed and August will be fully booked. These spaces will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so if you would like your child photographed for free and would like the chance of winning a cool grand, call me now on 01279 843050.
As for my future availability for portrait sittings, I am now taking bookings for sittings commencing Monday 14th September onwards.
Monday, 27 July 2009
August Sittings
August looks like its going to be a very busy month! There has been a steady flow of calls to the studio from mums and dads who are eager to take advantage of our latest portrait photography promotions!
August is now fully booked for our ABC Cover Star promotion. The next available slots for this promotion are in September. Sittings undertaken from September onwards will be submitted to ABC magazine for consideration for use on their Spring 2010 issue.
With regards to our Kodak Portrait awards promotion, where you could win £1,000.00, due to a high demand for portrait sittings, I have extended the closing date to 14th August. However, spaces are now very limited and I would estimate that all slots will be filled by the end of this week. Book now to avoid disappointment!
August is now fully booked for our ABC Cover Star promotion. The next available slots for this promotion are in September. Sittings undertaken from September onwards will be submitted to ABC magazine for consideration for use on their Spring 2010 issue.
With regards to our Kodak Portrait awards promotion, where you could win £1,000.00, due to a high demand for portrait sittings, I have extended the closing date to 14th August. However, spaces are now very limited and I would estimate that all slots will be filled by the end of this week. Book now to avoid disappointment!
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