This photo shoot was to capture some great shots of three lovely girls. They were all very full of life and loved the camera. 253 shots were taken over a 2 hour shoot. Their mum was very happy with the end results and bought a 26”x26” framed print that would look great and compliment her recently decorated front room. Some separate photos were also bought. The 3 girls ranged from 3 years up to 15 years old. Everything is going to take only 2 to 3 weeks to finish. What a fantastic way to celebrate the kinship and loving bond between these 3 girls. A photographic memory to be cherished for years to come. As a Children’s Photographer i feel i did a great job and gave the customer the style of photography she wanted. My studio is based in Essex.

Children’s portraits

Bank holiday Monday was busy for me. One of the reasons was a job in my studio. It was a lady with her baby daughter. Well a toddler. She was a lovely little girl and I couldn’t and still can’t believe how much energy the little girl had. She wouldn’t stay still for one second, kept running around and trying to escape.  Despite being hardly able to walk (she could walk but kept falling over), she could open the door (never had a child of her age able to do that), which she kept doing and trying to run out in her nappy only. It was hilarious.

We got there in the end and the result was brilliant. We got the shot the mum wanted and many more. When people see the photographs of their children, they often say to me (especially if this was their first ever photo shoot), that they find it very hard to choose just a few. If people had all the money in the world and didn’t have to worry about how much they are spending, it wouldn’t be a problem, but as this isn’t the case in most of our situation, we have to watch our spendings. That’s why my prices are so competitive despite me knowing, I could be charging much more as my photography is better than lots of my competitors (who by the way charge much more than myself).

Also to make it easier for my customers, this is the reason I offer such a large selection on prints and frames and the most popular product I sell in a 9 in 1 frame.  It’s a brilliant value for money and It makes it a bit easier for my customers to choose their favourites.  You can see some of my products on my website www.rossholdingphotography.com <http://www.rossholdingphotography.com> .

I hope this information have been at least a little bit useful and I look forward to seeing you in my studio.

Kind regards
Ross Holding

Franchising my business

After speaking to a few people and so many of them asking me for job experience, advice and some of your lovely comments, I have decided to systemise and eventually franchise my business. I have had my own photography business for over 18 years now, gone through a couple of recessions and I have done all right.

There is a lot of wannabe professional photographers out there and who wouldn’t want to be their own boss? It all sounds great and most of us might think “how hard can that be?”. I was the same until I went for it and started Ross Holding Photography and let me tell you, it’s not easy. The hardest thing in starting anything new is finding your feet, finding what works and what doesn’t and so on.

I have learned a lot from my late father who was also a photographer and I have progressed and moved with time from there. I have learned from his mistakes, but also made a lot on the way, which is part of the journey. When you are thinking about running your own business, you need to know more than just the photography side but I won’t go into too much detail now.

Nothing is in place yet, but if you would like to know more, log onto  www.rossholdingphotography.com or drop me an email OR CALL ME ON 01708 731 957.  07947 033 122.

Speak soon
Ross