New Branding

July 28, 2023 Victoria Gibson

So you may have noticed I LOVE the colour ORANGE!!

Well I thought i’d do a little post about why I decided to incorporate my favourite colour into my business branding. I started off by changing my logo colours which I loved but the website didn’t sit right with me.

Since earlier in the year I put an advert out on facebook for Models and offered a reduced rate if I could use their images on my website and social media…..I am so thankful to each and everyone of you that came and helped me revamp the site.

Our styles change so much as artists over the years and I think it’s very important to give your branding an overhaul sometimes too.

After adding all the new images to the website I then concentrated on my packaging. As you can see below it’s soooo pretty and fresh. I wanted that bright fresh feeling becuase that’s the way I feel, Happy, Fresh…. and sometimes a little fruity…jokes

But you want to know the reason behind the choice of colour right?

Those cookies are so yummy. They are made by the talented Erin from **Tattums_treats_byerin**. You can find her on Instagram

I am a very visual person and and a sensitive soul. Colours, weather, people, my surroundings all affect my personaity and my mood.

As a family and since Lockdown we have changed our whole outlook on life and it has done us the world of good. We don’t like busy places, we love peace, we love outdoors, we love being just us.

For a long time I wore black or grey…I still do now sometimes as it can be smart but when we are on our adventures I started wearing orange. It makes me feel happy and brightens up my face…maaan it even gives me a tan in photos……yep i’m not that brown haha

Even my Paddle Board has orange on it

Whenever we pop into clothing shops I get excited to see orange items….or Khaki green, it’s also a favourite and I may even tie that in at some point but one step at a time…..This girl has a lot on haha

I also bought a Orange waterproof coat to brighten up those grey rainy days and it also brightens up my photos….Winner Winner!!

So my point to this Blog is if something makes you happy, go with it and if you can do it or use it throughout your life then do it.

This colour reminds me of what we live for…Our Adventures so incorporating it into work has brightened up my branding and reminds me that an Adventure is only a weekend away

I hope you find your happy colour

Have a great day

Love Vickie xx

If you would like to follow our Adventures outside of work life you can either follow me on tik tok or Youtube

Christmas Photoshoots 2023

May 23, 2023 Victoria Gibson

I know, I know it’s ONLY May….But

Christmas planning starts early in the photography and christmas experiences world. Just like Santa we have a lot to get ready.

Last year was a big year with 3 backdrops, It was so much fun….Do you remember?

Nutcracker was a big favourite with you all

So what’s happening this year I hear you ask….Well a lot has happened here this year and one big thing is my style and love for neutrals so we have this gorgeous neutral Gold Christmas backdrop coming. You can hang this in any home , plus children will really stand out with these timeless colours

Golden christmas

Which backdrop will you choose?

But I always have to add a bit of fun to my christmas themes so here is the 2nd choice. Although we cannot do 3 backdrops this year due to space. This backdrop will be the funnest yet!!!

Meet our Christmas Kitchen

So are you ready to pre book your slot with our early release?

By having priority booking you will all receive a extra digital image with your package worth £30 for FREE

book now

SPARKLE!

February 10, 2019 Victoria Gibson

Thought I'd put 'pen to paper' and write a little blog for you

This blog is about something I feel quite strongly about and that is bullying, children's self-esteem and confidence

Growing up is hard when you start high school, I know I've been there and to be honest it was probably one of the hardest times of my life.

Nowadays it's different because our children have social media to add to their already testing teen years.

Social media can be such a great platform for some things like communicating with family and friends we don't see often, building businesses and sometimes learning but it can have its downfalls and one of them being 'how many likes' we have on a selfie of ourselves .

This can be quite disheartening for some of us and it can make us question why...

Why hasn't many people liked my photo?

Do I not look good in it?

Do people think I look ugly?

Someone else has 100 likes on their photo and only 5 on mine, why?

This all leads to low self-esteem and low confidence

Obviously this goes alongside trying to keep up with other children at school, whether it is the right makeup, hair, clothes, gadgets etc.

Life has changed so much and this generation I think will struggle with these things when they are older as we know what life was like before social media and we know we don't need likes or to be accepted online but they don't and this is worrying for their mental health when they are older.

Bullying is a big common factor in these two points. Children can be cruel we know that. It's always been like that and always will but we need to remember to be kind to each other and remember we all have feelings.

None of us are perfect and we all may not be this perfect beauty queen but each one of us has a beautiful quality about us and its finding that in someone and paying them a compliment about that quality you see. Doing this in person will show how much of a good person you are and make the other person feel nice about themselves. Let's try not to rely on social media to tell people things. Our future is looking sad that we will only be able to communicate through a phone or computer and our future generations won't have the social skills we had growing up.

Being a photographer I see so many young girls in the studio and although I see a few that are quite confident you can also see the anxiety they all suffer and are actually very critical of themselves.

Girls you shouldn't be, you are all gorgeous and unique and which is why when I photograph you I don't want you to pout or stretch your eyebrows so far up your head that you give yourself a wrinkly head. I want you to be YOU; I want to show YOU to the world.

When I photograph you I want your eyes to tell me who you are and what kind of woman you’re going to be

I love the innocence in you here Olivia, but remember those nervous hands. Even nervous you are still shining

I photographed a young girl called Olivia last week and as soon as she walked in I could see she was very nervous and the more I spoke to her mum Melanie I learnt how low her self-esteem and confidence was.

This girl, this young beautiful woman was doubting herself ....why? Have you seen her? She's absolutely stunning.

I was so excited to get started and just looking at her I had loads of ideas for future sessions running through my head.

While photographing her I was thinking how can this child be bullied, how can people be so cruel towards someone with such natural beauty?

Inside it made me angry because I knew what this kind girl was going through but that anger made me want to show all these people how beautiful and amazing she is. Not only is she naturally gorgeous she is clever, kind hearted and so polite.

Melanie her mum tells me

“‘We are encouraged as human beings to not be racist, agist, homophobic etc yet this seems to be an area which holds no bounds! I listen to stories of children taking their own lives because of bullying and i feel angry that children feel so low they feel there is no way out. Olivia doing this photoshoot shows courage and willingness to overcome her dislike of herself and i would love to see more of this empowerment with children embracing life and supporting each other . Most of all I hope it makes parents think about their own actions aas we are our childrens role models. We need to ensure we encourage positivity not only to our children but to others. We need to start looking out for and protect all children to ensure they grow into kind, compassionate and supportive adults’.”

Since taking the photos of Olivia and Melanie it has made me think of what will happen when I put these photos on Facebook, will anyone try to cyber bully? You are probably thinking why would you think that when she is so pretty. Well probably because of my own hang-ups on bullying and the fear of the past. Even though I'm over what happened through school and I'm stronger now than what I was, it's probably one of my fears for children I come across as to what comments online they could get.

But obviously this didn't happen and the comments come thick and fast of how beautiful she is, her hair, her eyes ....a photographers dream as one quoted.

I hope these people that think it's ok to put other children down now see actually you are wrong but I'd also like to ask them;

Why do you do this?

Does it make you feel better about yourself?

Do you have something going on in your personal life that is making you feel angry and negative?

Are you unhappy with yourself?

Do you need support?

My message to all young people is don't worry what other people think about you, don't let their actions affect your sparkle and this is the most important one, don't let them see it affect you.

Hold them shoulders and head up and show the world how you shine.

School is NOT forever and life is different and better when it's over but for the time being try your best, just be you and grab life by the horns as we only live once so make this life an amazing one.

Olivia, you are my amazing model. Photographing you has given me lots of new ideas, passions and fills my heart when I see how amazing you look so thank you so much for coming to me. Keep shining and let that fiery little soul out, we all know it's in there

Love Vickie xx