Mini-Sessions are GO!

I do love weddings.  It's a genuine rush, a thrill, waiting to go into action on the morning of a wedding.  I've been at it for nigh on 10 years and the feeling has never faded.  It's like walking into the first day at a new job, or standing over your mountain bike or skis at the top of an exposed black run.  The adrenaline kicks in and only the fact that you've done this hundreds of times before calms the nerves and stops shaky hands!

And this is also why I really, really enjoy making family portraits - the experience is almost the polar opposite of shooting a wedding.  I can turn up and spend time with a happy family with absolutely no pressure.  It's still exhilarating but in a very fun way.  Whilst great wedding photos are sometimes forged in the heat of the moment, forced to the surface like furious spouts of beautiful lava ( I know, sorry), portrait sessions allow a completely different way of working - more meandering river than pyroclastic flow .  This is obviously a completely over the top way to describe the different working methods but it's true in my mind :-)

Anyway, the more I move into family and childrens' portraiture, the more I find my little niche.  A good friend of mine and all round brilliant photographer, Mandy Charlton, recently looked over some of my work and declared, "You photograph children the same way you photograph dogs!" (She meant it in a good way - I also have a specialist dog photography business).  And she was quite right - I do!  Children love to run around, jump off stuff and generally let off steam.  So whilst I always get some heartfelt and reasonably static portraits, I also get plenty of photos of children being, well, children - being themselves.

To keep the outdoor family portraits ticking over, I recently started offering mini-sessions - these are basically 20 minute portrait sittings (runnings and jumpings really!) in the great outdoors.  I'm able to offer them at half my usual price because everyone comes to me, rather than me rushing all over the north east with bags full of photography gear.  Here's a link to my north east outdoor portrait info page.  It has all the dates of the upcoming mini-session days.  Big people are positively encouraged to step up for a few photos too - for me, family photographs in beautiful locations are always better than very staged studio shots.  Just far more relaxed and happy :-)

Do feel free to get in touch through my website or just drop me an email at info@emersonphotography.co.uk or just call me on 07866127732.

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Hairy Dog Photography!

Hairy Dog Photography is now officially up and running.  Thanks so much to all those who have volunteered their dogs for free lifestyle photo shoots - it really is very much appreciated.  The website is now online - please take a look if you get a free minute - it's here; specialist dog lifestyle photography

The aim is to provide a specialist dog / lifestyle portraiture service throughout the North East of England including Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle.

There is still time to book your pet in for a FREE portrait session including a free 10x8" print - no obligation to buy anything thereafter and absolutely no hard sell.  Why would I do this?  It's a very limited offer and will last only as long as it takes to put together a really lovely set of dog / lifestyle portraits to show customers.  So please don't sit on the fence - call me (Jamie) on ZERO7866127732 to get a slot in the diary.

Emerson Photography is entirely unaffected by all this doggy malarkey - weddings and regular portrait sessions will carry on as usual
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I will shoot your dog for free :-)

Free doggy portrait session and free print too - what's not to like?

If we're friends on Facebook, you may have already seen my post about pet photography.  Basically, I spend quite a lot of my life taking photos of my dog - sad, but true.  Much as I love him, I do quite fancy a change, and given that I've always wanted to carve out a niche in dog photography, I am offering the following;

Free lifestyle photography shoot for you and your dog. 

You can be in the photos, or not - entirely up to you.  We can do the shoot in your house or on a favourite walkies at the park / beach etc.  There's absolutely no obligation to buy anything - in fact I will give you a free 10x8" print just for helping me build a doggy portfolio :-)  I'll be using the same top-end kit that I use to shoot top-end weddings - results are guaranteed.  It doesn't matter if your dog is incapable of sitting still - all the better for action shots!

I had initially limited the offer to five people, to avoid a groupon-style, 200-shoots-beforenextweek meltdown.  But given the number of emails and PMs I've received, I'm going to (have to!) extend the offer to the next 20 people who get in touch.

You can see some examples of what to expect HERE  or HERE (black lab puppy content!).

Location.  I live in the North East (of England) - please bear this in mind.  I am occasionally up in Edinburgh, very occasionally in Aberdeen and have been spotted on the Isle of Skye.

If this appeals, please get in touch - you can contact me through my website;

Clicky here!

Or through my Facebook page;

Clicky here for Facebook!

Or just call me on ZERO7866127732 or ZERO1915845442  (zeros included to fool spammy software).

Just to recap; that's a FREE shoot, with a FREE print taken by a pro photographer with pro gear.  Dogs are mandatory - you can be in the photos with your dog, or not - up to you.