It’s time for another spectacular photography prize for one very lucky business!

This time the prize is for a location photo shoot of your business premises. This could be your shop, your studio,  restaurant, hotel, tea room etc..

I photograph many businesses interiors with no shoot fees, I work my magic with my camera, then my clients simply buy the photos they love from an online proof page. Do your current photos really show off your business, represent your brand and entice in lots of new customers?

If not you need to book a no-fee photo shoot with me, or even better win the photos with this competition!

The Prize

A 3 hr location photo shoot at your business premises, including interior and exterior shots, products and people and all photos of your business on disc. That’s right all the final photos! worth £500

To enter

Tell us something special about your business using the comment box below. We all have something that makes our business special, it could be someone in your team, a special dish you serve that customers travel miles for, your most popular product, a particularly gorgeous room in your hotel, it could be anything!  At the end of the month I will shortlist my 3 favourite entries and then it will be up to the public to vote for a winner!

The last 3 finalists’ something special were; A Welsh gift shop with a beautiful National Trust estate location, A Lebanese restaurant in Warwick with a bedouin tent in the courtyard, and an art gallery in Dorset with a secret haberdashery!

The public voted the Welsh gift shop, Country Touches the winner and in April I traveled to Wales for their Photo Shoot. See below for some of the photos from their shoot.

Good luck!

Lyndsey x

Terms

Your entry will appear below within 24hrs of being submitted. Keep it short, long entries will be edited. One Entry per business. Competition open to independent businesses only. Shortlisted entries will be announced on Friday 1st June, and a public vote opened for 48 hrs to decide the winner. No cash alternative. Photo shoot must take place on a weekday subject to availability, at your business premises. As with all professional art works, the images are Copyright protected (not watermarked) and cannot be sold or gifted to a third party, use is restricted to your own business promotions.

BBC Dragon Theo Paphitis loves my work and the Lyndsey James Photography brand & website so much that he decided to give me a certificate to prove it! how kind is that?

I agreed to a photo because I could see he would be very upset if I said no…

Another lovely endorsement for my businesses photography came recently from the lovely businesswoman Jacqueline Gold. The chief Exec of Ann Summers and Knickerbox commented:

Lyndsey has a niche market in mind and is clearly a business woman as well as an artist.

How cool is that! Read my Testimonials page for more lovely comments by happy clients.

Next stop was the art gallery at Llanbedrog, a lovely lunch in the magnificent Victorian gothic mansion overlooking the bay before a sit on the beach just staring at the sea, like you do.

My favourite stop next, the lovely Abersoch harbour, by this time the sun was well and truly my friend as me and it enjoyed each others’ company at a lovely bench overlooking the bay. A quick clothes shop in White Stuff and Fat Face (well I can’t just walk past them), then it was onto my final stop, Porthdinllaen on the north coast. More basking in the sun before heading back to Mawddach to watch the sun set with a glass of red.

Last day tomorrow, but I have already planned my return…

After checking in at my gorgeous B&B this afternoon, I took a little drive along the coast to see what I could find. A lovely green view, some sheep on a disused railway, and a lovely sunset!

Will post some more photos tomorrow!

LJ

Country Touches!

Congratulations Natasha what a great start to the year! I look forward to bringing my camera to North Wales and meeting you and your business.

A big well done too to the runners up Hawthorn Gallery and Aqua Food & Mood.

Poll Results at Midday 3rd March:

Country Touches 53%

Hawthorn 32%

Aqua Mood & Food 15%

For those of you who were unlucky this time, there is another fantastic photo shoot competition coming very soon! Follow me on Twitter and Facebook to keep up to date with my competitions and other news.

Here are my finalists, you have just over 48 hrs until midday on Saturday to give your favourite your vote below. The winner will enjoy a 2hr photo shoot and 10 beautiful high res images to revamp their marketing, chosen from a portfolio taken on the day. I will announce the winner after voting closes on Saturday 3rd March.

Country Touches – Shop

Previously an online store, Country Touches open their first little shop in National Trust Bodnant Gardens, Llandudno this month! Their something special is the beautiful surroundings of the National Trust gardens, which will for sure be a hit with customers and a reason to visit before they have even stepped inside the door to see all the lovely country style home and gift products.

Hawthorn – Craft Gallery

Hidden behind this Dorset based gallery is Hawthorn’s something special – a secret haberdashery! A delight of a room packed full of wonderful buttons, ribbon, wool tops and sewing essentials. The front gallery showcases work from the UK’s best designer-makers from stunning jewellery and ceramics, to cosy textiles and quirky cards, so customers can shop for both ready made items and craft materials.

Aqua Food & Mood – Restaurant

Located in a gorgeous little grade I listed Tudor Building in Warwick, Aqua Food & Mood is a Lebanese restaurant, delivering consistent high quality Lebanese food and great hospitality. Their something special is a Bedouin tent in the courtyard, where you can feel close to the middle east relaxing with a unique sheesha waterpipe smoking fruity molasses whilst sipping on renowned Lebanese wines & beers.

Now vote for who you think should win! Its easy just vote below with 2 clicks! Keep up to date with how voting is going, follow us @LyndseyJames on Twitter!

Take Our Poll

This time its for those of you on the high street! Little shops, cafes, hotels, salons and restaurants need gorgeous photos for their website to bring in those new customers!

I photograph interiors to show off lovely small businesses with no shoot fees, I turn up and work magic with my camera, then my clients simply buy the photos they love from an online proof page. Do your current photos really show off your business, represent your brand and entice in lots of new customers?

If not you need to book a no-fee photo shoot with me, or even better win the photos too!

The Prize

A location photo shoot and ten beautiful high res photos of your business.

To enter

Tell us something special about your business. At the end of the month I will shortlist 3 entries and then it will be up to the public to vote for a winner! Scroll down to see a lovely shop I was at this week, I’m sure customers would say Freddie, seen sitting on the doorstep waiting to welcome customers is their something special! Maybe you have a special dish customers travel miles for, fantastic scenery from your window, or a character like Freddie!

Small Print

Your entry will appear here within 24hrs of being submitted. One Entry per business. Competition open to independent businesses with a street presence. Shortlisted entries will be announced on Thursday 1st March. No cash alternative. Photo shoot must take place on a weekday subject to availability. Further photographs can be purchased at £20 ea if more than 10 required. As with all professional art works, the images are Copyright protected (not watermarked) and cannot be sold or gifted to a third party, use is restricted to your own business promotions.

We started with coffee in the drawing room, then did a tour of the sets so the attendees could start planning their shots. As well as the main set of a lovely afternoon tea table full of sweet treats and pretty vintage tableware, there were two bedroom sets, a bathroom with a stunning rolltop bath, the drawing room with its roaring open fire, the boot room with saddles, trophies and various other props and delights for the businesses to use.

Once they had decided which sets were best for their product it was onto the snapping! Attendees are requested to know how to use their camera but I was on hand to help with any technical questions and image improvements while stylist Jo Wood put the finishing touches to the shot by adjusting the prop placement.

After a few hours shooting time we had a break for a well deserved lunch! Beautiful sandwiches and home made scones were served in the dining room by candlelight. An afternoon tea fit for a princess! We all agreed we could have sat there all afternoon but there were more pretty pictures to be taken!
By the end of the day the businesses had moved around from set to set taking their own photos of their products in various settings. They all seemed very happy with the results, and I look forward to seeing their photos.

The next PhotoStyled day is going to be even bigger and better! The Vintage Garden Wedding will include a bride and groom, so as well as the room sets you get models too! Places are limited to just 6 so make sure you book early and don’t miss out!

Here are a few shots I took at the Tea Party…

Voting closed at midday today and after hundreds of votes the winning business is…*drumroll*

Quincy Lampshades!

Congratulations to you Ruth! I shall be bringing my camera to Bristol for a location photo shoot to tell the story of your quirky lampshade business in beautiful photos!

We mustn’t forget the very worthy runners up it was an EXTREMELY close competition between all 3 with the leader changing throughout and second place Print for Love of Wood finishing just 8 votes behind! The runners up will be receiving gift vouchers as I can’t bear to think of them ‘going home empty handed’.

Look out for the results of the Quincy Lampshades photo shoot next year!

Thanks everyone for your entries and votes, have a lovely Christmas!

Lyndsey x

Print for love of wood, Lancashire.

I love the idea of capturing Jacqui’s print process, the use of antique machinery in her business to create contemporary products is a great story.

I started my small business after being made redundant. I run a traditional letterpress studio using antique Victorian printing presses and vintage wood type. I would love to see the process of printing captured on film. Something I can’t do because at the helm!

Quincy Lampshades, Bristol.

This craft has been passed down through Ruth’s blood line without her even knowing, a story of craftsmanship and family history I would love to tell.

Beige. Beige. Beige. Everywhere. But not here at Quincy Lampshades. My lampshades are bold and ballsy. Beautiful lampshades glowing with brightness. It was only AFTER I decided to set up business that I discovered my Granddad made them too, many moons ago. It must be in my blood. I’d love to tell this story.

Shy Violet Interiors, Dorset.

Suzanne has created a wonderful lifestyle business and a creative space that doesn’t feel like work, a great story on why we all brave the world of the self employed.

I’ve always felt that running this shop didn’t really feel like work – its such a wonderful place to work and shop. I thought it was just me, but now my staff have started to say the same thing – although they very hastily add that they still expect to be paid! We’re opening a Courtyard Cafe, a Music Shop and opening our Walled Garden to the public next Spring, and I would really love someone to capture the wonderful atmosphere we have created here in our workplace.

So there you have it, our 3 finalists. Will I be taking my camera to Lancashire, Bristol or Dorset? All lovely stories, vote below! You have until midday on Wednesday 21st. After which the winner will be announced, just in time for Christmas!

VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED