Moving Out and Moving On

Zoe Photography is moving out of Stanley Grange on Knowsley Hall park - the change is tinged with sadness as we've loved being part of the Knowsley Hall park community, but it's no reflection on the state of the business.  2010 has been a good year in the house of Zoe Photography, and 2011 is promising to be a bumper year with bookings up considerably on all previous years!  But the truth is our unit is just too big for us (gorgeous as it is) and costs too much for this kind of business, and we don't want to have to increase our prices to cover something that isn't a 'must have' for us to operate as a wedding photography business.

We move out on 30th/31st October (anyone want to help who owns a van - we'll pay petrol, provide beer and give you a free photo shoot!)

Watch this space for further announcements of what's going to happen next!

New Website

So carrying on with the theme of exciting times .... the new website will be up this weekend! I still have more galleries to upload, but I am really pleased to be able to at least launch the new site - when you go to the site you can click on one of three buttons - one to come back here to the blog, another to take you to the wedding site and the third to take you to the portrait and fashion site.

I'd love to hear what you think of the new look.

Post Script ..... Hmmm, seems I was a little premature - the promised time I was given for it to go live has come and gone! So, it's obviously going to be a case of watch this space! Of course, really this was a ploy to build excitement ;)

These are exciting times for Zoe Photography! So many new things are happening. Firstly, with huge thanks to Stevan Brash at iDesign we have a whole new brand and logo. Here it is!


The colours are a careful choice - the blue represents the fact that we are really fortunate to be based by the seaside in Southport (ok, ok, there's some artistic license because our sea is not quite that colour!), and the reddish colour represents my Nana, who was a very strong woman who has influenced all our lives. When my grandfather was 'missing presumed dead' during WWII my Nana received the standard telegram, but refused to accept that he was in fact dead. Everyone told her she should go out and buy a black coat and go into mourning. She refused - instead she got all the ration coupons together and went out and bought herself a red coat! And she was right to trust her instincts - Henry was alive, albeit in Changi camp, and 4 long years later he returned home. So it is a delight to be able to include the strength of my Nana in the branding of Zoe Photography.

Other changes afoot? Well, next week will see the delivery of our new brochure - please get in touch if you'd like me to send one to you along with our price guide.

And the following week our new portrait brochure comes out. Again, get in touch if you'd like a copy sending to you.

What else? Well, we have taken a stand at Earls Court for the National Wedding Show, 26th - 28th September 2008, and we are really excited to be working with The Designer Bride's Guide in the production of the first issue of guide's magazine. Copies will be available from stand J5 at Earls Court.

When it comes to pricing, we have simplified everything for weddings so that we have two simple packages for weddings from September 2008 - one package at £1,500, and the other at £3,000. All the details are in the new brochure.

And the final bit of news - Rob and I are working hard on finalising our new website which is looking spectacular! It starts with a splash page that has links to three different sites - one to the wedding photography site, one for the portrait photography site, and the third link to this blog. We will let you know when it launches later this week! I can't wait - oh, and just in case you look at the new site at work, be sure to switch off your speakers as we have sourced an amazing track for the wedding site! Still working on music for the portrait site.

So, very exciting times! We are all very excited about the future for Zoe Photography! Come and share it with us - whether you are looking for a wedding photographer, want a family portrait, have a new baby to celebrate, or just want to have some fun celebrating the people you are, then get in touch to book a consultation meeting.

info@zoephotography.co.uk