Photographing Beauty in the Zoe Photography Liverpool City Shoots

Being a woman of a certain age (Kathryn will tell me off if I mention that number again!), I've set out to photograph beautiful women of all ages and stages of life. Which has led me to photograph some beautiful women that I know and love. And so it was a great pleasure to photograph the Creative Director of Liverpool's Hope Street Hotel, Mary Colston. She has a beautiful spirit, as well as a natural beauty in her face, and her eyes just sparkle with joy. I'm really looking forward to sharing all her photographs with her, along with the few that we managed to grab with her gorgeous daughter just before we wrapped up. This picture is a rare one in the selection, as she isn't laughing - and I keep hearing her laughter as I work on her photographs. Just perfect!

Zoe Photography donates Makeover Photo Shoot to NWCRF- Making Every Woman Feel Special

Zoe and I had a lovely time at the North West Cancer Research Fund 'Girl's Night In' on Friday night next door at the Resident's Bar at Hope Street Hotel. 


I think what I liked in particular was that a) I got to wear my pyjamas and b) I got to get into bed and with the big cold I had last week it was definitely my type of party!!! I thought I would share with you a few photographs of Zoe and I in bed with the lovely Ruth from Hope Street Hotel. It is rare to see us on the other side of the camera so it was nice that Matt Ford was able to photograph us playing round.

 1 in 3 women are affected by cancer and the NWCRF are doing an incredible job of helping to change lives. As you will probably hear us say (a lot), women are beautiful, women are resilient, women deserve to feel special. Zoe and I were asked to donate some prizes for the best dressed pjs on the evening and we were delighted to be able to do so, and the prize was easy to decide on, our City Shoots. We are in such a privileged position that we get to give women a little pampering with hair styling and make up and a fabulous photoshoot followed by refreshments at the London Carriage Works. Every women needs reminding of how special they are and we love that we get to do that.


Women are beautiful inside and out and we are fortunate to be able to help all types of women see the beauty in themselves again.

CityShoots - Makeover Photo Portrait Photography in Liverpool

We've been busy doing CityShoots over the last few weeks, and have made a lot of women very very happy indeed! Every woman deserves to remember how beautiful she is - if you want to remind someone, make sure you book with one of our special offers in March. We have the CityShoot Single for £25 for one woman, and the CityShoot Duo for £45 for two women - bring a friend, your mum, your daughter, your partner, and enjoy having hair and makeup for two, followed by a photo shoot, and £100 to put towards all your purchases afterwards.

Don't think you're beautiful? Every woman is beautiful - and that includes you. Here is a little sneak peak of some before and after photographs of recent CityShoots. Call us on 0151 708 5838 to book your CityShoot Makeover Photo portrait session in Liverpool with Zoe Photography.

March Madness Special Portrait Offer in Liverpool

At Zoe Photography in Liverpool we seldom do special offers for our portrait and CityShoot sessions - why? Well, we think that it's best to be open and honest in business. But feedback from our clients tells us that some of you are unsure about spending £125 on a photo shoot, or £175 on a shoot with hair styling and makeup - it's a risk if you have never had the Zoe Photography experience before. How do you know that you're going to love having your photograph taken, how can you know that the experience of having your photograph taken by Zoe is more than just having your picture taken, how can you know that this will be one of the most amazing experiences of your life? How can you know? So it's a risk, isn't it? 

Well, we have taken that risk away - we are doing a March Madness not-to-be-missed special offer!

What's the deal with Zoe Photography in Liverpool, then?  Let's celebrate motherhood! Throughout March you can buy a CityShoot Single for just £25 which buys you the shoot with a little bit of pampering with hair and makeup and a 6x4 print (worth £250).  Most of us have more fun being with our closest friends and family - let's face it, we women seldom shop alone, drink coffee alone, go to the toilet alone, so why be photographed alone? How about our CityShoot Duo for £45 which buys you the shoot, a little bit of pampering for both of you, and a 6x4 print for each of you (worth £450). 

How can we do this at such an amazing price? Because we know you will enjoy the whole experience - you will enjoy the relaxation of being pampered, you will love being photographed (honestly, we know you will love being photographed by Zoe), you will love love love the photographs when you see them, you will feel fabulous and you will look great. How do we know this? Because our clients tell us - and we know you are beautiful - you just forgot that you're beautiful, you've been listening to the wrong people, those people who want to bring you down just because you ARE beautiful.

Buy this for your mum, your nan, your sister, yourself (and guys, don't forget the wife!). For the Duo, which is such a great deal, buy it for your mum and his mum, your mum and your nan, your wife and your daughter, your sisters, your mother-in-law and her daughters, your daughters, your bestfriends.

And because we know you're going to find it hard to resist buying everything, well, everything you buy on the day of your ordering session comes with 20% off, or if you can't make up your mind there and then, don't worry, we will give you a 24 hour gallery (at a time in the next 7 days that suits you) and you get 10% off all purchases from your gallery.  On Facebook? Then like our Facebook business page and we will give you the photograph you choose as a Facebook ready photo.

But don't wait long to take up this offer - we announced it at the weekend on Facebook and everything is going crazy, so email us now before we close the offer down!  Or call 0151 708 5838 to talk to Kathryn or Zoe about how we work.

Wedding Details: Shoes

I love shoes - I've ALWAYS loved shoes. And I love finding different ways to photograph them. The classical style of these shoes from Caroline's wedding just looked so right in a traditional kind of setting.

On the other hand, Claire's wellies were quirky and needed to be photographed in a completely different style!

CityShoot Makeover and Photo Shoot in Liverpool: 12 Real Women

I was young once, skinny, beautiful. Did I appreciate it? No, like many women, I yearned for other things - you know the stuff ... straighter hair, longer face (though I liked my nose!), slimmer tummy, straighter teeth. Now I'm 50 I realise how very lucky I was, and I just wish I could have appreciated myself for who I was when I was younger. So, many years later, here I am, more than 3 stone heavier, wrinkles starting to show, grey hairs in abundance, same round face but I am so happy with who I am and how I look. Thankfully.

When we do our CityShoot Makeover Photo Shoots in LIverpool we hear the same things time and again from the women, young and old, slim and curvaceous, who come along to enjoy the Photo Shoot. They didn't know they could look so beautiful, they'd forgotten they could look so good, and our favourite, they didn't know their husband still loved them this way. So we decided to celebrate women as we celebrate Zoe turning 50. This year we are going to photograph 12 women, 12 real women, and give them that wonderful experience of feeling good about themselves. For free!

What do you get? Well, firstly, you have a little bit of pampering with getting your hair and makeup done, followed by an hour long photo shoot in and around our Liverpool studio based in the city's Georgian Quarter on Hope Street. Then you get another bit of pampering at the Hope Street Hotel and return to view your photographs, when you get to choose one picture as a keepsake. We know you're going to love all the pictures, so we'll give you 20% off any purchases you make on the day ... and if you want to go away and think about it, well that's ok, we'll still let you have 10% off for up to 7 days.

But remember, you are going to love all the pictures, so before you put yourself forward to be selected as one of our special 12 real women, make sure you are prepared for one of two things - you'll either need to get your cheque book out, or you need to go out and about and tell all of your friends about the experience. Every referral from you who books a CityShoot Makeover Photo Shoot with Zoe Photography in Liverpool will earn you credit towards pictures from your own shoot!

One more thing though. Zoe's husband has MS, and so we ask that for everyone who is photographed you put between £5 and £10 into the tin as we will be making a donation to the MS Society, our chosen charity.

So what are you waiting for .... if you live or work in Liverpool email us today with your details, telling us why you want to be one of our 12 real women. We look forward to hearing from you - info@zoephotography.co.uk 

City Shoots - Makeover and Photo Shoot in Liverpool

Our ever popular CityShoots are moving on and growing up!  Now anyone can enjoy the makeover and photo shoot experience with one of Liverpool's most sought after top photographers. From the budget conscious to those who want the full experience, from the camera shy to the camera ready, from the Little Black Dress to the Little Black Number, our CityShoot makeover and photo shoot experience is now the affordable luxury for everyone. And gentlemen, if you are looking for a treat for your wife or the girlfriend believe us when we say that money can't buy how special a woman feels after she has enjoyed one of our CityShoots combined with refreshments at The London Carriage Works at Hope Street Hotel. The number one comment from women is "I didn't know my husband/boyfriend/fiance/partner still thought I was beautiful until he gave me this as a present".  Call us on 0151 708 5838 to give the woman in your life a truly amazing experience

Actor's Headshots in Liverpool

Saturday was dreadful weather, but it didn't stop Emma coming for her headshots.  When we went outside, it was so slippy she even experimented with skating in Converse! I'm surprised she stayed upright. Here is a little sneak peak of one of my favourites.

Who's this then? One of our latest headshot portfolios in Liverpool

There's a rumour that Daniel Craig has had enough and can't take being Bond anymore! ;-) It's the pressure of competing with Bourne that's done it, apparently.

So we had a rush job of doing headshots for the next possible 007 ... what do you think? Is he in with a chance???

Nicole and Will's Wedding in New Zealand

January was a very special month for me - I got the best luck in the world! The chance to photograph Nicole and Will's wedding in New Zealand. Now don't get carried away, don't think this is a usual kind of job that I get! Nicole is the daughter of my cousin, Paul, and so when Paul announced that he was going to be a granddad and that Nicole was getting married to Will, her fiance of 2 years, well, it was an easy decision to make to offer my services.

To say we had an amazing time really doesn't say enough! New Zealand is such a beautiful country (and we only got to visit North Island), but even moreso, Kiwis are the most friendly people you can come across - so relaxed, happy, and friendly, but then, who wouldn't be in that sunshine!

An example of that friendliness was in Mike and Julie who, even though they have 6 adorable children, gave over their home and garden for the wedding ceremony. Mike was the celebrant (I love that term - wish we used it here instead of using the word registrar) and he conducted a lovely ceremony for the two of them in the most spectacular of backdrops near to Te Puke.

Paul and his wife Shirley were clearly proud parents, and grandparents, with Shirley not only being Mother of the Bride but also looking after the adorable 3 month old Addison - sadly due to sleep times we didn't get the photographs of Nicole, Will and Addison so we did a shoot a couple of days later (those pictures to follow shortly). And Sophie (Nicole's sister) and cousin Emily were beautiful as bridesmaids, with Elliot as ringbearer.

It's difficult to showcase a wedding in such a spectacular location with a handful of pictures, but I've tried below. I feel like I've missed out so many beautiful pictures though!