Andaleeb Lilley Photography

A Touch of Magic / Ein Hauch von Zauber

Thank you to all of you who came along to support me at the Christmas Fair "A Touch of Magic" in Zug at the weekend.  We had a great turn-out and I enjoyed meeting so many of you and talking to you about my style of photography.  I am going through my list now and will be in touch with those of you who requested more information. 

The countdown to Christmas is on and I am working on several Christmas presents for clients.  If you do have any orders, please contact me as soon as possible so we can work together to fulfill these in time. 

Over the coming weeks, I will be blogging about shoots I have done this year and will include some of my favourites of my own children too so watch this space... 

Exhibitions Update

As usual, it's been a busy time with the run-up to Christmas.  I photographed Oliver and Julia getting married in October as well as several other families locally. I also met up with a potential assistant to help out on shoots when she can - Sim is a 6th former at a local international school - so am hoping that will work when she isn't studying too hard at the weekends!

I will be exhibiting at the Lucerne Expat Expo on Sunday 15 November (http://www.expat-expo.info) so if you are in the area, come along and say hi... (stand 22!)  I will also be exhibiting the weekend after on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 November at "A Touch of Magic" at the Rathaus in Zug with several others exhibiting seasonal collections.  Please feel free to contact me for further details and if you have been thinking about booking a photography shoot, come along and let me tell you more about how I like to work.  I will also have various samples on display to show you how your photographs can be presented and will be showing a slideshow too - unfortunately, my aluminium sample won't be ready for tomorrow but I should have it by next week.  This is the photograph I have selected to be mounted onto it and this is what I will leave you with today.  I think Dana will become the model she aspires to be, don't you? Hope to see you over the next few weeks!   

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Christmas Shoot Package

It's been a busy month, holidaying in Menorca with the family, enjoying the autumn sun in Lake Como with a friend and celebrating a wedding up in Aberdeen and of course I have come back with many photos to sort through from all these trips...

As it is almost October, I just wanted to let you know about my Christmas Shoot Package... this is an hour-long shoot in a location of your choice and includes three high-resolution files for cards and costs 300CHF.  More high-resolution images can be purchased for 50CHF each.  Alternatively, I am also happy to quote on printing cards directly for you so please get in touch if you are interested in this too.

I am also offering all clients who have had shoots with me this year a complimentary image for Christmas cards so please contact me to let me know which one you would like (and of course, you also have the option to purchase extra images should you wish to).

A plug for my other business - www.chuckles.ch - our autumn season of shows starts up again next week with English stand-up comedy back at Chicago (www.chicagobar.ch) in Zug so please contact me directly for more details or tickets (which can also be bought online at: www.chuckles.ch/tickets.php).

... and of course, I can't end a post without some photos... these of a lovely couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year.  I had the privilege of "shooting" them when they were in Switzerland visiting their daughter before going off on a mini-honeymoon to Italy.  I hope I have their sense of fun and adventure when I am in my 70's and of course, love.  Happy Golden Anniversary Munroe and Margaret - enjoy!

Summer catch-up

I cannot believe it's been a month since my last blog post... I have been busy with summer shoots, some corporate work and a week's photography in the UK.  It is hard to believe that I have now completed the Bespoke Programme at Annabel Williams and the year really has flown by.  I also spent some time with Damien Lovegrove and several other photographers and we had a great day out in Bristol shooting outdoors with flash followed by an informative day back at the studio.  I have attached some of these from our shoot and will definitely be bringing the flash into shoots when possible. 

 

Happy Belated Birthday Lauritz!

It’s been a busy time the last month or so.  We have just come back from a month in the UK where I once again went down to Staveley for the penultimate seminar of the Bespoke Programme.  It was a great session on management and leadership and we all took away many ideas to implement for our own businesses from the fictional businesses we set up on one day of the course.  I quite liked our team concept – hmm, business number three maybe?

I did manage to get some photography in too of course – we went to the Botanical Gardens up in Sheffield where I spent a happy hour exploring with my macro lens as well as photographing the newest edition to the family.

I am now working on several client orders, am designing albums and have been at the framers several times this week. I also have several bookings for August too and am working on three shoots I did before leaving for the UK.

However, I did promise Grethe I would do a preview of some of little Lauritz - this shoot was to mark his 1st birthday. Lauritz was very proud of himself as he had just started to toddle so we had some of him sitting, standing and toddling in the flat and on the balcony.  We then took him outside so he could play and show us what he really could do with his walker and he just didn't want to go the direction we wanted him to ... although the lure of the climbing frame proved too strong in the end. I am looking forward to our family shoot in the summer with big sister Sophie.

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

HarleyQueen

So, here are some shots of the Harley shoot I mentioned in my last post.  I got Nina to ride up and down for a while then posed her around the bike or just took some of her relaxing and chatting to her daughters. It did make me want one too...

Hier sind nun ein paar Aufnahmen von Nina mit ihrer Harley-Davidson, die ich in meinem letzten Posting angekündigt habe. Zuerst ließ ich Nina eine Weile lang mit dem Motorrad auf- und abfahren. Danach machten wir einige Aufnahmen von ihr neben dem Motorrad und zum Schluss fotografierte ich sie noch, während sie ganz entspannt mit ihren Töchtern plauderte. Seitdem wünsche ich mir auch eine Harley...

 
 

Girls on "Film"

Here's another sneak preview for Nina, Josie and Amy.  I don't think Josie and Amy realised how much exercise they were going to have to do - we had them jumping off walls, twirling round and round and bouncing on inflatables... and I loved taking the Harley shots of Nina!  Lucy (the dog) desperately wanted to feature in the family photos on the bench in their garden too so we had some with her too.  I will keep the Harley shots for another post but here are some of the girls! 

Hier sind nun ein paar Aufnahmen von Nina mit ihrer Harley-Davidson, die ich in meinem letzten Posting angekündigt habe. Zuerst ließ ich Nina eine Weile lang mit dem Motorrad auf- und abfahren. Danach machten wir einige Aufnahmen von ihr neben dem Motorrad und zum Schluss fotografierte ich sie noch, während sie ganz entspannt mit ihren Töchtern plauderte. Seitdem wünsche ich mir auch eine Harley...

Hier sind noch einmal ein paar Aufnahmen von Nina, Josie und Amy. Ich glaube nicht, dass Josie und Amy sich vorgestellt hatten, wie anstrengend die ganze Geschichte für sie werden würde. Wir ließen sie von Mauern springen, wie verrückt ums Haus wirbeln und auf Hüpfbällen herumtoben... Besonders großen Spaß haben mir die Fotos von Nina und ihrer Harley gemacht! Lucy (die Hündin) wollte unbedingt mit auf die Familienfotos auf der Gartenbank, also haben wir sie auch noch dazu geholt. Die Aufnahmen mit der Harley-Davidson zeige ich ein andermal – hier sind erstmal ein paar Fotos der Mädchen!

    

 

Baby Shoot with Alexander

Here's a sneak preview of 6 month old Alexander who did brilliantly considering it was 33 degrees outside... he was at his happiest when we took his clothes off and let him play on his favourite rug. I think this little cutie is going to be breaking hearts very soon... 

Hier sind ein paar Aufnahmen von Alexander, der gerade ein halbes Jahr alt ist. Er hat sich glänzend geschlagen, wenn man bedenkt, dass die Temperatur draußen bei 33 Grad lag. Als wir ihm seine Sachen ausgezogen hatten und er auf seinem Lieblingsteppich spielen konnte, war er rundum glücklich! Ich bin sicher, dass dieser kleine Süße schon bald anfängt, die Herzen reihenweise zu brechen...

 

 

 

If you go down to the woods today...

... watch out for Heather! Here's a sneak preview of Heather and our shoot in Zurich a few weeks ago.  We started off in Heather's flat and then walked into the forest just minutes from her house where she did a quick change in the woods! I don't think Heather realised our shoot would include her climbing up tree stumps, playing on a swing and me photographing all her lovely things in her bedroom!  Am looking forward to showing her the rest tomorrow.

Heute gibt es einige Bilder von Heather, die vor ein paar Wochen bei unserem Shooting in Zürich entstanden sind. Wir haben in Heathers Wohnung angefangen und sind dann in den Wald gegangen, der nur ein paar Minuten von ihrem Haus entfernt ist. Wahrscheinlich hätte Heather sich nicht träumen lassen, dass sie bei dem Shooting auf Baumstümpfe klettern und auf einer Schaukel spielen würde, und auch nicht, dass ich all die hübschen Dinge in ihrem Schlafzimmer fotografieren würde. Ich freue mich schon darauf, ihr morgen die restlichen Aufnahmen zu zeigen.

 

 

 

Bumps then Babies

I had a portrait shoot with 8 week old Emily this week and it was lovely to see her and her big brother together!  Emily was a natural and stayed awake for much of the time I was there and when she didn't, it allowed me to take shots of her nursery and her tiny hands and feet! 

I combined the shoot with a viewing of our pregnancy shoot just before Emily was born. I love this one of Nicholas peeking out behind his mother's tummy.  I've also included a sneak preview of the portrait shoot of Nicholas and Emily.

I am in the process of developing several bumps and baby packages too so please email me for further details if you are interested in finding out more. 

In dieser Woche habe ich ein Portrait-Shooting der erst acht Wochen alten Emily gemacht. Es war ganz reizend, sie und ihren großen Bruder gemeinsam zu beobachten! Emily war natürlich fast die ganze Zeit hellwach, aber als sie eingeschlafen war, konnte ich ein paar wundervolle Aufnahmen von ihren winzigen Händen und Füßen machen!

Wir haben dieses Shooting mit einer Durchsicht der Aufnahmen kombiniert, die in der Schwangerschaft kurz vor Emilys Geburt entstanden sind. Das Foto, auf dem Nicholas hinter dem Bauch seiner Mutter hervorlugt, gefällt mir ganz besonders gut. Außerdem gibt es einen kleinen Vorgeschmack auf die Portrait-Aufnahmen von Nicholas und Emily.

Ich bereite gerade verschiedene Angebote für Shootings in der Schwangerschaft und mit Neugeborenen vor. Wenn Sie an weiteren Details interessiert sind, schicken Sie mir doch einfach eine e-Mail.