Andaleeb Lilley Photography

May events: Family expo in Luzern and Danishdesignkids at the studio

I am excited to be joining several companies and Joy Foster of Living in Luzern at the first Family Expo in Luzern on Tuesday 8th May (10.00-13.00) at Kinderland.  More info here: 

http://livinginluzern.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/familyexpo.pdf

You can register your family (5 CHF per family) here: 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9G5JS8N

All families who come along on the day will be entered into a raffle being offered by each company involved - I will be giving away a pack of ten gift cards worth 35 CHF for the raffle and 20% off all shoots booked on the day. 

The second event in May is a coffee morning on Monday 14th May at my studio in Baar from 09.30-12.00.

I will be joined by Charlotte Bruun-Christensen from www.danishdesignkids.com who will be showing her spring collection.  Charlotte selects fashionable and high quality clothing from individual Danish manufacturers and a lot of her range is eco certified.  Her range is sold only via home parties so this is your chance to browse through the collection at the studio.  Clothing sizes are for children aged 2-8 (size 92-128) and range from 5-50 CHF. Charlotte is Danish and mum to two children. 

Studio address here and details on where to park here: http://www.andaleeblilley.ch/contact.html

Come along and see Charlotte's collection, my new range of photography products and enjoy a cup of coffee and other refreshments.  Children very welcome (kids corner available).

Open House drinks on Tuesday 27 March

We will be holding an open house at our studio on Tuesday 27 March from 18.30-21.30. Please drop in for a drink and invite other friends too. RSVP by Friday 23 March. Hope to see many of you there - full details below... 

 Download OpenhouseMarch27.pdf (3887.1K)

December round-up

It's been a busy month and I have run out of time but I intend to do a review of some of my favourite images of the year soon.  The last three months have been spent on photographing families for images meant for Christmas presents (and card images).  I also photographed at two Christmas events for clubs I belong to in Zug. The first was for the International Mum and Kids Club where we once again set up a studio at their Christmas party and photographed families and children with Father Christmas. Some images below of a 2 year old who was a little scared of Santa but cheered up when he remembered he was getting a fire engine for Christmas... (keep scrolling for more images...) 

I also photographed at the Zug International Women's Club Dinner Dance which took place at the Park Hotel in Zug.  Once again, we set up a studio in one of the rooms at the hotel and I photographed over 50 couples on the night.  Here is an image of the Jensens who looked very festive that evening!  

I also took out a group of women from the club to photograph Christmas lights in Zug - see last blog post here. The Art Market at the Kunstambulatorium took place again in early December (held every 2 years and sponsored by Baar local council) and I exhibited three pieces of work along with over 30 artists. 

Families have been booking portrait shoots in and out of the studio - here are some festive images which have graced cards this year... (grandparents always very welcome too!) 

Images have not only been used for cards - I have been busy making sure many families have something special to open on Christmas day - this last week I have delivered albums, framed images, images mounted on glass, aluminium and canvas as well as boxes of mounted images ... it's been great to see people's reactions as they open their gift-wrapped orders. 

... and that leaves just me now to wish you all a wonderful Christmas/Holiday with your families and friends - here's one of my images I used on my own cards for families this year - it's a macro close-up of a christmas tree decoration.  Thanks for reading and for your interest in my blog - I have had a lot of fun writing it - more next week or next year! 

British Swiss Business Award Nomination

Some exciting news from me - I have been nominated for Most Promising New Business/Entrepreneur for the British Swiss Business Awards - more details on the awards here.  This is the first year the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce is doing this and the award ceremony is on 30th November in Geneva.  

If you would like to endorse my nomination (which are all anonymous), please do so by filling in more details here.  If you need any contact information, its on my website here.  

Nominations need to be in by Friday 30 September - thanks very much and will let you know how I get on! 

Andaleeb 

 

Giving back to charity RoomtoRead

I was recently featured in the Swiss quarterly newsletter for the charity RoomtoRead and you can read more about that here: 

http://andaleeblilley.typepad.com/newsletter_q3%20R2R.pdf

As well as donating a portrait shoot for auction to the charity, I also raised funds by doing a 10km run. This was a big challenge for me as I hadn't really run in years so I trained up (sometimes even taking my children with me to play at the track whilst I ran there) and was really pleased with my time (77 minutes) and the fact that I ran the whole way without stopping. The atmosphere was fantastic so thanks to everyone who came along and supported us on the day - especially all those strangers who called out our names as we ran past (I had to help some with pronouncing my name...!)

I have attached a photo below and want to thank everyone who sponsored me! I plan to do another 10km at the Lucerne Marathon at the end of October so watch this space... 

 

 

Gift for referrals

I am always delighted when I get an enquiry and have been recommended on by a past client.  I was contacted by two families recently following a shoot with a friend of theirs - a family of twins I featured on a recent blog post (and both families booked me in for shoots in October) - this spurred me into setting up gifts for referrals. 

So, if you recommend me onto a client and have had a shoot with me in the past three years, I will gift you 50 CHF towards prints of your choice from your shoot with me.  

Thanks once again to all those clients and friends who do continue to recommend me and send on my details - it's much appreciated!    

and the lucky winner is...

E Taylor of Cham who has already been notified.  The family are the lucky winners of a portrait shoot (worth CHF 350) which I gave away yesterday at the Expat Expo in Cham where I was exhibiting.  Thank you to everyone who stopped by despite the fantastic weather! 

 

Win a Portrait shoot on Sunday at the Expat Expo in Cham

At last the beautiful weather has finally hit Switzerland - let's hope it is here to stay! 

I will be exhibiting at the Expat Expo on Sunday 10 April in at the Lorzensaal in Cham - it's my third year exhibiting there and if you haven't yet been, its well worth a visit (even if the weather IS hot...)  The Expo has over 80 exhibitors and they include companies, clubs and schools. 

I will be giving away a complimentary portrait shoot + 2 prints (worth CHF 350) so come along and drop your contact details in the hat for a chance to win - the winner will be drawn at the end of the day and contacted after the event.  

... and now, off to enjoy the weather!  

 

ISZL Masked Gala Event

I photographed over 100 couples at the ISZL masked gala event this weekend and it was great fun photographing so many wonderful masks!  For those of you had your photo taken at the event at our formal studio and would like to view the images online, I will be sending out the Development Office at the school a link to your online gallery and password this week.  If you aren't linked to the school but would like to view the images online, please contact me directly for the link.  

I will be blogging again this week with information about mini makeover and boudoir sessions at the City Garden hotel in Zug so watch this space!

2010 in Portraits

It's the start of the New Year and I spent time last week thinking about all the people I have photographed and where photography has taken me, how much fun I have had and how much I have learned.

Special moments for me this year include having three images selected for title covers with English parenting magazine www.thestork.ch and I now write a regular column with them too.  I also now have my own studio space / viewing gallery in Baar sharing space with several other artists at the Kunstambulatorium and will be offering combo studio/location shoots this year. I photographed several charities and their work last year locally too and loved giving back in this way.  I was also asked to be on the panel of judges for a photography competition taking place this year for the WWF and have been asked to teach children photography skills. 

Training and continually learning is important to me and several times throughout the year, I attended seminars and conferences - in January, I attended the SWPP convention in the UK, followed by more photography training in the spring in Buxton with several photographers and models and then went down to London for boudoir photography training with John Denton. I also went back to the Lakes twice to attend seminars with Catherine Connor and her team at Aspire Photography.

... and of course, I have photographed children, babies, pregnant women, school-children, couples, dogs, events, galas, businessmen and women, products, weddings (and anniversaries) and bands including one at Abbey Road in London. It is so hard to select the "best" so I have decided to concentrate on showcasing some of my favourite portrait images (some not yet seen) from shoots I have done this year - thank you to everyone who has supported and inspired me - my friends, fellow photographers and family. To my clients in 2010, thank you for choosing me to photograph you and your family - every shoot is a special memory I take with me into the New Year - have a great 2011!