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).

British Swiss Chamber of Commerce Roche event in Basel

I recently photographed at an event organised by the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Basel where we were invited by Roche to hear more about the new building being constructed on their premises.  A few images follow from the event and more can be viewed here.  

 

Favourite images of 2011 - part 1

It's hard to believe its 2012 already and I have been reflecting on what a year 2011 was for me and my business. 

I photographed many more corporate and charitable events as well as corporate portraits too - this included shooting at the Theater Casino in Zug several times, the Park Hotel in Zug, the Hallenstadion, the Mövenpick and Widder Hotels in Zurich as well as the prestigious Zunfthaus zur Meisen.  

I was asked to photograph different things which stretched me as a photographer too-I photographed at Zurich Fashion Days on the red carpet and catwalk which was a lot of fun. I also photographed a group of 65 employees standing on a ladder on a balcony at KKL (they were below in the forecourt...)  

I also now lead a photography group of women from the International Women's Club of Zug and it has helped me to learn more about photography by teaching them. I set up onsite studios at three events in Zug this year and photographed couples at gala events and families with Santa.  I also teamed up with photographer Ron Sumners and we continue to work on projects together and are sharing a bigger studio space as of January too.

I have continued to photograph even more families this year particularly from September onwards and the studio has become particularly popular with younger families especially when the fog descended as it tends to for a part of the year in Zug...

2012 will be a year for streamlining my systems, getting support but on the other hand continuing to hone my style and develop as an artist.  

So this just leaves me to say a huge thank you to my clients, suppliers, friends and family who have supported me throughout 2011 - see you in 2012!!  Here is part 1 of my review - these are from several outdoor family shoots which I have decided to concentrate on this post and showcase - part 2 will be families in the studio - enjoy!  

My first shoot of the year in the first few days of January was to capture this family with Grandad visiting from the US.  Shoot location:  Zug by the lake (and it was cold...) 

 

This shoot started at the couple's home in Wädenswil and then we continued outdoors - also on a very cold day in January!  

This very lively 18 month old was visiting her grandmother in Zug - I used some of my very rusty Russian on this shoot as she lives in Moscow ... 

 

This shoot with Tala took place in a small park in Zurich with several clothing changes - I have become quite good at spotting large shady trees to use as dressing rooms...

This little boy was a joy to photograph and his parents has just bought a basket which was the perfect fit for him... 

 

We had to seize the day for this family as the two older children are away studying in the US and were only back for a short time in the summer.  Location: Villette in Cham 

My first twins shoot of the year (and several were to follow) - there were lollipops and matching dresses... location: Villette in Cham  

 

Another family shoot at the ever-popular Villette in Cham - the challenge for me as a photographer is to choose different locations there to make the images look different for each family.  This time we had bubbles in the fields... 

 

My first twins pregnancy shoot in Zug... 

 

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... and here are the twin baby girls!  At their home in Central Switzerland. 

 

When I came to photograph this baby at home in Wädenswil, I also delivered a canvas from the family's pregnancy shoot earlier in January. 

 

On location at the family's home in Zurich with a three week old baby ... 

On location in Unterägeri by the lake - this little girl was adorable and loved her teddies... 

"Look Teddy - there's the world" 

 

 

 

 

 

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! 

Charles Voegele Zurich Fashion Days

I was asked to photograph at Zurich Fashion Days last week for Zurich4You and went along to the opening night.  Special VIP guests included several Swiss footballers and TV chat hosts. After photographing some of them in the VIP lounge, I joined the other photographers at the bottom of the catwalk for the shows. Til Schweiger presented his new collection as well as the Cruz sisters.   

Footballer Hakan Yakin of FC Basel 

Singer Sarah Connor entertained the audience during shows

Til Schweiger started the show for his collection and was on good form!

 

The opening night ended with the new collection from the Cruz sisters

 

 

Brilliant Brains Event in Theater Casino Zug

I recently photographed "Brilliant Brains" at the Theater Casino in Zug - a large corporate networking event on neuroscience put together and organised by Andy Habermacher of CTP.  The event was a huge success and was supported by several organisations including the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Zug4you, the Swiss International Club and the International Men's and Women's Clubs of Zug. 

Mike Pagan moderated the event and there were several speakers listed below: 

- Carolina Müller Möhl, Board Nestlé
- Dr Srinivisan Pillay, Harvard Medical School
- Dr Johannes Milde, CEO Siemens Building Technologies
- Inga Beale, Group Management Board, Zurich Financial Services
- Markus Naegeli, CEO Canon Switzerland
- Andy Habermacher, Author

Here are some images from the evening and more can be found at Leading-Brains. 

 

Moderator Mike Pagan in action  

Author and Speaker Andy Habermacher 

 

The panel of speakers 

Markus Naegeli, CEO Canon Switzerland

Inga Beale, Group Management Board, Zurich Financial Services

Carolina Müller Möhl, Board Nestlé

Dr Johannes Milde, CEO Siemens Building Technologies

Drinks and networking took place in the Grosser Saal

 

40th anniversary charity shoot with Solidaritaet Dritte Welt

I was asked to photograph the 40th anniversary charity event recently in Zurich for Solidarität Dritte Welt. The charity works in the Third World on development projects and you can find out more on their work here.

I found it fascinating to hear about their work whilst photographing the speakers. Two projects were show-cased in detail: building a road in Africa, and the work they are doing in South America to train teenagers in car mechanics, hairdressing and construction. Here are some images from the event which certainly is a worthwhile cause. 

 

 

ZIWC Photography Club and some mentoring

Its been an interesting week for me as I have been doing some teaching and mentoring and have thoroughly enjoyed it.  We held the first photography club meeting for the International Women's Club of Zug and met in the old town for some coffee, chats on what everyone wanted to do and then an exercise outdoors.  I set an exercise which was all around seeing more consciously again - nowadays, it is just too easy to keep clicking away on digital cameras (let's face it we never did that in the days of film... ) so everyone was allowed to take 10 shots ONLY of three themes - no deleting allowed!  It's a great exercise to do and I can highly recommend it to help with composition and "seeing."   

Next time we intend to go to the Henri Cartier Bresson exhibition in Zurich.  If you are a member of ZIWC and would like to join in, contact me directly on info@andaleeblilley.ch to join the group.  There are two other photography exhibitions on only for a short time in Zurich too - the Swiss Photo Award exhibition and the World Press Photo 2011 exhibition - more details here: 

http://www.digitalliving.ch/fotografie/news/1005148/zwei_fotoausstellungen_in_zuerich.html

http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/world-press-exhibition-in-zurich-showcases-enthall.shtml?24693

On Saturday, the local council in Baar also held a Children's and Youth Cultural day where several workshops were held for participants including how to draw cartoons, learn how to hip hop or rap as well as try out textile printing, percussion instruments or even how to be a DJ.  

I was asked to mentor two teenagers who wanted to learn more about photography so we started off the morning with a small lesson on how to change shutter speeds, aperture settings and exposure and then walked around the event together learning on the spot.  Rahel and Isabel then went off to photograph various workshops and when I left later that afternoon were sitting by the huge bouncy castle slide changing shutter speeds, photographing movement and blur and having a lot of fun.  

If you are interested in a private or small group lesson, please feel free to contact me to discuss.  Below some images from both sessions - especially the hugely popular clowns-my children can't stop talking about them!

The ZIWC Photography club

Thank you Heidi for this one of me ... 

Isabel hard at work at the Children's and Youth Cultural day

Who says you have to paint on paper? 

 

 

 

 

Conference Photography at the Hallenstadion, Zurich

At the end of March, I was asked to photograph a conference which took place in Zurich at the Hallenstadion.  treib.stoff are financially supported by the Jacobs Foundation and the conference was held to discuss how to motivate young people to get more involved in community and voluntary work.

There were several presentations, workshops and a panel at the end and if anyone is interested in reading about some of those (some also in English), they can be found here with more images under the gallery here. 

 

BSCC Informal networking event

For those of you who came along to the BSCC Stammtisch networking event in Zurich in April, please see here to view some images from the evening.