The Costanzo's Highwoods Country Park Family Shoot

A couple of weeks ago I joined Reece, Jess and Oliver on a walk around Highwoods Country Park in Colchester. All three were excited with it being the start of the summer holidays and they certainly had a lot of energy!

Mum, Vicki also brought along some bubble guns which were a hit with all three of them!

As we walked around the three of them ran around climbed on fallen trees and sampled the delight of the newly made play area (which looks like so much fun, if only I wasn't an adult!) I had so much fun capturing the day on camera.

After our walk round Oliver started to get tired, which didn't surprise me with all that running and rolling down hills. I have to admit I felt like I needed to take a nap after!

Family Photo Shoots in time for Mothers Day

Over the weekend of March 26th and 27th I'll be at Highwoods Country Park in Colchester, Essex for a weekend of family photo shoots. Each family will get a 45 minute slot, where we'll walk around the park taking group shots and candid photographs of you all having a fun day out.

You'll get a framed 15"x10" image in either a light wood or white wood frame and the same image on disc for you to make further copies from or e-mail to all your relatives. A perfect mothers day gift! All for £70. (Mothers day is April 3rd this year for all those of you who are panicking!)

Photo shoots are by appointment only so you'll need to e-mail me (kerrie@kerriemitchell.co.uk) to book your slot. I'm planning 5 or 6 per day. Make sure you book up quick, to avoid disappointment! 

 

To see the results from my family's photo shoot click here

My Family Photo Shoot - Highwoods Country Park Colchester

You may remember me saying that I planned to put my family though a photo shoot in order to show you some examples of a session taking place in Highwoods Country Park in Colchester. This weekend in between lots of rain showers we wandered up there and discovered a lot of mud!

Hopefully the park will dry up in the month between now and when I plan to hold my weekend of photo shoots! If not I'm planning on changing location to the beach, and even thinking of doing one day at Highwoods and one day at the beach. I'll just have to see what the preference is with you all when you book up!

To find out more about family photo sessions taking place on March 26th and 27th (which are only £70 and ready for Mothers Day!) click here.

So onto my family photo session:

Ben fell over within the first 10 minutes...

Closely followed by mum!

I set the tripod up so I could be in a picture,

and I'm surprised no one fell over here to be honest!

Just a shot of the mud...

I don't have middle child syndrome or anything, but he's definitely the favourite!

Book your own family session by e-mailing me at kerrie@kerriemitchell.co.uk the £70 sessions are for one weekend only, So be quick!

Mothers Day Family Photo Sessions

I've been getting a lot of enquires about family portrait sessions recently. I don't have a studio space, nor do I carry backdrops or lighting equipment to bring the studio experience to you. (plus I think it's limiting and a bit boring!) So instead I've been thinking about how I can best maximise my time to fit in lots of family sessions at a reduced rate all in time for Mothers Day.

Here's the plan.....

Click to see Fia's photo shoot at Highwoods

On Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of March I will be offering 45 minute photo shoots for families at Highwoods Country Park in Colchester, Essex. There is no limit to the amount of people for these photo sessions, just bring along the family, children and even your dogs for a fun photo shoot walk.

Highwoods has plenty of areas to explore, open fields, a lake and dense woodland so it will provide a beautiful natural backdrop for your photographs. We'll start off from the Visitors centre and follow the paths around the woodland, I'll take pictures as we walk and make sure we stop in pre-planned areas for the all important big family picture. For the rest of the session, I'll capture you in action walking, talking and playing with your family, occasionally taking some of you aside for extra pictures.

The main aim of these photo shoots is that you can all be yourselves and have fun, I'll only be posing you for the main picture and the rest of the time I'm there to capture you being yourselves around each other. Highwoods, is perfect for this. There are lots of areas for the children to run about and I even think the mud will add to the photographs! (bring wellies!!) It's a perfect little day out in the fresh air!

Address of Location: Highwoods Country Park, Visitors Centre, Turner Road, Colchester, CO4 5JR

(photos from Colchester Borough Council website) 

Included in these photo sessions are;

- A 45 minute photo session.

- A password protected gallery for you to view your images.

- A 15 x 10 mounted and framed image of your choice. (in a light wood or white wood frame)

- The same image on CD for you to make further copies from or use online.

- Between 20-30 fully edited and enhanced pictures in my usual style for you to choose from.

After your photo session I'll edit between 20 - 30 photographs from your photo shoot and upload them into a password protected gallery. You can then choose one image to be printed in 15x10 size framed and mounted. (this is included in the price of the photo session along with the same image on CD for you to make further copies from) you then have the option to purchase further prints but you are under no obligation to buy if you do not want to.

Your photo session, framed print and image on CD is all included in the price of £70 (normally worth £150) 

Photo sessions will start at 10.00am on both days and are by appointment only. 

I'll have some example images up to show you at the weekend as I'm planning on putting my own family through the process to find the best parts of the woods to use! 

If you are interested email me at kerrie@kerriemitchell.co.uk and we'll get you booked in!

Click to see Keeley & Matt's shoot at Highwoods

Keeley & Matt: Engaged - A Highwoods Photo Session

We've had conflicting schedules for months, and this shoot has been cancelled and re-scheduled more times than I can remember! However, I think it was in our favour because both the light and the weather was amazing for this photo shoot.

With Autumn rolling in, Highwoods is pretty scenic and a complete contrast to the session I did with Fia earlier in the year. The ground was red from all the leaves and the earlier rain, meant everything looked all shiny and lovely!

Hope you two enjoy them!