Portrait Photography: DEBRA Charity Calendar

Charity: DEBRA
Organiser: Pearl Creation Event
Venue: Cranage Hall, Cheshire
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury


We were approached to step in at short notice to photograph some of the months for a charity calendar for DEBRA. The photo-shoot took place at Cranage Hall, who kindly donated their grounds and a suite for the photography. The organisers had booked a set of beauty queens to be the models for the various months and had also arranged the services of hair stylists and make-up artists. The shoot took place on Sunday 24th November and we had the company of little Lexie-Mae who stars on the cover of the calendar with model Sivahn. Lexie-Mae suffers with EB.

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Commercial Photography: Calico Heslop Make Up Artist

Client: Calico Heslop Make Up Artist
Photographer: Simon J. Newbury

Simon J. Newbury Photography were asked to produce a set of commercial images for Calico Heslop. Calico is a make up artist and needed a professional set of photographs for online use and for social media to advertise her services.

We held a studio photoshoot to create a nice set of images to show off Calico’s wonderful work. Calico brought along four models and we had a great shoot in Crewe.

Calico said:

When we arrived at the shoot location they had set everything up and were ready and waiting to go. They were patient and great with my models, who I think felt much more at ease after only a few minutes in front of the camera. Simon was very willing to listen to what I wanted from the shots and really got what I was trying to achieve for each model. I was completely happy with their service, from start to finish, including the editing of the final pictures done by Tina, which I thought were fab!

Here are just a few from the shoot:

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist beauty portrait commercial photography photographer Cheshire

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist beauty portrait commercial photography photographer Cheshire

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist beauty portrait commercial photography photographer Cheshire

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist beauty portrait commercial photography photographer Cheshire

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist beauty portrait commercial photography photographer Cheshire

Calico Heslop Make Up Artist

You can find Calico on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CalicoHeslopMUA and on her Blog: http://offtojointhecircus.wordpress.com/

Simon J. Newbury Photography are available for commercial photography as well as beauty photography! We are likely to be photographing Calico’s wonderful make up work again soon on a wedding day!