Its been a funny old year...

Its almost the end of 2009, the noughties!

A new decade begins, I cant believe its been 10 years since the turn of the century. On December 27th 1999, Steve and I flew out to Bulgaria to be with our parents who were living in a small village in the middle of the Balkan mountain range called Senik; just outside Sevlievo. We had the most amazing 4 years there with my parents....and made some lasting friendships.

Looking back, things have really changed for us in the last 10 years.

Steve and I got married in 2003!

TipTop Photography was born in 2007, we have gone from studio sharing with two other people to moving into 'the loft', our very own 2000sq foot haven of photography.

On a personal note, the birth of Toby, Hannah and Sadie was a very special time for both Steve and myself. We love them so much...and of course, are forever taking images of them all.

The not so good, both Steve and I have lost 3 grandparents, all to the dreaded disease cancer.

TipTop Photography support a charity called Marie Curie Cancer Care and have recently worked with a group of everyday ladies to create a 'calendar girls' style calendar.

Calendars can be purchased for £5.00 by contacting us via tiptop-photography@live.co.uk - money raised from the calendars will go to the charity.

Moving forward into 2010 we have lots of things planned. More workshops, more exhibitions, more projects.....its all exciting stuff.

The next time I update the blog will be in 2010.....both Steve and I wish you all a very Happy New Year.

Deb

Love is in the air....or in the planning!

TipTop are already thinking ahead to the season of lurve!

We are offering you the chance to give your loved one a very special gift for Valentines Day.

Treat them to a mini album full of delicious images of you.

You will have a 2 hour photo shoot at our Jewellery Quarter Photography Studio in Birmingham wearing your favorite outfits (or be a little more daring!!) and we will make you feel like a million dollars!

The little black book will contain 10 fully edited, professionally printed images of your choice.

Perfect to put a smile on his or her face.

The cost including the album is only £65 - for an additional fee why not have your hair and make up done by a professional make up artist - Mac trained.

Contact us via tiptop-photography@live.co.uk for more info or to book your session.

A few from today

After another long day but a very enjoyable day I thought i'd share a few images with you... some from yesterdays Christmas workshop and some from todays club meeting at the German Market, Birmingham.

What a month...

I cant believe its been over a month since I updated the blog.....bad I know :-(

We have been so busy. The studio has been packed with people throughout the month of December, either our paid clients, photographers hiring the studio or models & togs on workshops we organise.

We've been busy planning the next quarters activities for TipTop and its looking great...our workshops are already filling up....we have some really exciting shoots planned! If you are on our distribution list check your mail for further updates....if you would like to be on dist list, please drop us an email at tiptop-photography@live.co.uk.

We have been busy working on lots of corporate stuff in the last few weeks....charity events for HomeServe Membership Ltd and their new charity affiliation, Marie Curie Cancer Care, a charity calendar with 17 ladies & 1 lucky guy....kind of a calendar girls kinda feel to it! We have done Winter Balls - most recently a Russian Winter Ball at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton.

This weekend we have had our final workshop of 2009 - a Christmas themed workshop....all the models were fantastic and certainly did Santa proud!

This afternoon is the final meeting of the year for the TipTop Photography Club.....we will have a few new members in January 2010 and we look forward to a year of fun and learning!

Both Steve and I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Snappy New Year!

Deb