A full time career? Yes please!

I woke up this morning to a new FULL TIME career! That's right....me, Deb is managing the studio and corporate events on a full time capacity.

I'm a strong believer that things happen for a reason...there has recently been an opportunity presented to Steven and I which has meant that we are able to follow our dreams and turn TioTop into something special.

The past 12 months have seen our business grow from strength to strength with us getting to the point where we had to turn down work on a regulate basis! Of course,no one wants to turn work away......so we find ourselves in a position where we can really live the dream!

The next few weeks will see some exciting changes at both the studio and the services we can offer our clients.

Steve and I are very excited.....we hope you keep following our little blog and keeping track of what's on offer!

Not bad for two photographers who started out in a little back street mouldy studio knowing nothing about business! We are clearly doing something right! :-)

Wedding talk....

When we first moved into the world of event photography, we both said we would never take on weddings, too much stress we both said.....here we are 3 years later taking bookings for weddings faster than you can say the words white wedding!

We pride ourselves on capturing the bride and grooms most special moments whilst also providing them with a fantastic array of images showing their guests having an amazing time helping to celebrate their special day.

All of our packages are bespoke to our clients needs - whilst set out some guidelines as to pricing, each wedding is completely different....that's what makes our service so special.

We shoot weddings with a passion, we enjoy the magical element of seeing a bride and groom become husband and wife. Our wedding photography is not vasts amount of money, having been in the position of organising our own wedding we fully understand how costly it is to make your day complete.

Our wedding photography will give you the very best images, the least intrusive service whilst meeting your budget.

TipTop & Heresy n Heelz

We are pleased to announce that we will be providing a Studio Installation at Heresy n Heelz, a fusion of decadent dance, alternative culture and cutting edge burlesque !http://www.heresynheelz.co.uk/

As part of the new venture, Tip Top Photography will provide a photo studio installation at the events from July 2010 onwards, so that guests will be able to have their pictures taken in the wonderful outfits that have become an H n H trademark, or even pictures taken with the show's stars, and have a lovely photographic memento to keep.

The event currently attracts between 200-300 people so there will be lots of amazing outfits to photograph.

We will also be offering a FREE Model Portfolio Shoot to the lucky winner of the "Best Dressed Competition" at each event as part of the £500 in prizes on offer to the 3 winners.

Jules Evans, Heresy n Heelz ~ Events Promotion & Production said "We are delighted and very proud to have Steve & Debs join the Heresy n Heelz team, we believe they will bring a great deal of expertise and knowledge to the event and help us to continue to develop the concept still further."

We will also be providing a similar services at the Delicious event that is being produced on 31st July in Derby.http://www.delicious-burlesque.com/

The forthcoming H n H show on May 22nd features resident compare Rosie Lugosi, Beatrix Von Bourbon, Diva Hollywood, Miss Pink & Fluffy & Peski DeVille.

Its going to be great!

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

Our customers, photo-shoots, the TipTop Club and planning has kept us so busy over the last few weeks that I've not had chance to update our blog.

Its been a crazy few weeks - lots of orders, lots of dates in the diary plus we got to have a night out at the Black Country Burlesque show and the East v West Burlesque show....check our website for images coming soon.

We have studio days/workshops planned until the end of March 2010 - of course on the workshops...we don't 'teach you', its all about us providing you, the photographer with 4 models, fantastic studio locations and sharing our experiences with you as well as all the other togs who are there sharing their knowledge and tricks of the trade.

I still cant believe how quickly they sell out...they are always great days!

The TipTop Photography Club is going from strength to strength. We have met as a group quite a few times now - there are 18 of us with more people asking every day if they can join in the fun. The club is completely free. We do everything from group shoots in the studio, on location and also inter club competitions.

OK....off to do some more planning....now..where is that glass of wine :-)

Its all go...

Its been a very busy week for us...arranging workshops, courses, tutorials and much more.

The club is up and running with the 2nd meeting only a week away - its all good.

There are plenty of workshops planned for the remainder of the year so get in touch if you would like some more info.

Thats it for now...back to editing.
Over and Out

The new studio expansion

We're expanding.

TipTop Photography have taken over the lease for the adjoining building and its going to be a.m.a.z.i.n.g.

The current studio will remain - but the secret door behind the curtain will lead to a whole new world.

For those of you who have not been in the studio.... you will be thinking 'secret door'?? AAha... its like the lion, the witch and the wardrobe.... you walk behind the curtain, open the door and pow! you are in our new studio!

It will have 3 fixed sets, a lounge/chill out set, a boudoir set, fixed kitchen set (retro/diner style) with room for a white infinity area plus heaps amount of storage, changing room and bathroom!

As with the current studio, once its up and running it will be available to hire out and will also be used for our regular workshops - the new studio means more photographers can shoot at any one time with more than one model.

TopTop goes clubbing

Thursday night was the first night of the TipTop Photography club.

We were hoping for approx 5 people to show - 17 people arrived on time and made their way up to the studio - Steve and I were so excited!

It was lovely to put faces to names! Thank you to everyone who came.

The night was spent chatting, showing favorite images and generally getting to know eachother.

We have a really good range of abilities and interests in the club - there is something for everyone - its going to be good!

Our next meeting is going to be an actual shoot in our studio - watch out for a few pics in the near future.

A blast from the past - Thru the decades workshop

On Saturday we had another fantastic day at the studio - we held a photography workshop where 3 togs had the opportunity to photograph 4 models.

Duane wore clothes from the 60's

Penny strutted her stuff in fashion from the 70's - a very hippy chic

Emma-Louise was a glam 80's girl

Rob was mean and moody with his current day look

The togs, Simon, Darren & Simon had a great time working with the models and sharing ideas with eachother.

Viewing some of the images on the laptops they looked as though they had really captured the day well.

Inbetween listening to the themed music from each decade, munching on the goodies and drinking coffee.....everyone got some great shots.

There are more workshops planned for the rest of the year, please get in touch if you would like further information.