Rob Sambrook Photography

Childrens photography in Chelmsford Essex

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:03:30 +0000

Our lifestyle mini shoots continue to be really popular. This lovely family decided to have their shoot out on location at one of their kids favourite places, good choice guys!!!
Enjoy the photos and if you would like to hear more about this package then please feel free to call Wendy on 01206 766323 or email wendy@robsambrookphotography.com.

Small Business of the Year finalists!

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:22:57 +0000

Breaking news!! Shout it from the rooftops! We have recently heard that we have been chosen as a finalist in the Small Business of the Year category of the Essex Countywide Business Awards 2012. We are so thrilled to be nominated and are looking forward to the glitzy awards ceremony in May. Thank you to all that have supported us over the four years we have been in business, it means an awful lot to us.

Let’s get together!

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:21:05 +0000

Photographs have never been more important than to document your family and the ones you love. This year alone I have photographed people from a few months old to the grand old age of 95. I find myself being asked more and more to attend family get togethers, those rare events when entire families come from all over the country and sometimes the world to be together. With this in mind we have designed a new package.

So how does it work?
I will attend for half an hour at the beginning of your party/meal/event. In this time I will photograph all of you together along with any other important smaller family groups. This will be done quickly and professionally leaving you to get on with your celebrations.

So if you are looking for a really special gift for a loved one then call us for details and prices of this small but perfectly formed package……let’s get together!!!

Family photography in Colchester Essex

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:14:26 +0000

With our vouchers selling well, I thought I would share with you a recent family lifestyle shoot for Rachel and her family. Rachel got in touch after her Mum bought her some of our gift vouchers for her birthday. They were a great family to work with at one of my favourite locations in Colchester. Thanks for being such great models and enjoy the photos!

Family photography in Colchester Essex

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:27:13 +0000

I thought I would share with you some images from a recent ‘Lifestyle Mini’ family shoot.
It was a particularly special shoot as it involved three generations who had made a special visit to Colchester to get together for the shoot.
It was lovely to meet up with all the girls and what a great gift for Mum’s birthday.
Enjoy the photos!

‘Lifestyle Minis’…. proving popular whatever the time of year!

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:12:15 +0000

As many of you will know we launched our ‘Lifestyle Mini’ shoots earlier this year.
We are pleased to say that we have had a great response to these photo shoots and have been extremely happy with the positive feedback received from our clients. What has been interesting is that customers are booking these shoots throughout the year, not just when the weather is warm. There has also been a mixture of families choosing to have the shoots in their own home/garden or out on location in and around Colchester and Essex.

As we head towards Christmas we have a number of ‘Lifestyle Minis’ still to photograph and we thought we would take this opportunity to put together
a small selection of our lifestyle images that showcase the variety this type of photography can offer to your final collection of images, whether you choose to have your shoot in winter, spring, summer or autumn.

Finally with regards to booking a family photo shoot, either lifestyle or studio, we now only have mid week availability from the middle of November leading up to Christmas but feel free to enquire for 2012 or perhaps consider purchasing some of our vouchers as a gift for a loved one.

Enjoy the photos!

Introducing ‘If the dress still fits!’

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:28:53 +0000

You may remember back in April we ran a fabulous competition in conjunction with Lifehouse Spa for one lucky husband and wife to help launch our fantastic new post wedding photo shoot package ‘If the dress still fits!’ This package is a post wedding photo shoot tailored to your own special requirements. If you would love the chance to be photographed in that gorgeous wedding dress one more time and hubbie still scrubs up alright (!), then this is the shoot for you. The shoot itself is free from any time constraints and is a unique and truly special gift for the one you love.

Our competition asked married couples to tell us why they would love to be photographed in their wedding attire once more. The prize included a free photo shoot with Rob in the beautiful Lifehouse grounds after spending a glorious day being pampered at Lifehouse Spa including lunch plus make up and hair makeover, what more could a girl ask for! As you can imagine we received so many entries with so many stories/reasons for wanting the opportunity to slip back into that gorgeous wedding dress!

Here are just some of the reasons couples gave for wanting to relive their special day and get all dressed up again!
1.Couldn’t afford a photographer to attend their wedding.
2.Weren’t lucky enough to have a great venue on their special day.
3.Nerves got the better of them.
4.Would have loved to have had more time being photographed on the actual day.
5.The weather let them down.
……..and the list goes on!

Also there were couples that simply had had such a brilliant wedding day and wanted to do it all over again or their wedding anniversary was approaching and thought this would be a fantastic experience and a great way to celebrate their anniversary.

So, onto our wonderful competition winners, Amanda and Graeme. They have been happily married since December 2006 and have two beautiful children. This is their story and we don’t think there could have been more worthy winners!

Enjoy their story and enjoy their photos.

p.s. If you would like details of our fantastic new package for whatever your reason is, call Wendy on 01206 766323 or email wendy@robsambrookphotography.com for our full price list and package details…..if the dress still fits, of course!!!!

‘My husband, Graeme and I were married in December 2006. We had a wonderful day and still have lots of happy memories of the day. Unfortunately we did not have a professional photographer and so didn’t really get many good photos.

We were originally planning our wedding for July 2006, it was all booked and a photographer had been decided on, but at the end of 2005 I found I was pregnant. We decided to cancel the wedding until the baby had arrived. Unfortunately in June 2006 our baby was stillborn after complications in pregnancy. This was obviously a very difficult and sad time for us. We then decided to book the wedding again and do it before the end of the year so that 2006 would hold some happy memories for us as well as a lot of sad ones. The photographer we wanted was by then booked up, and at the time we were still a little fragile and decided we did not want to have extra focus on us so we relied on family and friends to take photos.

Typically (for Lancashire in December!) it rained all day on the big day, so we didn’t get any photos taken outdoors at all. The ones that were taken inside the venue and church weren’t of the best quality and so it didn’t really work out as we had hoped. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but we didn’t really understand at the time how we would have liked to relive the day through photographs after the event.

We now have 2 beautiful children and life is good. We do not have any wedding photos on display at all, in fact most of them have never been printed and remain on the computer hard drive! Although it was a wonderful day, the lack of photographic memories is the only thing we have regrets about. If we were to win the shoot, although it wouldn’t be the same as having them on the day, it would be great to get a bit of that special time back for us, and who knows, maybe we would be more relaxed than we were on the day!’

Family photography in Colchester Essex.

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:34:40 +0000

I was commissioned by this lovely family recently for a lifestyle shoot at their home.
Their oldest daughter was flying out to America the very next day to start a new life with her fiancee and they wanted to capture them altogether before this big change in their lives. We had a lot of fun throughout the shoot and the family are delighted with the final collection of images.

Just so you know we currently have a great promotion with our ‘Lifestyle Mini’ shoots, visit here for the details and be sure not to miss out.

Feel free to leave a comment and enjoy the images.

Family photography in Colchester Essex

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:02:25 +0000

I thought I would post a few images from a recent lifestyle mini shoot. With our lifestyle mini package you can opt for a photo shoot in and around your home/garden as did this family or it can take place at a nearby park for example. Whichever location you choose it’s a great opportunity to document that particular time in all of your lives.
Enjoy the photos and feel free to enquire about our prices for these shoots. Either call Wendy on 01206 766323 or email wendy@robsambrookphotography.com.

Shall we come and see you?

admin — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:54:33 +0000

There is a growing trend towards more natural business portraits taken in your own work environment. Portraits like these don’t require any studio lighting or backdrops. This enables me to work very quickly with minimum disruption to your working day.
I have recently shot some environmental business portraits for both Lifehouse Spa and Prescription 2 you, please see examples below. For our commercial rates and a chat regarding your individual brief please give Wendy a call on 01206 766 323.