Dubai Beauty Make-over photo shoots

Hello my lovely!

This is something for the women out there. (sorry guys this is only available for the ladies)

Book one of my Beauty Make-overs you get to experience  how to be a model for a few hours! It will be great fun i promise we always have fun in the studio that is just how we work lol.

Here is what one of my clients said about her experience.

Everyone deserves to experience a Beauty Make-Over Photo Shoot!

Everyone deserves to get pampered if not for a day so at least for a few hours.

This is what Shippey Photography’s Beauty Make-Overs are all about. You come in to their homely studio where you get greeted and taken cared of by a professional make up artist, she will apply your make up and get you all dolled up looking gorgeous. She does wonders believe me I have seen her in action J After about 45 minutes of getting all beautiful Helen Shippey the head photographer at Shippey Photography steps in and guides you through all these amazing poses you had no idea that you could even do, while she snaps away. I had such a fun time at my beauty make over, I feel everyone deserves to have experienced it at least once in their lives. I felt like a runway model for a couple of hours it was a blast. Then when I got to see my own photographs I was amazed that it was even me! Even my own son said wow mum you look amazing when he saw the photographs. I can highly recommend this beauty make-over experience. It is a great gift for both yourself and for your husband as he gets to look at amazing photos of his wife afterwards.

A lovely birthday present to all women for sure!

Facts:

A Beauty Make-Over Photo Shoot costs: AED 2,750

You then receive 5pcs.  A4 size (8.3x11.7in) mounted prints from your photo session

(the photos are edited, printed on archival fine art paper and mounted on acid free paper)

Call or email me for more details and bookings. Tel. 055 107 89 88 email. info@shippeyphotography.com

Dubai Picnic Brunch at Al Badia Golf Club

Hello,
I had the pleasure recently to photograph the Al Badia Golf Club Saturday Picnic Brunch.
The location of their picnic brunch is just perfect it is a large grassy lawn positioned at the foot of their clubhouse overlooking the 9th green and the 18th hole next to their lovely lake. It is a great picnic brunch for families with children they can run around at their large children's area so they are well taken care of while you sit and enjoy the gorgeous food. I personally love their outdoor setting especially right now in this weather it is so nice to be able to sit outdoors and eat for a few hours.
This time I was invited in to photograph some of their splendid food dishes and the picnic location. The weather was not optimal I must admit for taking photographs it was perfect to sit and enjoy the brunch however. :) They have both so you can sit and have a traditional picnic brunch feel on the grass or as I prefer to sit by a table then I can strap my little one in a high chair and keep her seated for a little while had we been on the grass she would probably not sit still much at all if any…. :) you have the option to choose.

A small peek at their children's area.

  

Dubai Fire work photography chance

Happy New Year everyone!
I hope you all have had a wonderful 2013. I know I have and I am really looking forward to 2014. I have so many new things work wise planed in so I am super excited to get started with it all. I just need some more hours in the day to get it all done (is that even possible to get more hours in a day than the 24h there is??) Maybe I should have asked Santa for that? If anyone can make it possible it must me Santa. right!
Well for all of you that are in Dubai at the moment you must be aware that tonight is the nigh you have the chance to photograph the most spectacular fireworks display in the world. Dubai are tonight going for a world record fire work display you see so ours will be so much cooler and bigger and better than any other in the world at least for tonight.
For those of you that are a bit photography interested I am sure that you have already planned out a head of time where you will be standing with your tripod at the strike of 12 tonight.
If you need pointers on how to photograph firework displays take a look at my blog post from last year.
 http://shippeyphotography.blogspot.ae/2012/12/happy-new-year-dubai.html

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2014!
I hope to see you all in the New Year!!

ps. Do any of you have any new years resolutions?
I have two.
1. is to take more time to play golf (I only managed 2 times in 2013)
2. Keep my office tidier and organised so I easily find stuff. I find stuff now but it is a right mess most of the time. Just take a look at my desk top.

I even have my passport just laying about not good at all. But there is a reason for that which i have a reason for all the stuff to be where they are... I am endless of excuses and might be hard for an outsider to understand but there is an order to all this madness. All the memory cards that are laying about have an order to them. :) Not saying it is a fail proof system could for sure get better! But there is some king of system :)

Over and out for 2013.
Helen

Dubai Sony Grand Prize Winner!!! It is Me!!! Yey!!

Tjohooo!!

I am so happy right now I have just found out that I am the Grand Prize Winner in the Sony #Snapathon Challenge that I was participating in together with 7 other Dubai based photographers.
We all got to test out one of Sony's new wifi camera for smartphones for 10 days, the Sony QX100 camera.
If you follow my blog you will have read about it earlier that it is a very small camera that you can attach to your smartphone or keep it separate and just hold it in our hand while taking a photo or filming. yes I said filming it can do that as well, it is very versatile and handy to have with you when you are out and about. About 6 months ago I changed from a Blackberry Curve to an iPhone5 and i have been amazed what my camera phone can do on my iPhone compared to the camera i had on my blackberry. Now when I have tried the Sony QX100 I literally do not want to leave home without it. I only had it for a test loan for 10 days and now after I have given it back I have caught myself thinking if I only had the Sony QX100 with me now I could capture this image a lot better than I can with only my iPhone5. Especially in low light situation the quality difference is amazing. You can do lovely sunsets with it that your smartphone can never capture in the same way and with great quality minimum of grain in the image, which you usually get a lot of when you photograph in low light with a smartphone.

Me holding the SonyQX100 camera in my hand so the photo is taken with my iPhone5 so not the best quality, I just want to show you how small it is.

Those of you that know me know that I have a daughter that is only 20 months old so I am still bringing her diaper bag with me where ever we go and this little camera fits perfectly in the bag due to its small size. Same thing for my hand bag that I use when I go out and about by myself it fits nicely in that as well and I am not one of those ladies that have a huge bag where you can find everything. 

The Sony QX100 camera is now available across stores in the UAE so if you like gadgets I can highly recommend you to go out and check it out for yourself don't just take my word for it. But you wont regret it.
Since I am the lucky Grand Prize winner I don't only win myself a Sony QX100 camera but I also win a Sony Bravia TV I am not sure who in our family that are more happy about that me or my husband lol.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of being part of the Sony #Snapathon challenge, I liked the fact that they pushed us to take at least 6 different photographs a day, that way they forced us all to really test the camera out to its fullest potential, at least for me since I did not only just want to snap what was in front of me everyday which was a lot of different stuff since this challenge came at a time where we as photographers in Dubai are the most busiest. Our high season was in full swing and still are, which is great! I can't wait to get my winning prize so that I once again get to walk around with my very own Sony QX100 camera at hand all the time. So stay tuned more photos taken with it will for sure be visible here on my blog!
The feature that I enjoy the most on the Sony QX100 camera is the fact that it has Aperture priority mode so you can get excellent shallow depth of field with this little device. It is like having a mini DSLR camera with you all the time! Brilliant!
If you have any questions about the camera please feel free to ask me I will answer them as well as I possibly can, If I don't know the answer I will send the question over to Sony Middle East and they will for sure be able to answer you.
I would like to give a Hugh Thank You to everyone that helped me win this Sony #Snapathon challenge by sharing my photographs on Facebook Thank you!!
-Sony if you ever need someone to test out another of you products in the future please keep me in mind I would love to help you out! :)

Over and out for now.
Helen xx

Last chance to win yourself a Sony QX100 camera #Snapathon Dubai

Hello out there,
I know you are all aware that I have been participating in something called the Sony QX100 #Snapathon Challenge for a while now. It is now finally coming to an end.
Now you have a chance to win yourself your very own incredible Sony QX100 camera all you have to do is to participate by sharing my, Helen's images on your FB page.
Go to this link on Facebook
http://on.fb.me/18vbrSb

Then press The Snapathon Challenge on the right and then choose Helen from the Drop Down link look at my images that I have taken with the SOny QX100 camera compared to my iPhone 5 camera. Press share on FB on any of th eiamges and its done you then have the chance to win your very own camera. Simpels!

The Contest ends this Thursday 28th of November so you better hurry.

Best of luck to all of you. If you win so do I! So I am hoping you will.

Over and out for now. Helen xx

Dubai Photography Walk About

On Monday we are heading over to the fruit and vegetable market in Dubai fo rmy next photography walk about.
I still have a few spaces available if anyone are interested to join in. Please send me an email to info@shippeyphotography.com
I went to the fruit and vegetable market the other day to check it out, and boy was I popular :) everyone wanted to have their photograph taken so it is a great place to go if you want to practice to take portraits of people. The fruit and vegetable market is also covered so you do not have the harsh sun straight from above and it also makes it a bit cooler which is very nice.
As requested from participants at my last photography walk about you now also have the ability to upgrade to an exclusive photography walk about package. Where you afterwards have access to a FB group that are exclusive to people attending my photography walk about where you can upload your 5 best shots that you took on your photography walk about and I will give you feedback and critique your images. Everyone will be able to see everyone elses posts so you will be able to learn from each other as well. For the full Photography Walk About Package where you have access to post critique on your photographs I charge AED 150, you also have the ability to just participate in the photography walk about where I assist you on the day with help of how to best capture the image you would like to capture with your camera for AED 80.
Here are some snaps I took the other day at the fruit and vegetable market.
Looking forward to show you around the area on Monday November 11.
For more details regarding time and where to meet send me an email.
See you all later!
Helen xxx