Simon Anderson Photography

A client of our firm, Simon Anderson came to our office to do a presentation one evening.

A few of the staff attended this and at the time he had an offer of £25 for a 1 hour shoot (of your choice) and you also got a 10 x 8 photo free with the fantastic package he had to offer. £20 of this was going to Charity.

Michelle and I thought this was a great opportunity to get dolled up and a chance to get some great photos at the same time. We decided we would go for the make over shoot so we arranged a day and time for us to go along. Bear in mind the make over shoots only take place on a Sunday, so we had to choose a Sunday that we knew we were going to have a quiet night before!!

We set off early giving us plenty of time to get there as we didn’t have a clue where we were going! We thought that we wouldn’t get lost as we had a Tom Tom but that wasn’t the case. We had reached our destination but looking ahead we knew we had gone wrong somewhere as we ended up at some kind of Barn! (2 blondes in a car is not a good combination).

After finally finding the studios we got ourselves prepared for our shoot. We both got our makeup applied then it was straight to the photos. We both had various different shoots done and also had some together. Trying to smile first thing on a Sunday morning isn’t good and nearer the finish we were getting better but ended up with a sore jaw by the end of it! We both really enjoyed it.

A few days ago we went to view our photos on a huge slide show. There was a great selection which Simon had done (and I think a lot of airbrushing too). We were both chuffed with the photos and decided we would both get a portfolio of us both to keep.

If you’re ever thinking about having a photo shoot done with your family or friends, I would definitely recommend Simon as he did a fantastic job!
Fran Reay

Take That – Music Lovers

On Saturday 6th June a few of us had a trip to Sunderland to see Take That.

On arrival after one or two wrong turns! We booked into our hotel and headed off for some food followed by a few vino’s then set off in search of the Metro.

At first the queue did not seem too bad but after about 1½ hours we spotted Robert and his sister so of course we had to shout Hello. Luckily for him, he was able to walk straight in through another entrance. Ohhh if only!!!

By the time we got in to the stadium the first act ‘Gary Go’ had been and gone (I don’t think we missed much though). After settling into our spot some distance from the stage, on came The Saturdays – an excellent warm up to the main event. During the cross over between The Saturdays & Take That we were all singing along to Hey Jude and there were lots of Na na na na’s.

Finally, what we came for …….Take That.

Now if the Stadium had a roof they certainly would have raised it. The show started with a 15 foot high elephant. How Jamie & Melissa missed this I will never know! There was a good mix of songs old and new and we never stopped singing and dancing – well maybe just when we went for more drinks! What a show, there was everything you would expect from a circus theme & more.

Back for good? Oh Yes!

All in all a very enjoyable time. If you get a chance go and see them I don’t think you will be disappointed.

Julie Walsh