Back Alley Productions

07/06/2019

GETTING REAL!
Being self employed is tough.
Both me and kel have other jobs alongside our photography; Kel works full time in Manchester and I run a clothing boutique with my mum- pretty much everyone we’ve met in the biz also have other jobs, including the bands!
Today I worked 9-5 in the shop; unpacking, steaming, checking, pricing, serving and running about the place. I then shot some gorgeous products after hours, getting home gone 6 to be editing the photographs and finishing the final touches for a client video from the other day until 8! There have been times when I’ve been up at 4:30 in the morning to edit in time before work, or up until 3 in the morning editing after a gig. The hours are long, the planning is hard, the work even harder. I wouldn’t want it any other way and I am SO lucky to be busy and forever grateful to all our clients!🥰
While I know the hours today were not too bad and have defiantly been harder; I think about our emergency staff and doctors working through the night under much more strenuous circumstances than me taking a few piccies and talking clothes (God bless the NHS, right?!)❤️
But this is just a gentle reminder of how much work it takes to run ANY business and how draining (yet totally worth it) being self employed or freelanced is!❤️ shoutout to all the boss babes out there who run their own business and still manage to shower before midnight!😂🎉
Because your ‘boss’ hasn’t told you recently: YOU ROCK AND YOU’RE DOING GREAT!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

31/05/2019

Throwing confetti about cos it’s FRIDAYYY!! Roll on the weekend!

06/05/2019

We spent our bank holiday weekend shooting and it was fab!! Here’s some behind the scenes✌🏼⚡️✌🏼⚡️

25/04/2019

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Being in the Arts is all about the performance. It’s camera focused, perfection driven and it thrives off helping people get lost in the moment- shrouded in ethereal worlds and masked in pretty makeup.
We’ve been touched by the work at founded by in memory of ❤️
They’re working to provide more support towards people battling with their mental health in the arts sector!❤️ it’s time that people in the arts switched their focus from the performance and onto themselves❤️
The world is a tough place and living in your head can be even harder.
We urge you to talk, get help, and look after yourself in whatever way that means!
Both ourselves and are always open for a chat if that’s what you need!
Please be kind to one another, you don’t know what people are going through and go follow and support it truly is an incredible and inspiring cause!❤️🖤❤️🖤
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25/04/2019

An amazing night at The C**k Inn Henbury, with Forge The Link in aid of the Rossendale Trust❤️ a homely, proper British pub, an amazing and innovative quiz and raising money for a fantastic cause- what more could you want from your Wednesday night!!😍😂❤️
https://www.facebook.com/forgethelink/

23/04/2019

I spend so much time on the comfortable side of the camera; where the control is, where the instant shot is.
It’s rare that I get to experience the vulnerability that comes with standing in front of a lens and trusting the person behind it, trusting that they’re capturing you creatively and honestly.
On my birthday I asked to take pictures of me at my favourite beach, to experience what it was like freezing your t**s off for a creative vision. What it’s like to truly trust the photographer, to be yourself and try not to worry about whether being yourself looks good, looks creative- but be yourself and trust that that is captured and know that that is enough!
It helped confirm my love for photography, the buzz I get from translating a creative idea into a vision, the people I get to meet and the personalities I get to capture! It was a scary, but worthwhile experience, one I recommend to all photographers- Jade⚡️🌊⚡️🌊

23/04/2019

Yesterday we filmed the delights doing a lil something with their latest single ‘daydream’💙
Go stream their latest single nowww!!!

09/04/2019

We caught Macclesfields finest Cassia at their sold out show at The Bread Shed in Manchester on Sunday and what a show it was! 😍 their debut album ‘Replica’ is out now and definitely worth a listen and a buy!❤️❤️❤️🏝🏝🏝

06/04/2019

We thought we’d share the contact sheets we had a play with from the Realm shoot😍😍😍
We’re still obsessed with the outcome of the shoot- go find the ‘REALM S/S 19’ album to see some more of Realms gorgeous collection!!❤️❤️❤️

06/04/2019