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Brand & Commercial Photographer in North Yorkshire
Helping business owners show up confidently with strategic, story-led imagery.

Wedding Photography, also specialise in family portraits .

14/09/2026

17-year-old me would have absolutely loved this.

Last Tuesday I spent the day with Marta from Aberdevine and Sally from Bias, getting ahead with some photography for something very exciting they’re planning for next spring a charity fashion show.

We spent the shoot photographing some of their newest fashion and lingerie pieces and, honestly, I had SO much fun.

When I was about 17, my dream was actually to become a fashion photographer. I’d spend hours flicking through the Grattan catalogue
(showing my age now 😂), looking at all the photographs and wondering what it would be like to be the person behind the camera creating them

Turns out, quite a lot of fun.

It was lovely getting to play around with something a little different, while still doing what I love most: finding the personality in a business and creating photographs that actually have a purpose. And this time, knowing these images are the beginning of something much bigger happening next spring made it even more exciting.

I can’t wait to see what Sally and Marta put together for the fashion show, but in the meantime, go and check out their gorgeous ranges. If you don’t already follow Aberdevine and Bias, give them both a follow and keep an eye out for what’s coming.

And apparently teenage Fiona did get to be a fashion photographer after all... it just took her a few years to get there.

09/09/2026

Nothing says Christmas quite like wearing a Christmas jumper in 28-degree heat with the fire lit... 😂🎄

Last month I spent the most brilliant day with Eleanor Tomlinson Art, documenting her at work and creating a whole new bank of images for her business.

And yes, despite it being absolutely BOILING outside, poor Eleanor spent about three hours of the shoot in a Christmas jumper. As if that wasn’t enough, at one point we actually lit the fire to make the photos feel even more Christmassy. 😂 Thankfully her gorgeous little cottage stayed surprisingly cool!

I’m keeping the Christmas photographs under wraps for now, but there was so much more to capture.

Eleanor paints and draws all sorts of beautiful artwork, but ask her where her inspiration comes from and she’ll bring you straight back to nature, particularly Yorkshire and the animals she loves. She grew up reading James Herriot, loves nothing more than being outdoors and, of course, there’s Bramble the dog she’d dreamed of having since childhood and who now inspires so much of her work.

It was lovely spending the day watching how all of that inspiration eventually becomes a finished product.

Eleanor is incredibly talented and is now really growing the product side of her business. Her artwork can be found on everything from mugs, cards and tea towels to table runners, oven gloves, kitchenware and a rather gorgeous new Christmas apron. She takes her original artwork, pieces the designs together herself and puts so much thought into finding suppliers who are sustainable and as local as possible.

That’s exactly the sort of stuff I love uncovering on a branding shoot. Not just what someone sells, but where it came from, how it’s made and the person behind it all.
We had such a fun day creating this new image bank and I am SO excited to see what Eleanor does with it.

Eleanor... keep an eye on your inbox at 4pm today. 👀

The Christmas jumper suffering was worth it. I promise.

01/09/2026

When I say it rained on Alix and Matt’s wedding day... I mean it RAINED. ☔️

Friday took me to Sneaton Castle for Alix and Matt’s wedding, and what an absolutely brilliant day it was.

These two are just gorgeous together. Thoughtful, kind, completely in love and, as it turns out, very good at taking whatever their wedding day throws at them!
Because the weather certainly threw a few things at us.

30/08/2026

I can’t believe it’s already been a week since this fabulous day!

Last Sunday was Logan’s special day, his christening, and when Laura got in touch, she said it felt like the perfect excuse to get some family photos too. Everyone was going to be in the same place, dressed up and looking lovely, so why not make the most of it?

We decided to meet before the ceremony and squeeze in an hour of photos with the whole bunch.

It was slightly different to my usual crazy, unposed family sessions, where there’s a good chance you’ll come back looking like you’ve been shoved through a whirlwind 😂 We did actually need to get everyone to church still looking as dapper as they’d arrived!

But that didn’t stop us having plenty of fun. We had tractors, diggers, sheep, lots of laughs and just the right amount of chaos.

What an hour! And such a lovely way to capture everyone together on a day that already meant so much to the family. 🤍

25/08/2026

What does a personal trainer actually sell?

At first glance, the answer seems obvious. Fitness. PT sessions. Classes. Somewhere to work out.
But after talking to Angela from Fit Happens, I realised that wasn’t really the story at all.

Angela started the business wanting to make fitness fun, welcoming and accessible. Somewhere along the way, the people she trained became friends, the gym became a community and she found herself invested in far more than whether somebody could lift a heavier weight than they could six months ago.

Her clients range from their 20s right through to 89. She knows their goals, tracks their progress, celebrates the wins and cares about how they’re feeling outside the gym as much as what they’re doing inside it.
And now the business is evolving again.

Angela is studying nutrition, developing the open-gym side of Fit Happens and thinking about how she can support people who perhaps can’t always get into the gym at all.
So when I planned her Brand Edit, I didn’t just want photographs of Angela standing next to some gym equipment looking like a personal trainer.
I wanted to show why people choose her.

The encouragement. The fun. The relationships. The work that happens behind the scenes. The person building the business. And yes… even the sauna that apparently becomes Angela’s winter office. 😂
Because your customers can probably already work out what you do.

The interesting bit (and often the bit hiding in your business) is why you do it the way you do.
That’s the story I want to find.

Swipe through to meet Angela and see what we uncovered at Fit Happens. →

And save this one for the next time you’re staring at Instagram wondering what on earth there is left to talk about in your business. I promise you, there’s probably far more than you think.

23/08/2026

I hear “I hate having my photo taken” ALL the time.

And genuinely, I don’t need you to know how to pose or suddenly become confident because I’ve turned up with my camera. Helping with that bit is part of my job.

Have a look at yesterday’s post to see exactly how I help you relax into being photographed. x

21/08/2026

“I hate having my photo taken.”

If I had a pound for every time someone said this to me before a shoot... 😂

The thing is, I don’t expect you to turn up magically knowing how to stand, where to look or what on earth you’re supposed to do with your hands. Most of the people I photograph aren’t comfortable in front of a camera when we start.

Helping with that is as much a part of my job as taking the photographs.

Over the years I’ve learnt to read people pretty well. I know when you need direction, when you need distracting, when showing you a photo will give you a little confidence boost and when I just need to stop talking and let something happen naturally.

That’s why I spend so much time getting to know you before and during a branding shoot. The more comfortable you are with me, the less you’re thinking about the camera and the more of you I actually get to photograph.

So if being photographed is the bit that’s stopping you booking a branding shoot, please don’t wait until you suddenly become confident in front of a camera.
You don’t need to be.

That’s my bit.

Save this one for the next time you catch yourself thinking, “I’d love some branding photos, but I HATE having my photo taken.”

19/08/2026

If you booked a branding shoot with me tomorrow, I wouldn’t just turn up with my camera and ask, “Right then, what do you want me to photograph?”

A huge part of a branding shoot actually happens before I take a single photo.

We’ll have a discovery call so I can get properly nosey about you and your business. I want to know where you started, where you’re going, what you do, who you love working with and what you want these photographs to actually help you achieve.

From there I’ll start pulling all that information together into a plan. I’ll suggest scenes and shoot ideas, create a schedule so we know what we’re capturing and when, share a Pinterest vision board so we’re both on the same page visually, and help you work out what on earth you’re going to wear.

So by the time I arrive on shoot day, we’re not starting with a blank page.

We have a plan, you know what to expect and I can concentrate on helping you relax enough that we capture the bits we couldn’t have planned for too.
Which brings me nicely onto something I hear ALL the time...

“But Fiona, I hate having my photo taken.”

I know. Me too.

And I’ve developed quite a few ways of helping with that over the years.
I’ll tell you exactly what I do Friday…

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