Just before Christmas, me and the girls were offered a photo shoot at a new creative photography studio in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, called Mouse About Town. We find it really difficult to get photos of all three girls together, all smiling and all looking in the direction of the camera, so we were very excited about finally getting some professional ones done.
I was booked in for the following week and it was all arranged really quickly and easily. The studio itself was quite hard to find as it’s in a tiny courtyard in a car park. This is why the studio is aptly nicknamed “The Mousehole”.
Gill, the owner of Mouse About Town, was really friendly and had a ton of patience, which I suppose is a necessary attribute for a photographer. She was also full of ideas and inspiration to prompt the girls with which props to play with. The lighting was all set ready for when we got there, so it was literally a case of walk straight onto the set and leave them all to it. The girls were allowed to help themselves to props and basically just play, whilst the photos were taken. The end result, was fairly natural looking photos of my children playing together. We still didn’t manage to get one of all three smiling at the same time, but we were really pleased with the photos we did get.
My favourite photo of Bunny is the one of her on roller skates. My favourite one of Fluffy is with the green bucket on her head and of Tiny, the one sitting in the suitcase.
I think it’s really important to support small local businesses like Mouse About Town. Not only does she offer much more competitive rates than many of the bigger branded photography studios, but you get more time and a more personal touch.
Mouse About Town offer park shoots, location shoots and studio shoots at The Mousehole, with prices starting from just £50 for copyright free images and a choice of disc or print options available.
I was happy with our photos and the children really enjoyed their photoshoot, but it’s made me want to save up and have a park shoot done too, because having browsed the website, Mouse About Town have taken some breathtakingly stunning photos on their park shoots. You can never have too many photos of your children right?!
Mouse about Town are currently running a special offer – Half Price studio shoots (£35 instead of £70) if booked before 31st January 2015 and this includes 2 high resolution digital prints.
You can find Mouse About Town on Facebook too.
We had a photoshoot not long ago and got some really great photos of the boys. I do think it’s worth paying a professional if you can afford to x
Arrr they are gorgeous pictures. I love the second one. I’d love to get some of our three at some point because as you said it’s so hard to get them all together, looking the same way and smiling x
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins recently posted..Word of the Week – 23rd January 2015
Great review and lovely pics. Think the rollerskating one is my fav but they’re all lovely. I’ll bear her in mind for our next shoot. x
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I love these! I love that they’re naturally smiling and not forced. X
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Absolutely love the one with roller skates and umbrella.
I so need to get pics of my two done
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Those are beautiful photos. I don’t think it really matters that you don’t have all three smiling in any of the pictures because they’re all so natural (and I LOVE the twins’ dresses). It’s great that they’re so reasonably priced too and getting copyright free images is brilliant.
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Lovely photos. Shes very talented. I’d love to get photos done of my three girls. Unfortunately Gillian Thomas didn’t provide us with the service we were looking for when we hired her to photograph our wedding last year. Anyone recommend someone similar? Same style and talent but better service?