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Student Gym Membership

2011-12-13T07:13:00.000-08:00

You may have seen some of our work done in Gyms around the country for Pure Design in Macclesfield. They were asked to produce a flyer for student gym membership and we did the photography. Got some great results considering we were using real students as opposed to models, as you can see from the results they both got into the shoot and showed they have a bit of star quality.

The Fine Bedding Company

2011-12-13T07:09:00.000-08:00

It's always nice to do a packaging shoot and see your work on the shelves. We worked with Through Creative in Macclesfield on this job for The Fine Bedding Co.

Crewe

2011-12-13T06:46:00.001-08:00

We were recently commissioned by Vibe to spend a day taking photos of Crewe for a re-generation programme. It started off quite a grey day which to be honest didn't do Crewe any favours but once the sun came out everything looked a bit better. Here are a few of the shots and the front cover of the proposal.

Some more unusual animal portraits

2011-08-26T04:12:00.000-07:00

I think it's fair to say that in the short time we've been photographing dogs we've captured some extremely captivating portraits. We thought it was about time we tried our techniques with some other animals. Here's a small selection of shots we recently did for Andrew at www.animalsintuition.co.uk/

teneight on facebook

2011-08-26T04:04:00.000-07:00

We've finally got a facebook page please follow the link and 'like' us - www.facebook.com/teneightphotography
Thanks.

Vibe at work

2011-08-25T07:56:00.000-07:00

Here's a few shots recently commissioned by the guys at Vibe in Macclesfield. All hard at work and even looking like they enjoy it!

City Centre Cycling

2011-07-20T03:37:00.000-07:00

These are a few images I took over a year ago during one of the City centre tour stages. I thought it was an appropriate time to put them on our blog as we're in the middle of the Tour de France. I think the shots give a real sense of the speed and excitement generated by the cyclists flying around narrow streets and tight bends. Hope they generate the same feeling for you too.

Manchester Airport

2011-07-20T03:32:00.000-07:00

Here are a few shots from the Escape lounge at Manchester airport. We worked with Vibe in Macclesfield to produce some photography for a corporate brochure. The lounge was very impressive, a much more comfortable place to spend the hours waiting for your plane.

More Location Work

2011-05-19T06:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the shots from our shoot at Basingstoke Aquadrome and Golf course.

Bisham Abbey

2011-05-19T03:39:00.000-07:00

We were recently asked to go and photograph the gym facilities at Bisham Abbey and here are a few of the shots we produced.

Corporate Portraits

2011-05-19T03:26:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of portraits we did for TWP Financial Planning. Whether the portraits are used on the company website, as profile shots on social media sites or in printed articles it's well worth having a good quality portrait that represents the individual and company well. Give us a call to discuss our rates and styles we can offer.

Cheshire Breweries

2011-05-18T08:51:00.000-07:00

At the beginning of April we started a little project photographing the Cheshire brewers who had beer on at the Macclesfield beer festival. We visited Beartown in Congleton, Bollington Brewery, Coach House in Warrington, Dunham Massey Brewery, Happy Valley in Bollington, Merlin near Sandbach, Red Willow and Storm in Macclesfield, Northern in Northwich, Tatton in Knutsford and Wincle. Here's a few of the shots that were used in an exhibition at the festival.

Pure @ Macclesfield College

2011-05-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

We were asked to do a photo shoot with the hair and beauty department at Macclesfield College to give the students experience of working as make-up artists. The theme for the shoot was 1920's. Here's a couple of the shots.

Charity Abseil

2011-05-18T08:08:00.000-07:00

Some very brave employees at Peaks and Plains Housing Trust did an abseil off Pennine Court, a 15 storey tower block in Macclesfield. Standing on the roof looking down was a big enough challenge for me!

PR and Portfolio Work

2011-02-23T05:23:00.000-08:00

A regular client of ours, Verve brands, has just asked us to photograph some of their recent work for the portfolio and a team shot in preparation for their move into new premises. Keep up to date with them at www.vervebrands.co.uk

Pet Food

2011-02-23T05:17:00.000-08:00

This is a recent shot for a trade brochure showing the type of ingredients that go into their range of pet food. I'm sure some pets must pets eat better than their owners.

Location Work

2011-01-17T08:21:00.000-08:00

After a major refurbishment at Maidstone Leisure Centre we were asked to go down and photograph some of the facilities, here's a small selection of what we did.....

Head Shots

2011-01-14T06:06:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of shots from a recent shoot with actor Paul Morrison. We can put a great package together for actors and models offering quality photography and a wide range of styles to give your portfolio a unique and varied look.

Delicious Start to 2011

2011-01-11T06:25:00.000-08:00

Our first job of the year was food for a London based caterer called Frances Macmillan. Having eaten to excess over Christmas, this job ensured that the get fit regime got postponed for a few more days.
Frances offers her catering service for a whole host of functions and special occasions from canapes to full dinner parties. She can be contacted on 07850 847 877

Festive Portrait

2010-12-15T03:02:00.000-08:00

A recent portrait of our little girl and new teneight test model Zeffie!

The Fine Bedding Company

2010-12-15T02:57:00.000-08:00

We've recently done a packaging shoot for The Fine Bedding Company and here are a few of the shots. It was a particularly cold day in the studio so Faith (the model from Nemesis) definitely had the best spot under a warm duvet.

More animal work

2010-12-02T04:22:00.000-08:00

We've done a few shots recently with IWP for Applaws pet food. Some portraits of dogs for packaging and a portrait of the 3 company directors. A full day of dogs and cats left the studio with a rather interesting odour!

teneight has grown

2010-08-17T01:39:00.000-07:00

Zeffie Rae Keenan Wright was born on Thursday 5th August 2010. You'll be seeing some more shots of her soon I'm sure and probably some of her first photographs in the not too distant future!

Do you fancy winning £1000?

2010-07-29T03:31:00.000-07:00

We will be entering the Kodak/MPA Portrait Awards 2010 which closes on the 30th August 2010. We are offering free portrait sittings to everyone (it's not just for children) and if we select an image from your sitting as one of our entries then you could be in with a chance of winning the £1000 cash prize on offer. For more details, please call us on 01625 500 488.

Pregnant Silhouettes

2010-07-29T03:20:00.000-07:00

A little project we've been doing through Lucy's pregnancy which is rapidly coming to an end - just over 2 weeks to go!

Macclesfield: A New View

2010-07-29T03:04:00.000-07:00

As part of the Barnaby Festival we ran a photography competition, the brief was to create a new postcard for Macclesfield, one that adopted a slightly more creative view of the town, here are the winning entries we selected along with three other judges.

Simon James Brown - Putting all things into perspective (Hovis Mill Shot)
Thomas McDonnell - Two miles to go
David Tolliday - Red phone boxes
Dominic Sutton (Aged 14) - It's my back yard

Barnaby Festival 2010!

2010-07-29T01:50:00.000-07:00

Anyone who came into Macclesfield on the weekend of the Barnaby Festival saw the town completely transformed, there was a buzz around the whole town with events taking place in some amazing places. Having been involved in the organisation of the photography competition since January we have seen how much time and effort was put in to make sure the festival went off with a bang and it certainly did, all those who thought Macclesfield wasn't capable of such a thing were proved completely wrong. Looking forward to Barnaby Festival 2011 already! Here are a few highlights......

What have we been doing?!

2010-07-27T11:57:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've updated you with our recent projects and stuff so here goes......
We've had a steady stream of portrait work but loads of other things going on as well, the dogs are still coming in in our efforts to get to 108, we're approaching 90 now, still on the lookout for less common breeds though so please point them in our direction. Here are a couple of our favourites from recent shoots.......

We've had a few weddings recently too and although we don't promote ourselves as wedding photographers, I do enjoy running around at a wedding capturing those special moments. From what I've heard we do it pretty well too! Here are a couple of examples.......

teneight have been at some local nursery schools too, photographing children in a very natural style, like this.......

We've also done some product, pr, and portrait photography for some local companies and design agencies (have a look at the commercial section of the website if you haven't already). We've even extended our skills at photographing animals for food packaging, we don't just do dogs!

108 Dog Project

2010-05-13T05:28:00.000-07:00

We are just over half way through our project to photograph 108 dogs in our studio (have a read further down the page to see what it's all about). Keep spreading the word, there's a way to go yet! We've had some real characters in so far, here's a little taster of what the shots are looking like......

Un-Convention Factory

2010-05-11T06:10:00.000-07:00

The unconvention factory took place at the Heritage Centre in Macclesfield on the 8th May, it was a day full of music, creativity and beer! Here are a few shots from the gig that evening which included The Virginmarys, Reverend Soundsystem, The Whip, I am Kloot, and New Education.
For more information about Un-Convention, please follow the link below:

http://unconvention.wordpress.com/author/unconvention/

DJ Shoot

2010-05-01T05:00:00.000-07:00

We did some photography for Oliver Lang last week which will be used to promote his new Dojo label and for a feature in DJ magazine. Not sure which shot is being used for the cover yet but I will put it on here as soon as it's been designed. Here are a couple of the shots we did.......

Model Portfolio

2010-05-01T04:46:00.001-07:00

Here are a few of the shots from a folio shoot with Euclides from PHA. We got a bit of decent weather so made it up to Macclesfield Forrest with a couple of outfits and stopped for bit of basketball on the way back to the studio.

Three Shires Sportive

2010-04-27T01:32:00.000-07:00

Here are a few shots from the Three Shires Sportive, a 100km bike ride taking in parts of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire. I was sat on the road for a few hours at Gun Hill and then moved over to Bosley Minn to catch some of the riders twice. I was glad to be driving the course rather than cycling, it looked pretty tough to me. You can get an idea of how high they climbed from the shots below. Congratulations to the guys at Peak Cyclesport who organised a really good event, hopefully this was the first of many!

108 dogs

2010-04-08T10:03:00.000-07:00

And this is why we need your dog.....

As part of a special project we would like to photograph '108 dogs' individually in our studio.

We are hoping that this will be the first in a large series of books, the theme being '108' of a specific subject, such as '108 hats', '108 twins' and '108 tattoos'.

It is free to take part in this project and prints from the shoot will be available to purchase but there is no obligation to buy (we promise!).

If you would like to be a part of this exciting project please give Alex or Lucy a call on 01625 500 488 or email info@teneightstudios.co.uk and we will arrange a time for you to bring your dog along to the studio.

There isn't a deadline for this project, but as soon as we have photographed 108 suitable dogs we will stop shooting, so don't delay in making a booking to bring your dog in.

To see examples of our dog portraits please click on the link below:

www.teneightstudios.co.uk/dogs-gallery.html

Commercial Photography Website

2010-04-06T04:36:00.000-07:00

You may well have noticed that there has been a few changes to our website recently. For ease we have combined our portrait and commercial work on one website, if you haven't already had a look through follow the link below.

High quality photography really can make all the difference when it comes to marketing any business, with our photographic skills and creative input you are guaranteed to get the perfect results for your website, brochure or advertising campaign.

Primarily our commercial work revolves around people and products, if you would like to discuss a project or receive more information on our rates then please give us a call on 01625 500 488 or email us at info@teneightstudios.co.uk

www.teneightstudios.co.uk/commercial/

Model Shots

2010-04-06T04:22:00.000-07:00

We recently did some shots for PHA in Manchester, here's a few of them.......

Mother's Day Weekend Photoshoot

2010-03-10T02:49:00.000-08:00

Treat your Mum to something different this year. We're holding a special drop-in shoot this coming weekend, you don't need to book a session, just pop in whenever's convenient between 10am and 5pm on Saturday or Sunday. Prints from the shoot will be available to buy from the ridiculously low price of only £18.

Manchester 10K Run

2010-03-10T02:39:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm signed up and there's no backing out now! I will be one of the 36,000 people running the Manchester 10K on the 16th May 2010, all the money raised will go to MedEquip4Kids, a very valuable charity that helps children in and out of hospital. Please help out in any way you can by making a donation through the link below. Thanks for your support!

Macc: A New View

2010-03-05T04:06:00.000-08:00

The Barnaby Festival Photography competition is now open.
www.barnabyfestival.org.uk/photography.php

70's Birthday Party

2010-02-23T13:54:00.000-08:00

We were at James and Loretta's 70's party on Friday night where we did one of our photobooth shoots. Here's a little video of all the stills we took.

Barnaby Festival Launch Night

2010-02-15T04:40:00.000-08:00

It was a fantastic evening of live music at Fresh in Macclesfield on Friday. Here are a few shots from the event.
Not the greatest lighting on offer but still managed to get some decent results (I think so anyway).

Charity Cycle Ride

2010-02-12T04:54:00.000-08:00

Here's a leaflet we have just shot and designed for Peak Cycle Sport in Macclesfield who are organising their first sportive.

Click the link for more information - www.threeshiressportive.co.uk/

MBBC Fight Night

2010-02-10T06:31:00.000-08:00

Macclesfield Boys Boxing Club had an evening of amateur boxing at Wilmslow leisure centre on 5th Feb and we were there to do some photography for them.

It was a hectic evening with 14 bouts scheduled and we decided to really put ourselves under pressure by having a 'studio' set up in the corridor to photograph each boxer before and after the fight as well as taking shots ringside.

Here are a few of the results....

Barnaby Festival

2010-02-10T04:57:00.000-08:00

The Barnaby Festival is coming back to Macc 18-20 June 2010!

Keep up to date with what will be happening at www.barnabyfestival.org.uk

Here are the details of the launch evening at Fresh:

Trialatv Product Photography

2010-02-10T04:50:00.000-08:00

We were contacted early in the year to photograph a new product called 'Trialatv'. It's a cardboard flatscreen television that expands to various sizes to help customers decide what size will look best in their home. We did a some location shots of the product in various scenarios and then a few studio product shots. Look out for it in the shops.

Help For Heroes Run

2010-01-17T03:51:00.000-08:00

Two brothers, Pete and Paul Morrison set off from Disley train station at 5.30am on the 21st December 2009 to run 31 miles of the Gritstone trail in aid of Help for Heroes. I met them at 8.30am at Teggs Nose and then later cycled alongside them down the canal from the Fools Nook photographing them along the way. They were joined by some serving Royal Marines at the Fools Nook for the last leg of the journey. Once they reached Buxton Road, just in case what they had achieved wasn't impressive enough, the last mile they did a stretcher run, carrying a 'patient' all the way up to the town hall in the centre of Macclesfield. I have huge respect for the guys who ran at a tremendous pace and raised a massive amount of money for a very worthy cause. Here are a few shots from their very long snowy run.

Town Centre Displays

2009-12-19T03:49:00.000-08:00

We've recently done a project for the Cheshire East Council to promote Macclesfield and brighten up the town centre. The series of portraits are popping up in windows of unoccupied premises all around the town. We hope their smiling faces cheer up your shopping trip in Macclesfield.

Family Fun Day

2009-12-02T04:15:00.000-08:00

We were at Fina Bar and Grill on Sunday taking photographs of children and families enjoying themselves at the family fun day in aid of Medequip4kids. Along with a delicious Italian buffet Santa was there with a gift for all the children, we also had a visit from Macclesfield F.C mascot - Roary the Lion.

Here are a couple of the pictures we took with a fun, fresh and Christmassy look!

Here's a link to Fina Bar and Grill
www.finabarandgrill.co.uk

Foggy Nights

2009-11-19T07:34:00.000-08:00

Whenever it's foggy I feel inspired to get my camera out and go in search of something interesting to photograph but never usually do it. It was foggy on our day off last week so there was no excuse. I went out into the cold with a camera and tripod and came back with some pretty good shots, well, I think so anyway. Here are a few of them for you to judge for yourselves.

Art Prints

2009-11-10T08:36:00.000-08:00

We've just launched a range of mounted prints at a very affordable price of £20. Just in time for Christmas too!

The images are printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper and presented in a 30cm x 40cm snow white mount ready to be put straight into a frame of your choice.

There are loads to choose from so we're sure there will be something to suit all tastes. Below are just 4 examples.

The prints are available to buy at our studio in Macclesfield or the whole range can be viewed and purchased in the client area of our website. Click on the link below to go straight there.

www.onlinepictureproof.com/teneight/albums/fine_art_prints/

Pregnancy Portraits

2009-11-09T02:42:00.001-08:00

It's important to capture all sorts of special times in your life and being pregnant is certainly one of those times. Below are a couple of shots from a recent shoot with Dee and Gareth.

We think the silhouette focuses on the main purpose of a portrait at this late stage of pregnancy. It's also a great way of capturing this special time without even having to pose and smile.

Embroidery Magazine

2009-11-05T11:34:00.000-08:00

As part of the Three Shires Textile Festival in July this year we had an exhibition at the studio and one of our visitors was the editor of 'embroidery' magazine, the official magazine to the embroiderers' guild. Jo was very impressed with the photographs we had exhibited and suggested writing an article on both us and the places we went to produce our work. We weren't quite sure what to expect from the magazine but were pleasantly surprised when we received our first copy, both the design and print are superb.

Our project was based around Paradise Mill in Macclesfield, Masson MIlls in Matlock Bath, The Threshing Barn in Bradnop, Berrisfords in Congleton and Spurcrofts in Macclesfield, it was a great event to have been part of and a real eye opener into the textile industry.

We had such good feedback from nearly 300 visitors to the exhibition that we have put some of the photographs for sale in the art prints gallery of the client area on our website.

Follow the link below to get hold of a copy of the magazine.

http://embroidery.embroiderersguild.com/

Macclesfield Boys Boxing Club

2009-11-03T13:41:00.000-08:00

Here are some shots from our recent shoot at Macc boxing club. We went a few days after 3 of the lads had just won belts, a superb achievement for the club!

They are a great bunch of people, all really friendly, despite not looking so happy in our pictures (at our request).

For more details about the club visit their website - www.maccboxing.co.uk

Macclesfield Bodybuilders

2009-11-03T13:40:00.000-08:00

We had 3 guys from G's Gym in the studio recently, Paul Norton, Jazz Miralles and Simon Ackroyd. All 3 had just qualified for the British Campionships, each one winning their categories at the Leamington Spa event.
As you can see they were all great models. It was a pleasure to have them in the studio and a real insight into the strict lifestyle of a bodybuilder.

Horse Portraits

2009-11-03T13:23:00.000-08:00

Despite being a little apprehensive, I couldn't turn down the opportunity to photograph a horse. We went to the stables at Timbersbrook where ET lives and set up lights and a background before introducing ET to her very different surroundings. She really wasn't very keen on the lights flashing but we still managed to get some fantastic shots. Best of all we made another customer very happy!

Families Magazine

2009-11-03T13:08:00.000-08:00

Families magazine has come to Cheshire!
Jane and Caryl, the editors, have asked teneight to shoot their front covers and here are the first 2 editions. The magazine can be picked up in all sorts of places and is full of great features and services, and it's free too so make sure you pick up your copy.
Jane and Caryl can be contacted through their website www.familiescheshire.co.uk

Local Landscapes

2009-11-02T12:02:00.000-08:00

We were commissioned to photograph a series of landscapes by Jobling Gowler, a local firm of solicitors. They wanted local scenes as banners for their new website and have since had the images produced as large canvas prints to display in their board room.
Before moving to their fabulous premises on Park Lane, Jobling Gowler were based in Fence House, the home of teneight! They have regular exhibitions in their gallery space at 250 Park Lane which is well worth popping in to see.
Visit them at www.jobling-gowler.co.uk or www.art.250parklane.co.uk

Shutlingsloe

Mow Cop

White Nancy

Virginmarys

2009-11-01T08:23:00.000-08:00

Here are a few shots from our studio shoot with the band. We had a great afternoon, a few beers and a whole load of smoke!

You can find out where they're playing next and have a listen to them playing at the Academy in Manchester at www.myspace.com/thevirginmarys

Radiator Cabinets

2009-11-01T08:15:00.000-08:00

We built a small set in our studio for Kingston Cabinets when they asked us to photograph their new range of high quality radiator cabinets.
Contact Kingston Cabinets at - www.kingstoncabinets.co.uk

Hello!

2009-10-30T13:02:00.000-07:00

We've decided that despite never knowing what to write about our business we'd start a blog! There's been lots of interesting stuff going on over the past few months and we wanted to share it with you all. It certainly won't be updated daily and probably not even weekly, let's go for monthly to start with.

We'll get some of the interesting stuff put on over the next week so keep your eye on us!

Alex and Lucy