Helen @ Shippey Photography

A new webb address again - www.shippey.se

2020-12-29T15:42:00.003-08:00

Hello there!

I have a new website address Id love to see you at!

check me out at www.shippey.se

See you there.

/Helen Shippey

Hey I have moved to a different Blog location. Come and find me!

2015-06-15T12:59:00.000-07:00

Hey all,
I am now blogging on my website page instead so please head over to http://shippeyphotography.com to stay up to date with my latest activities.
Hope you venture over there and we can continue to chat!
Over and out.
Helen Shippey

Capturing Dubai Frame by Frame!

2015-02-15T00:46:00.002-08:00

Hi,
Join me in March capturing Dubai Frame by Frame!
It is getting slightly warmer here in Dubai but we still have time to be outdoors and photograph so lets take advantage of that as much as possible!
Here are some dates for your calendar:

22 February Blue hour photo workshop Time: 17.45-19.10
2 March Location: Bastakyia Time: 08.30-10.30
19 March Location: Jumeirah Time: 09.30-11.30
28 March Location: Deira Time: 15.30- 17.30
31 March Location: TBA Time: TBA (Morning)

As always on my photography walks and workshops I only allow a small number of participants to make sure I can assist everyone at their photography level.

I only charge AED150 per person/per activity.

I am also looking into adding one more photography workshop where we will photograph pouring water into glasses and capture the drops on their way down, its creates fun and pretty photography art. I have 3 myself on my wall at home :) I am just looking for a location of where to do it at the moment. If you are interested to participate in that then please let me know about that as well.

Joining one of my photography walks is a fun way of learning how to capture better photographs with fellow photographer enthusiasts.

All participants also have access to a FB group where we continue to talk about photography, they can upload up to 5 photographs from every walk they participate in, I have quite a few regulars which is lovely! I will then give them feed back /critique on their photographs so that we all can learn and excel in our photography field.

To sign up for any of my photography walks or workshops please send me an email to: info@shippeyphotography.com

For those of you that are wondering if this is of you? Have a listen to an interview I did with Lucy Taylor for the Travel Show at Dubai Eye 103.8

https://audioboom.com/boos/2597088-uae-uncovered-3-26-10-2014

Have a lovely day everyone.

I will make sure I will! :)

Helen x

Dubai Blue hour photography workshop

2015-02-13T04:09:00.001-08:00

I love teaching! And teaching photography that I love working with just makes it even more fun.
My next Dubai Photography Walk will be a Blue Hour Photography Workshop so we won't really walk around just move a bit around the same location capturing it from different angles.
I was out testing a blue hour location the other night to see if it would work for me or not.
Here are two snaps that I captured, one is during the blue hour and one is just after the blue hour.
My Blue Hour Photography Workshop will be held on Sunday the 22nd of February. If you would like to take part please send me an email to info@shippeyphotography.com
The charge for the Blue hour photo workshop is the same as my photography walks AED 150 per person and you also get access to a private FB group where we can continue to talk photography and I will give you feedback on some of the photographs that you have captured during the walks or workshops that you have participated in so that you can excel as a photographer.
I always have small groups to make sure I can assist everyone at their own photography level.
What you need to be able to participate in the Blue hour photography workshop is your own dslr camera and a tripod.

Join me Catering Dubai Frame by Frame!
Looking forward to see you soon.
Over and out!
Helen xx

Dubai Photography Walks

2015-02-10T00:01:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone!
Its already February 2015!! Hey I can't believe how fast the time goes. This January we just had was hands down my busiest time I have had, I am usually very busy this time of year but this January took it one step further I put my business into second gear which was great and so much fun!
Ok this blog post is not about that I will tell you about what I have been up to later on :)
Now I would like to mention to everyone that are interested to learn how to capture better photographs themselves that My Dubai February Photo Walks are on this week. Tomorrow we are heading to Satwa and on Saturday we are heading to Bur Dubai/Heritage Village.
You don't only get street life but also great patterns and a different kind of Dubai skyline that you normally don't see people capture. Here are some snaps I captured while I did a walk through of my Satwa walk on Sunday. I still have availability for Saturday if anyone would like to join me then just send me an email of give me a call to sign up. info@shippeyphotography.com Mob. 055 107 89 88

There is a house where these actually live in a cage so you can always capture lots of pigeons flying around the house, they get let out obviously but they know where they live and always comes back :)

Shoes outside a Mosque

I captured this with the thought that I would add it to my texture library to use later as an over lay over portraits and other photographs that would look great with some texture over it.

Capturing Dubai skyline through a fence!

My place!!?? :) Just had to take a photo because of it being my name lol

Loved this one! Celebrating all occasions at the same time, Christmas, National Day and Valentines day and of course Hello Kitty!

I was mentioned in the local paper today! 7 Days

http://7daysindubai.com/things-uae-today-photography-walkshop-gallery-light/

Wow what a year I have had! Made it in Dubai!

2014-12-30T02:49:00.003-08:00

Its hard to believe but 2014 is coming to a close. I have had the most amazing year to date in regards to how much my business have grown and all the fun photo shoots I have had the honor to work on.
I am having a hard time to pick a particular moment because I have had so many totally awesome ones this year but if I would just mention a few that are topping my list I would say photographing Donald Trump for a magazine cover was a super fun photo shoot and to photograph the Majesty the Queen of Sweden was pretty cool for me as well being a fellow Swede :) It was also a total honor to be the chosen photographer to photograph some of the Al Maktoum children. When I got the phone call I totally thought I was on candid camera or something lol. Same thing when I drove up to the palace and the guard stopped me saying I must have gotten the wrong house and asking me do you know who lives here? -It is Sheikh Mohamed Al Maktoum! And my reply was yes then I'm at the right place thats where I am going. You should have seen the disbelief on his face ha ha. But a phone call later and the gates were opened for me. It was pretty awesome to say the least.
I also have had several nice article write ups about me in the press both here locally in the UAE and back home in Sweden, as well as several radio appearances in both Sweden and here in Dubai.
2014 was also the year I started photographing local Emirati weddings, previous years I have photographed European weddings where most of them being Scandinavian weddings either Norwegian or Swedish ones, but this year I also embarked on the Emirati ones and I am loving to be chosen to also capture them. I have photographed 11 local Emirati female weddings this year and I already have quite a few booked in for 2015 with my first one this Friday the 2nd of January in Abu Dhabi, so I am predicting the numbers will be at least tripled for next year easily.
I have had a very diverse and very fun year to say the least hoping for just an exciting and fullfilling 2015.
Do you have any new years resolutions?
I have one which is to learn how to film with my dslr. What is yours?
Happy New year to you all!!
Over and out for now.
Helen xx

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Amelia Magazine. Swedens largest women's magazine

Helen and Donald Trump

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Dubai Photography Walks

2014-10-08T04:48:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone,
A fun way to learn more about Photography is with Photography Walks!
It is always more fun to learn something with other people that are just as enthusiastic as you are yourself. I am just about to start this seasons Photography Walks. Tomorrow we are off to Bastakiya and on Friday we are walking around Heritage Village. I still have a few spots available for both days if anyone would like to join in.
I also still have a few spots available for 13 and 14 November 2014 and 8 and 9 January 2015.
Send me an email or call me if you are interested to join. info@shippeyphotography.com Mob. 055 107 89 88
We will walk around for 2 hours and photograph every time will be a different location so you can join in all of them if you like. I already have a few bookings for all of them which is lovely. The groups are small to ensure that I can assist all of you with capturing the photograph you have in mind. I am at hand the whole time to answer any photography related questions you might have. After the photo walk you will be invited to a closed FaceBook group where you can continue to ask photography related questions if anything came up once you got home and looked at your photographs as well as upload up to 5 of your photographs that you took during the photo walk and I will critique /give you feed back on them, everyone will see all the comments and photographs so we can all learn from each other as well.
To participate is only AED 150 per Photo Walk, if you book more than 3 at the same time you will receive a discount, so each Photo walk is then AED 125. No prior knowledge of photography is needed. All you need is to have your own camera with you. Can be any camera.
Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.

Hope to see you at one of my Photography Walks!
Happy snapping everyone!!
Helen xx

Photography Walk Schedule:

Thursday 13 November 10.00-12.00

Friday 14 November 09.00-11.00

Thursday 8 January 2015 TBA

Friday 9 January 2015 TBA

Lets Kick Start the Dubai Wedding season!

2014-09-25T06:30:00.003-07:00

Hey!
Hope you are all great! I am super duper today. Very busy but that is always a good thing right? Having people asking for edited photographs right left and center almost a bit overwhelming but Hey I can do it right?!! Yesterday was a fun day I got three new jobs that are coming up shortly. It rarely happens to me that I get three jobs booked in on the same day so that was great news! One is already happening tomorrow thankfully its in the afternoon towards early Saturday morning because I had already another shoot booked in, in the morning, it will be a long day tomorrow for sure. That is when its good to be passionate about what you are working with then you don't really mind the long hours sometimes. :)
I will start my day photographing some jewelry with two models, I have been photographing the jewelry pieces by themselves all week and will continue next week as well its so many different pieces. But then the real fun start in Abu Dhabi in the afternoon with a local Wedding where 900 guests are expected to attend. I am glad they are not asking for a group shot :) since then I would probably have to be up in a helicopter hovering above them with a super wide angle lens ha ha ha. Which in it self would be great fun!
I am pleased that the Dubai or should I say U.A.E. Wedding season have started! I just love photographing a wedding everyone are so happy and its a great fun day.
over and out for now.
Helen xx
So Lets kick start the Wedding season!

Rock The Goat Catalog Photo Shoot

2014-09-23T01:29:00.000-07:00

Hi,
While I was in Sweden I had so many fun photo shoots. The weather was nice most of the time started off a bit on the cool side but made up for it in the end with being on the very warm side. But not as warm as in Dubai of course but without AC you do feel slightly handicapped in the heat :) I will show you a couple of the photo shoots here for sure but today I want to start with the one I did for a new up and coming children's clothing line. All the clothes are made out of 100% cashmere in Italy with a Swedish designer. The brand is called Rock The Goat So please check them out. They have some very cool stuff for kids. ps. I have had a sneak peek of their upcoming collection and it looks super funky so stay tuned for our next photo shoot that will take place in November in Dubai.
I had some great Swedish models all around 5-6 years old when we photographed the pre-collection. All the models were super good listening to what I wanted out of them so we finished the whole shoot 2 hours ahead of time! So client was super happy as was I.
Just to make the photoshoot slightly more challenging I used colored powdered sand for some of the shots. I can tell you how I did it all in the end another day that could be a whole blog post by itself lol. I had never photographed with such a powder before so felt I needed some practice so I invited a few friends by asking can I please throw some sand on you while I photograph it? Surprisingly I had two people saying Yes to that. Must be proper friendship then don't you think?
Not sure I would be able to pull that off here in Dubai... don't think I have enough close friends lol
Here are some of the snaps that I captured on the day for the catalog.

Me behind the scene explaining to my model what i want him to do next.

This is the final catalog.

I was chatting on the Swedish radio about taking a chance in life!

2014-07-21T00:30:00.001-07:00

Hi,
I was live on Swedish Radio on Thursday the 17th of July 2014 on the channel Sveriges Radio Vastmanland P4.
Click on the link below to listen to it. Disclaimer It's all in Swedish !! :) You can fast forward to about the 59th minute thats when I come on.
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/395468?programid=2985

I had a great time chatting with the radio host Ida about taking the big leap and moving abroad, curate to do it and would I recommend it and tips about expat life! In short Yes I would recommend moving abroad if you get the chance to experience life a bit differently for a little while, you don't have to do like me move and then stay but it is definitively fun to experience for a little while gives you perspective of life and the world for sure!
Catch you all later.
Helen xxx

Dinner Time Dubai

2014-07-15T08:30:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I had the great pleasure to work with a company called Dinner Time. Their staff are the greatest so bubbly and very fun to work with and to have around you. I have actually worked with them twice on two different projects. This is the first one where I photographed from their distribution center which is Choitrams super market, every thing looked spick and span and super fresh.

The company idea is that you book a box with food where they have prepared for you 4 meals with easy to follow recipes and the ingredients that you need for it. They also have a gluten free option which is quite unique. They use organic vegetables when they can. I can say it all looked very nice so I will shortly be one of their customers as well. It is hard working full time and finding the time to go to the grocery store their box of food comes straight to your door super convenient. You also won't buy all that unnecessary stuff you see when you go shopping or if yo have a little mischievous one like I do that tries to help you shop and definitively do not put in the things you want in the basket but some how end up buying, bless her :) So I bet its cheaper ordering it to your door than going by your self ha, ha. You also do not need to come up with what to eat by yourself someone else have decided for you that to me sounds so convenient and are worth a bit of money in my book. Sorry did not mean to try and sell you on Dinner Time I just like the idea its a great one. I think I have heard they have the same concept in Sweden as well maybe also in other places in the world.!?

Any how here are some of the snaps I took for them.

Helen live on Dubai Eye 103.8 Dubai Radio station

2014-06-13T12:22:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
Not sure I have told you guys but I was invited back to talk on Dubai Eye 103.8 radio station again. And of course I never say no to an invitation like that :) This time I was not invited to talk about my photography but to talk about my country Sweden on their travel show. I was very quick with answering yes of course I can do that! Then I started to think oh dear what do I know… I have lived outside of Sweden for I think its 17 years now so I was thinking wonder if anything have changed :) I do go back home (I still call it home) to Sweden every year for at least a month so I should be fairly updated about things lol
Anyway here you can have a listen to how it all went when I was chatting about my wonderful country Sweden!
https://audioboo.fm/boos/2086461-the-spotlight-1-17-04-2014

Lucy Taylor Radio Presenter

Mark Lloyd Radio Presenter

Stephanie from Sweden residing in Dubai

Check out How I did my Front Cover Magazine Photo Shoot

2014-06-05T01:07:00.000-07:00

Hi,
As I have told you guys earlier I photographed the cover for World Wide Golf Magazine a while back but could not yet share any images with you. The magazine is finally out so I can now show you guys some more details from the photo shoot.

As I mentioned before I was using Profoto Lights to light up both the background evenly as well as Mr. Donald Trump himself. I took a few over view images so that you can easier see my photography set up for this magazine cover photo shoot.
http://issuu.com/sportingpublications/docs/wwg_june_issue__lr

Here is my lighting set up, I had 3 D1's, I was at first thinking I should use the B1's since I was not sure if I would have near by access to a power socket but I had the chance to go to my location the day before for a quick look at the premisses to give me an idea of what I had available for me so in the end I opted for that D1's would work fine. I had two Profoto Strip Softboxes RFi 1x6' to make sure the background was evenly lit up. You can see part of my Profoto Octa Softbox that I used as my main light that I had positioned just above Donald Trumps head. On this photo it is lower down for when I was testing but you will see below that I put it higher up later due to that Donald Trump is a very tall man he is 1.91cm. ( I googled that in advance, so that I would be prepared of how I would have to position my lighting) When you know you have an extremely short period of time to photograph someone you should aim at having as few surprises as possible and to have as many facts as you can to speed up the photo shoot itself. I had my back drop stand as high up as I possibly could and it was still not as high up as I would have liked it to be. I wanted more back drop space above his head than I actually had but hey there was nothing I could to about that there. I am quite tall (1.76cm) but I still had to stand a little bit on my tipi toes in order to create more background space above his head as well as not to photograph him from below :)

My assistant refused to step in front of the camera when I wanted to do a test shot lol so here is a shot of me testing how it would look if I gave Donald Trump a putter. You can see that I had put my main light a little bit higher for this shot than in the previous one when I was just checking if they were all working at the same time :)

Here you can see an issue I had when Mr. Trump pointed the driver too far right, the end interfered with my background lighting, so I had to steer him more to the center to get a good shot. This is due to us being in such a small space, had we had a larger studio then this would have been avoided. But we had set up a studio in a small room next to where the press conference were for the Trump International Golf Course Akoya by Damac. Thankfully it was quite a high ceiling so that was to my advantage.

To show you how the front cover was set up. My assistant Sherif Karas had put an X mark with tape on the floor so that we could easily tell Mr. Trump to please stand right there where we knew our light was set up for. I then removed it in photoshop on the images where it was visible.

I used a 2,75cm white paper back drop in case you were wondering. The white back drop was set up in front of a window. With all this studio gear you can imagine my car was filled to the rim. I had to take the baby car seat out to be able to fit my camera bag lol. The camera I used of this job was a Canon 5D Mark 3 with the Canon 24-70mm lens f2.8. For most of the photographs I had my shutter speed on 160 and aperture was 8 and 9. I used 8 for most of the shots but changed in the end to 9 for some but kept my shutter speed the same and ISO was 100. I always photograph with the camera in Manual mode to make sure I have full control of all the elements.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask, I will try and answer as best I can.
Over and out for now.
Helen xx
www.shippeyphotography.com

Marhababy one of my lovely Dubai clients

2014-06-04T08:00:00.000-07:00

I met up with the lovely owner and founder of Marhababy, Eveline a while back. They were just starting up at the time so were of course in need of lots of photographs to use on both their website and other marketing material. And hey presto there was I :) We started to plan straight away what kind of photographs she wanted and needed to capture for her website. We started a pinterest mood board so we both could pin by ourselves when we saw something that we thought was fitting for our photo shoot. Once we had all our ideas more or less in order I started to source models for our photo shoot we wanted everyday women that were pregnant and some children. It was fairly easy to get cooperating models thank fully all thanks to Dubai's very efficient social media network! I just love how great the social media platform in Dubai is, so helpful when you have a questioner need of models etc. It is absolutely brilliant. (If you by any chance want to follow me on Twitter you can find me as @hshippey on Fb you can find me as @shippeyphotography)
Here are some of the snaps that we captured on our first photo shoot together we have since sour first one had another rome as well, that I will share with you guys later because i have not yet edited those images :)
If you are pregnant or have small children then please checkout www.marhababy.com their company idea is to provide new mums with great product information of what products that are available to us here in the U.A.E. it cane quite daunting being away from family and not know where to find things and don't know who to ask either.

Here we wanted the look of two mums getting together for a chat at a cafe.

Here we wanted a paparazzi themed look what do you think did we pull it off? lol

Happy Ladies!

Here we made a baby shower theme with two pregnant mums one having a girl and the other a boy.

Thanks for reading!
Helen xx
www.shippeyphotography.com

Dubai night photography

2014-06-01T10:00:00.000-07:00

Hi,
I had the pleasure to go out with 3 Swedish ladies and photograph out on the Palm Jumeirah the other night. We all met at the end of one of the outer palm leafs opposite Anantara Hotel. I have started to organize photography get togethers for the SWEA members in Dubai this was our third outing together.
We started a little bit too early but it was all nice to get together and have a nice chat only thing was its getting very hot outside in Dubai so at least I was quite uncomfortable just due to the heat and the humidity. There was absolute no wind out, well at least at our first location we swapped on the way back to another location and we had a slight breeze there.
We wanted to get the colors of the Dubai Skyline which we did in the end we just had to wait for it to get dark outside.

ISO 100 F 7.1 TV 1/80th of sec.

I shot this while we were waiting for the sun to set and it to get dark.

The evening was not very clear unfortunately so I would like to go back to this location and photograph again another night when the sky is more clear and when its possibly cooler :)

ISO 100 F 7.1 TV 6 sec.

This is our second location: So we saw JBR and Dubai Marina

ISO 100 F 8 TV 6 sec.

ISO 200 F 6.3 TV 4 sec.

If you or your organization would like to take part in a photography outing with me please don't hesitate to contact me and we can set it up to suit you guys. Let me know what kind of photography it is you are interested in to take part of. Just send me an email at info@shippeyphotography.com

I also do photography workshops if you are looking for more in-depth knowledge.

Over and out for now.

Helenxx
www.shippeyphotography.com

Interior photography shoot.

2014-05-28T03:13:00.000-07:00

Hey ya'
I have a client whom I love her name is Karla Seliman she is an Interior designer here in Dubai and such a great one too. So it is always so much fun to photograph her creations. I have photographed 3 of her designs so far and we have another one booked in soon as well. The first time we met I brought my daughter along and now she gives me grief every time I come to photograph one of her villas and I am not bringing my daughter, I leave her at home or at nursery mostly for my own sake since I am not sure how I would be able to concentrate with her running around in a designed house (my house does not look anything like the ones I photograph ever :( I wish it did lol )
When I photographed this apartment down in the Marina I used all natural light so I had my camera on a tripod and used a remote trigger to make sure I had no camera shake since I needed to use a long shutter speed on most of the photographs. I always photograph in Manual mode but of interior photo shoots i try to keep my aperture on around 11 or so if I want the whole room in that is not for a detail shot. I then adjust the shutter speed accordingly so that it matches up to my aperture setting. I also focus about a third into the room as well to make sure that you get the room sharp. You always have more depth of field behind your focus point than in front of it that is why you do not want to focus at the back of the room since then the whole room will look a bit out of focus.
There were of course more rooms than what I am showing below but I don't want to bore you :) here is a sneak peek for you guys.
If you have any questions regarding how I captured these in more details or would like to book me for a photography job then don't hesitate to ask me.
Catch you all later.
/Helen xx

Karla's mum have painted this Art work I just love it don't you?

Cover photo shoot with Mr. Donald Trump

2014-05-27T04:23:00.000-07:00

I had a very fun experience last week when I photographed the cover for World Wide Golf Magazine in Dubai. My subject was in fact a golfer but not one from the PGA Tour like I am used to photograph for them. This time it was none other than Donald Trump that was in town for less than 24 hours. He jetted in early morning and set off again the same evening. Talk about a hectic travel agenda he must have. He was here to give a press conference about his new project that he is developing together with Damac here in Dubai. They are building Trump International Golf Course as well as housing developments around the golf course where his daughter Ivanka Trump is very involved in all the details from house layout to the bath room fixtures.
I was not sure what to expect of my photo shoot part from I knew that I needed to be quick and super efficient and clear with what I wanted him to do once he stood in front of my camera. All lights and everything needed to be set in advance. These things are of course a no brainer its what I do all the time but this time I knew there was no margin for error since we were all very pressed with the time we had with Donal Trump. He is of course by being who he is very used to being photographed so were probably the easiest subject to photograph but I did never think of it that way before hand. I was more worried about would he want to do what I wanted him to do in front of the camera? Well there was only one way to find out and that was to ask and show him what I wanted him to do. It all went according to plan very much thanks to my lovely photographer assistant I had on the day without him I am not sure I would have been able to pull it all off as smoothly as I did. So a Big Thank you to Sherif Karas for flying in from Cairo to help me out. As always when you never want anything to go wrong or not work according to plan it of course does but my assistant got everything up and running before Donald Trump entered the room Phew. I was slightly nervous for a few minutes but thanks to also having direct communications with Samir at Advanced Media we got everything sorted in time. This just shows you how important it is to know your gear inside and out because when something does not work the way you want it you need to know what to do or in this case who to call :)
The magazine wanted a plain white back ground so I had opted for two Profoto 1x6 light strips to light up the background evenly. I then had a Profoto Octa soft box as my main light just slightly above Mr. Donald Trump, and a plain white paper back drop. He is a tall man so even me that are tall had to stand a little on my toes to not shoot from too low as well as to make sure the back ground did not end just at his hair line. I had the background stand as high as it went but would have wanted it to go just a little higher to be perfectly happy. I used the Profoto Air remote control to control the lights separately straight from my camera which is very handy.
I can't really show you any of the photographs that I took on the day of Donald Trump since the magazine is not out yet but I will be sure to share it with you once it is out.

Here is a snap of me when i am testing the lights my assistant is holding my camera.

This is me and Donald Trump after the shoot which took 10 minutes all together .)

As a fellow golfer myself I am very impressed by Donald Trumps golf achievement on the tee I think it was on hole 11, he hit a ball for the press to see, straight down the fairway in his suite and tie.
Most people can't to that after a few golf holes and practice swings and wearing proper golf attire.

Hope you are all well. I am for sure! Feel like I am living the dream today at least lol :)

Over and out for now!
/Helen
www.shippeyphotography.com

Dubai family photography session

2014-03-28T06:18:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

One of my repeat clients had their whole family over in Dubai for two days only it is very rare that they are all 16 of them in the same country and city at the same time. So we took advantage of that to capture them all together as well as individual family photographs. I was so pleased to meet them all and they were all so lovely! So genuinely nice people so we had a great fun photo session down in the Dubai JBR area.

Thank you for stopping by.
Helen xx
www.shippeyphotography.com

Business portraits for MediaCom, Dubai

2014-03-17T05:24:00.000-07:00

Hello,
As always there is a busy time at the Shippey Photography HQ. Which I love so I am not complaining at all the opposite totally.
At the moment I am photographing a lot of corporate head shots here are a few I have taken for MediaCom. They have a lovely bunch of colleagues working there, the office atmosphere when I come always seems so nice and energetic. I love it. Some of the lovely colleagues at the MediaCom MENA office. http://www.mediacom.com

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you are looking to update your current head shots or need a new LinkedIn profile etc. Tel. 055 107 89 88, info@shippeyphotography.com

Over and out of today!

Helen

Swedish Photo Crew Website launch! - Dubai

2014-03-08T10:20:00.001-08:00

Today have been a big day for myself and my fellow Co-founders at Swedish Photo Crew. We have officially Launched our new website www.swedishphotocrew.com

We are an all-Female Swedish Photography Team we have just launched our Stock Photography and Marketplace Site in Dubai.

We were one of the lucky ones or was it skill? to have ourselves portrayed on the sail of Burj Al Arab Hotel it was a great way for us to celebrate the launch of Swedish Photo Crew' Photography and Marketplace Site

Dubai, UAE, March 8, 2014

Swedish Photo Crew a.k.a. Agneta, Eva, Helen, Joan, Lotta and Maj, today launch a vibrant image library and Marketplace Site at http://swedishphotocrew.com providing an entirely new solution for individuals seeking artwork prints or for corporates and businesses to access beautiful imagery.

Swedish Photo Crew is not an anonymous stock photography portal but a library of stunning images created by six photographic artists.

Swedish Photo Crew offers royalty free, affordable, high quality photographs for web and print. Many of their images are taken in the UAE, capturing major tourist attractions, themes, places off the beaten track, everyday life as well as emotions. They all have one thing in common - a Scandinavian chic touch.

For more information about Swedish Photo Crew, visit swedishphotocrew.com or call +971 55 3717 992

We have started a Facebook page please head over there and press Like

https://www.facebook.com/SePhotoCrew

as well as we have a twitter account https://twitter.com/SePhotoCrew

and an Instagram account http://instagram.com/swedishphotocrew

So please connect with us on-line.

Happy Shopping everyone!

Check out our photographs here: www.swedishphotocrew.com

PS. Hope all Women out there have had a wonderful International Women's Day!!!!

Over and out for now.

Helen xx
www.shippeyphotography.com

Dubai Beauty Make-over photo shoots

2014-02-27T03:33:00.001-08:00

Hello my lovely!

This is something for the women out there. (sorry guys this is only available for the ladies)

Book one of my Beauty Make-overs you get to experience how to be a model for a few hours! It will be great fun i promise we always have fun in the studio that is just how we work lol.

Here is what one of my clients said about her experience.

Everyone deserves to experience a Beauty Make-Over Photo Shoot!

Everyone deserves to get pampered if not for a day so at least for a few hours.

This is what Shippey Photography’s Beauty Make-Overs are all about. You come in to their homely studio where you get greeted and taken cared of by a professional make up artist, she will apply your make up and get you all dolled up looking gorgeous. She does wonders believe me I have seen her in action J After about 45 minutes of getting all beautiful Helen Shippey the head photographer at Shippey Photography steps in and guides you through all these amazing poses you had no idea that you could even do, while she snaps away. I had such a fun time at my beauty make over, I feel everyone deserves to have experienced it at least once in their lives. I felt like a runway model for a couple of hours it was a blast. Then when I got to see my own photographs I was amazed that it was even me! Even my own son said wow mum you look amazing when he saw the photographs. I can highly recommend this beauty make-over experience. It is a great gift for both yourself and for your husband as he gets to look at amazing photos of his wife afterwards.

A lovely birthday present to all women for sure!

Facts:

A Beauty Make-Over Photo Shoot costs: AED 2,750

You then receive 5pcs. A4 size (8.3x11.7in) mounted prints from your photo session

(the photos are edited, printed on archival fine art paper and mounted on acid free paper)

Call or email me for more details and bookings. Tel. 055 107 89 88 email. info@shippeyphotography.com

Dubai Picnic Brunch at Al Badia Golf Club

2014-02-23T08:38:00.000-08:00

Hello,
I had the pleasure recently to photograph the Al Badia Golf Club Saturday Picnic Brunch.
The location of their picnic brunch is just perfect it is a large grassy lawn positioned at the foot of their clubhouse overlooking the 9th green and the 18th hole next to their lovely lake. It is a great picnic brunch for families with children they can run around at their large children's area so they are well taken care of while you sit and enjoy the gorgeous food. I personally love their outdoor setting especially right now in this weather it is so nice to be able to sit outdoors and eat for a few hours.
This time I was invited in to photograph some of their splendid food dishes and the picnic location. The weather was not optimal I must admit for taking photographs it was perfect to sit and enjoy the brunch however. :) They have both so you can sit and have a traditional picnic brunch feel on the grass or as I prefer to sit by a table then I can strap my little one in a high chair and keep her seated for a little while had we been on the grass she would probably not sit still much at all if any…. :) you have the option to choose.

A small peek at their children's area.

Dubai Fire work photography chance

2013-12-31T01:48:00.004-08:00

Happy New Year everyone!
I hope you all have had a wonderful 2013. I know I have and I am really looking forward to 2014. I have so many new things work wise planed in so I am super excited to get started with it all. I just need some more hours in the day to get it all done (is that even possible to get more hours in a day than the 24h there is??) Maybe I should have asked Santa for that? If anyone can make it possible it must me Santa. right!
Well for all of you that are in Dubai at the moment you must be aware that tonight is the nigh you have the chance to photograph the most spectacular fireworks display in the world. Dubai are tonight going for a world record fire work display you see so ours will be so much cooler and bigger and better than any other in the world at least for tonight.
For those of you that are a bit photography interested I am sure that you have already planned out a head of time where you will be standing with your tripod at the strike of 12 tonight.
If you need pointers on how to photograph firework displays take a look at my blog post from last year.
http://shippeyphotography.blogspot.ae/2012/12/happy-new-year-dubai.html

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2014!
I hope to see you all in the New Year!!

ps. Do any of you have any new years resolutions?
I have two.
1. is to take more time to play golf (I only managed 2 times in 2013)
2. Keep my office tidier and organised so I easily find stuff. I find stuff now but it is a right mess most of the time. Just take a look at my desk top.

I even have my passport just laying about not good at all. But there is a reason for that which i have a reason for all the stuff to be where they are... I am endless of excuses and might be hard for an outsider to understand but there is an order to all this madness. All the memory cards that are laying about have an order to them. :) Not saying it is a fail proof system could for sure get better! But there is some king of system :)

Over and out for 2013.
Helen

Dubai Sony Grand Prize Winner!!! It is Me!!! Yey!!

2013-12-09T06:51:00.000-08:00

Tjohooo!!

I am so happy right now I have just found out that I am the Grand Prize Winner in the Sony #Snapathon Challenge that I was participating in together with 7 other Dubai based photographers.
We all got to test out one of Sony's new wifi camera for smartphones for 10 days, the Sony QX100 camera.
If you follow my blog you will have read about it earlier that it is a very small camera that you can attach to your smartphone or keep it separate and just hold it in our hand while taking a photo or filming. yes I said filming it can do that as well, it is very versatile and handy to have with you when you are out and about. About 6 months ago I changed from a Blackberry Curve to an iPhone5 and i have been amazed what my camera phone can do on my iPhone compared to the camera i had on my blackberry. Now when I have tried the Sony QX100 I literally do not want to leave home without it. I only had it for a test loan for 10 days and now after I have given it back I have caught myself thinking if I only had the Sony QX100 with me now I could capture this image a lot better than I can with only my iPhone5. Especially in low light situation the quality difference is amazing. You can do lovely sunsets with it that your smartphone can never capture in the same way and with great quality minimum of grain in the image, which you usually get a lot of when you photograph in low light with a smartphone.

Me holding the SonyQX100 camera in my hand so the photo is taken with my iPhone5 so not the best quality, I just want to show you how small it is.

Those of you that know me know that I have a daughter that is only 20 months old so I am still bringing her diaper bag with me where ever we go and this little camera fits perfectly in the bag due to its small size. Same thing for my hand bag that I use when I go out and about by myself it fits nicely in that as well and I am not one of those ladies that have a huge bag where you can find everything.

The Sony QX100 camera is now available across stores in the UAE so if you like gadgets I can highly recommend you to go out and check it out for yourself don't just take my word for it. But you wont regret it.
Since I am the lucky Grand Prize winner I don't only win myself a Sony QX100 camera but I also win a Sony Bravia TV I am not sure who in our family that are more happy about that me or my husband lol.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of being part of the Sony #Snapathon challenge, I liked the fact that they pushed us to take at least 6 different photographs a day, that way they forced us all to really test the camera out to its fullest potential, at least for me since I did not only just want to snap what was in front of me everyday which was a lot of different stuff since this challenge came at a time where we as photographers in Dubai are the most busiest. Our high season was in full swing and still are, which is great! I can't wait to get my winning prize so that I once again get to walk around with my very own Sony QX100 camera at hand all the time. So stay tuned more photos taken with it will for sure be visible here on my blog!
The feature that I enjoy the most on the Sony QX100 camera is the fact that it has Aperture priority mode so you can get excellent shallow depth of field with this little device. It is like having a mini DSLR camera with you all the time! Brilliant!
If you have any questions about the camera please feel free to ask me I will answer them as well as I possibly can, If I don't know the answer I will send the question over to Sony Middle East and they will for sure be able to answer you.
I would like to give a Hugh Thank You to everyone that helped me win this Sony #Snapathon challenge by sharing my photographs on Facebook Thank you!!
-Sony if you ever need someone to test out another of you products in the future please keep me in mind I would love to help you out! :)

Over and out for now.
Helen xx

Last chance to win yourself a Sony QX100 camera #Snapathon Dubai

2013-11-25T10:24:00.000-08:00

Hello out there,
I know you are all aware that I have been participating in something called the Sony QX100 #Snapathon Challenge for a while now. It is now finally coming to an end.
Now you have a chance to win yourself your very own incredible Sony QX100 camera all you have to do is to participate by sharing my, Helen's images on your FB page.
Go to this link on Facebook
http://on.fb.me/18vbrSb

Then press The Snapathon Challenge on the right and then choose Helen from the Drop Down link look at my images that I have taken with the SOny QX100 camera compared to my iPhone 5 camera. Press share on FB on any of th eiamges and its done you then have the chance to win your very own camera. Simpels!

The Contest ends this Thursday 28th of November so you better hurry.

Best of luck to all of you. If you win so do I! So I am hoping you will.

Over and out for now. Helen xx