Airbourne 2010

We're here again, the time of year for Airbourne!

With a completely new stand, new pictures and exciting new products to show, there will be a huge buzz around the Avant stand this year!
We will be at our same spot, on The Wish Tower Lawns. Come to see us if you are there,

facebook

We are now on facebook, and have a whole new website as well as a new blog!

You can leave comments more easily, see your friends pictures, share the pictures you like and have a more interactive experience of Avant Photographic's website.

New Website

Facebook page

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family portrait favourites

here are some recent favorites. Collected from various stages, some just shot, some justedited, some are from collections that people have just taken home! 


Enjoy!

recent eastbourne family portrait.

This is David, Vicky and their children, Daniel and Sophie.. I just love this family shot, intimate and really shows the relationship within this family. 

They partook in the Cystic Fibrosis Trust Charity offer, paying £25 to the charity and getting a voucher for a full session, a framed 10x8 portrait and £50 off the portraits they decided to display on the walls of their home. I can't wait to show them the finished products.

click here to see more offers to visit Avant Photographic

Avant Showreel..

Hopefully this works...:

Avant Photographic showreel

If you have a facebook account, you can have a look at my new showreel of images. They are all recent works and I put this together as a treat to maybe do these more frequently. I have found a way to post these without facebook, but for now, I am unleashing it on fans only.. so become a fan of Avant Photographic on facebook and you can see the new video..!

Phil

family portraits, Eastbourne Photography Studio

This is Jo, Sean and little Jack.. 

and i love this one of Jack on his own..

Another Eastbourne family in for family portraits!

Sally and Aaron came in today for their portraits of little Owen. I have already photographed their eldest daughter, this time last year in fact.

So here are some initial edits of Owen's first baby portrait shoot in the studio, just 12 weeks old, and already fantastic at it.

It was great to show a customer of mine the new set-ups and refreshed studio, and to be able to shoot some very special baby portraits for Sally and Aaron.

recent portraits of Eastbourne families

my new backgrounds are causing quite a stir and people are loving how different they are! No more hi key white backgrounds, more natural and soft, to suit my style of family portraits.

Here are some recent favourites.

This is Jayden and Jasmin.. both so photogenic and the perfect little brother and sister!

ICT 4 Autism

This is Sally and Andy Huggett.

Sally is the mother of Daniel. Earlier this year Sally struggled to get a proper diagnosis for daniel, and fought to get him recognised as having Autistic Spectrum disorder. Something which is very hard to do.

one is 65 boys, or 1 in 100 children are born in the UK with Autistic Spectrum. Sally is campaigning hard to increase awareness of Autism in the UK and to get Autism higher on our governments agenda. The cause is a tough one, as it is so hard to diagnose so early in children, and there is not much provision to deal with the associated problems.

Today is the date for the launch of the "Look into My Eyes" campaign, trying to highlight the fact that there is a child behind the eyes of each person with Autistic spectrum. At the moment these poor children are little more than statistics..

At Avant, i try to capture the essence of a person in my photos, and this is done with the power we have to communicate with the eyes. A famous person once wrote, "the eyes are the insight to the soul", and this i keep close at heart with all my photos.

One of the main issues with children with Autism, is their reluctance to make eye contact. Something i know i would find hard as a parent to live with each day. To not have my son Morgan look into my eyes and smile would be heartbreaking. Sally hopes to raise funds to buy specialist equipment to work with autistic children to help develop their interaction and help give more fulfilling live to those with the condition.

for more details on this amazing charity campaign click here

Kodak wedding & Portrait Awards 2010

Competition Time Again!

Your chance to win £1000 for being in a portrait!

If you have been wanting to have your portraits, here is a great opportunity not to be missed.

You will have a full session, and I will be shooting with the competition in mind. For truly unique and exciting images, something completely different from the norm..

You pay £20, this is for the session and a 10x8 complimentary print of the image chosen to enter. EVERYONE who takes part in this competition will have their portrait entered into this national Professional competition.

The Kodak Wedding & Portrait Awards 2010 is only open to full time professionals, and is judged at 2 judging sessions.. one in April, and one in September.

First entries therefore, must be in by the end of March 2010.. For entry to round two, sessions must be shot by 15th August.

Call now to book your session. 01323 738 566 or email studio@avantphotographic.com The first judging is on in April, so entries for this first stage must be in by 31st March!

This is as great for newborns as it is for a little treat to yourself, there are many categories, and even an 'OPEN' category for those wanting to be really adventurous!

The Avant Photographic Cherub Club

The cherub club is a unique scheme inviting new parents to the studio for an amazing offer.

Those first few months of your new babies life are exhilarating, rewarding and fly by so fast. Make sure you capture these cherished moments with high quality photography.

Over the first year of babies life, bring him in 3 times, at 4 month intervals. You will finish the year with a comprehensive collection of stunning portraits of your baby, and Avant will present you with an ART leather folio, with a portrait from each session mounted beautifully, which will show the exciting developments your baby has made in his first year.

Of course, you can buy extra portraits from your session, but the scheme makes it all so easy.. You will even see your portraits straight after the session..

So, what does this cost?

£29,99.

A small registration fee only. That's it.. until you come to buy more portraits.. which we are sure you will.. but you are under no pressure to do so..

To see more cherubs pictures, go to www.avantphotographic.com and click on 'galleries' then, 'babies'.

or to book, call 01323 738 566 or email studio@avantphotographic.com and speak to Phil

Snow Portraits

Hi All!

Wow! what weather, eh?

This has meant a quiet studio, due to cancellations, but my camera still works in the cold and the snow..

so..

For a limited time, (until the snow melts!) I am going to offer the unique opportunity to have some family portraits in the snow!

Call me and arrange a session in the snow for £195 and get a full location shoot, e.g. from 11am until 2pm shooting in the snow, wrapped up in your woolies and get some really unique portraits of your family.

For this 'one off' opportunity, you will get;

• A full session. Family shots, kids together and individual shots
• an edited session, retouched finished images for you to choose from
• a framed and mounted 10x8
• plus 2 8x6 prints..

this will be a first come first served deal.. and will take a brave soul to do it, but the results will be incredible. Sessions will take place near to the main roads which are accessible near Beachy Head, so will include rolling snowy hills.. dramatic skies and incredible backdrops for your portraits...

so don't miss this chance, call now to arrange your session...!

for more immediate and guaranteed response, email me on studio@avantphotographic.com