{"id":9068,"date":"2019-09-15T13:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T13:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexakidd-may.com\/blog\/?p=9068"},"modified":"2025-01-15T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:00:43","slug":"professional-musicians-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexakidd-may.com\/blog\/index.php\/professional-musicians-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Musicians Portraits and why I love photographing musicians!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As well as my work as a London family photographer,\u00a0I also take lots of professional musicians portraits. I absolutely love photographing musicians, mainly because I started off my life as a musician, before taking up photography. After five years studying at the Royal College of Music I began working\u00a0as a freelance violinist with several of the London Orchestras. I was then lucky enough to be offered a full-time job with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. I spent ten extremely happy years playing for the operas and ballets with this amazing orchestra.<\/p>\n

Just before the arrival of my children I decided I needed to do something more with my passion for photography. I’d loved taking photos ever since I was given my\u00a0first Brownie camera as a young child. So I took the difficult decision to leave the Royal Opera House<\/a> and did\u00a0a two-year photography course at the City of Westminster College. Leaving the orchestra, which had been my life for ten years, was an extremely difficult decision to make. But as soon as I started studying photography I knew it was the right choice for me. Since then my life has been a busy and\u00a0exciting mix of bringing up two amazing children\u00a0and\u00a0working as a photographer. I also still get to play the violin occasionally which is wonderful.<\/p>\n

Professional Musicians Portraits on location<\/h2>\n

Because of this background in music I really enjoy photographing musicians. It’s great to meet\u00a0them and hear all about their work or studies in the music world. And while we chat I create the most natural images I can. My musicians photography sessions take place\u00a0on location. We can either do the shoot\u00a0in a London park or use the amazing urban backdrops of this wonderful city.<\/p>\n

I provide great value two-hour sessions for professional musicians who need a fresh set of images for\u00a0their website, social media and concert programmes. I also offer a discount for students who need some publicity photos to start off their professional career. And my plan going forward is to start running mini session days a few times a year. These will be for\u00a0musicians who only need a few new images to update their profile picture. Or perhaps they need a new image\u00a0to advertise\u00a0a specific concert they have coming up.<\/p>\n

It certainly is an exciting time for my London Musicians Photography! If you\u2019re interested in booking a session, please do get in touch on hello@alexakidd-may.com<\/a>\u00a0or 07813 816335. More details about my musicians photoshoots can be found here\u00a0London Musicians Photographer<\/a>
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