Photography & face painting
I had a phone call recently from a woman who had been told she needed a biometric passport photo for a German passport application. She didn’t know what was required, I could confirm that the Blue Orange Images passports are biometric, but realised that while people know that ‘biometric passports’ exist, they probably don’t know […]
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It’s great to be hearing from so many parents, asking me to do face painting for children’s birthday parties and glitter tattoos. Quite a few of those birthday parties are two years late, and the parents are so pleased to be able to do nice parties for their children. You can get a better idea […]
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We have the great honour of photographing people as part of our job. We’re still doing passport photos, and did some weddings during 2020, and a couple of family groups, but we’ve done much less of our favourite thing, doing photos of people, taking photos that show faces at their best, hopefully capturing something of […]
Read moreOur office has been open during the Covid crisis Passport photos We’re happy to take your passport photos and visa photos. Our garden office has enough room for us to stay a bit away from each other. Whether it’s a baby passport, a British (dark blue / black?) passport, or for a non British passport […]
Read moreA big celebration in 2021, or a sequel wedding – small this year with a big celebration in 2021. What a dilemma! Do you put your wedding off until 2021, or you could have a small wedding – a sequel wedding this summer or autumn, with a big wedding celebration in 2021. You may be […]
Read moreAre you applying or renewing your UK / British passport? We can give you a UK digital passport photo code as part of our passport service. We take the applicant’s passport photo, then upload it to a secure website, which sends a code to the applicant. The UK digital passport photo code be passed onto […]
Read moreDIY wedding dress & wedding cake Edna made her wedding dress, and helped with quite a few of the bridesmaids dresses too, four dresses in total! I helped my mother with the wedding cake – I shaped and made rose petals from light pink and light blue icing with glycerine (which makes the icing soft […]
Read moreThinking of asking a cousin, uncle or friend to do your wedding photography? Our talk at The DIY Wedding Fair at Venue 360 in Luton will be about when the answer to this question could or should be yes, no or maybe. We’re experienced wedding photographers and we love shooting weddings. There will be real […]
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Looking for a special gift for a family member? Chocolates and flowers are always acceptable as birthday presents, as an alternative a family photoshoot may be a really nice gift for someone special to you. Speaking as a mum and granny I love getting family photos (and I shouldn’t have any more chocolates!). Get more […]
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We’re fans of wedding photography in registry offices (they’re actually called register offices, but it seems that most people call them registry offices!). We’ve photographed weddings various register offices including: Watford register office (including the old one on Clarendon Road, Watford) St Albans register office Hatfield register office Uxbridge register office As they’re two of […]
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