We also learn’t two valuable lessons… don’t squeeze 50 family shoots into one day and don’t borrow large sums of money before a banking collapse! After 10 wonderful years, the rug was pulled out from under us in 2006, just a few days before Christmas. The company was one of the first victims of the recession. After much soul searching and wandering through the wilderness, we decided to team up, power ranger style, and start Halo Photography in September 2007.

One small problem, we were skint. So skint that we used our, own, child labour to paint what would be our studio. With family help, we turned an old bathroom showroom into a photography studio. We don’t think of ourselves as eco-warriors but everything constructed in the studio is reclaimed, recycled or stolen. (Only joking about the stolen, honest constable). We hoped this glorious shed in the back end of beyond would maybe make us a few quid before that Christmas so we could by our kids an orange each.

17 years later we’ve kept the dream alive through recession and pandemic. Adding rooms and services throughout the years. Our tin shed now boasts a photo studio (obviously), private presentation room (posh for “where you cry at your lush photos”), a makeup station and changing room, offices, kitchen, baby changing & indoor bog. (We’re proud of our toilet because, as old school customers will remember we used to have to escort peeps to an outside loo!). Our most recent addition being air conditioning so we are warm and toasty.

We have the most amazing customers and feel we have the best job in the world. Even when getting soaked at a wedding or wee’d on by a newborn baby. Being creative and doing something we love for a living makes us feel extremely lucky. Knowing that our work is in thousands of home around the North East.