Faye Collyer-Rolls, Author at Phase Photography

Lockdown and Covid-19 information

Faye Collyer-Rolls — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:05:28 +0000

COVID-19, You & us

Please read through this blog for information about:

Studio operating times,
Your photo shoots and vouchers,
Viewing appointments,
Photo collections,
Offers available to use later in the year

COMING TOGETHER IN 2021

It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce the short term closure of Phase Photography Studio with effect from Boxing Day 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rest assured we will be back with bells on, and plan to re-open as soon as the restrictions are lifted. We are hoping this will be April 2021

I welcome your calls and emails (07718 910280 / studio@phasephotography.co.uk)

PHOTO SHOOTS

We are taking bookings now to take place April onward. For those with upcoming photo shoots, we will honor all deposits and extend vouchers to allow ALL our customers to re-book their appointments.

I will contact each and every one of you as soon as I can in the order that your booked your appointment with us to arrange a new date.

Please feel free to call me if I haven’t got round to you yet. My advice would be to get in there quick as weekends especially will be extremely busy from when we reopen.

VIEWING APPOINTMENTS

If you have a viewing appointment booked, have launched “The Virtual Reveal”. Our way of presenting your portraits to you in the comfort of your own home. Again, I will be contacting you about this option, but do feel free to contact me first. For now, please keep your allocated appointment time aside, we’ll still be seeing you!

If you have an viewing appointment booked for in a few weeks time, we can now bring this forward for you. Cannot stand the suspense? Just drop me a message to arrange a Virtual Reveal for an earlier time.

Your deposits and voucher entitlements are safe and sound.

COLLECTIONS

All deliveries and collection of orders have been postponed until the lockdown is lifted.

COMPETITIONS

Please be aware that the, Baby of the Month competition has been postponed until further notice. Entries submitted to us throughout November and December will still be entered as soon as the competition is live again.

The PawTrait competition will simply have time added to the end for the time we are in lock down.

STUDIO EXPERIENCE VOUCHERS & DEALS

We realise that so many of you have been bought studio vouchers as Christmas gifts. You can still contact us now to book your appointment which will commence from April onward.

To all our lovely families and customers who have been to us in years gone by, we are offering some fantastic Studio Experiences in our shop to allow you to come back and visit us and update your family portraits later this year!

Did you get everything you wanted from your last portrait viewing?? If you’d like to revisit your portraits and see the ones you left behind, please get in touch! We can arrange an online gallery for your perusal and offer you a 20% discount on orders made online.

With these print and voucher sales, you’ll be supporting us to ride through what is a difficult time for us and many small businesses. We would love to welcome you back when the storm has passed.

CLICK here for 2021 DEALS

My mobile number is 07718 910280.

We will be reopening as soon as we can!

Safe safe, you lovely people!

And thank you from the bottom of my heart for your all love and support over the past and upcoming time.

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We’re Open!

Faye Collyer-Rolls — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:19:14 +0000

We’re Open

Phase Photography is pleased to announce that we have reopened the studio in accordance to the COVID-19 Government guidlines.

The studio has reopened for bookings as from the 15th June.

We will still be working from home until the first week of July which is when we will be opening the doors for appointments.

Between this time, you can call or email us to arrange your photo shoots and viewing appointments to commence July onward. The mobile is 07718 910 280.

Please consider that we have over 3 months of appointments we are now re-booking along with many new enquiries. For this reason we have opened our diary in to new year and extended ALL vouchers which where due to expire over the pandemic up to the end of 2020.

Naturally, there will be some changes in how we now operate. All of which can be found on our COVID-19 Health & Safety Protocol here.

We will be operating by appointment only, including collections. For your safely and our staff please do NOT ‘pop in’ without prior arrangement.

We can’t wait to welcome you back in!

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HEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOL

Faye Collyer-Rolls — Tue, 19 May 2020 11:55:14 +0000

HEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOL

The health, safety and welfare of you and your customers is of paramount importance to us. The MPA has prepared the following H&S Covid-19 Protocol for members to the best of the information that is available at this time.

By signing up to the Master Photographers’ Association Covid-19 Protocol, you agree that you and your staff will reassure your customers, that you will follow the Covid-19 advice given by HM Government, the devolved Parliaments of Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and your Local Authority appertaining to your business. In addition you must maintain a clean and safe environment for yourselves and your customers.

1. Studio cleaning policy

Before and after every studio session the studio is deep cleaned by using disinfectant / isopropyl alcohol and/or steam cleaning. All surfaces that could be touched and all props used are sanitised. All blankets and outfits used are washed between portrait sessions. The studio will be aired thoroughly to minimise any droplets in the air.

2. Time between sessions

At least 1 hour will be left between sessions to enable a deep clean of all surfaces and accessories to take place and to ensure there is no contact between customers arriving and leaving the premises.

3. Sick policy

Customers will be required to disclose if anyone coming to the session has had a fever or any other symptoms such as coughs, sickness or vomiting or has been in contact with anyone displaying Covid-19 symptoms, suspected of having Covid-19 or has had a Covid-19 positive test result at least 24 hours before their session. Appointments will be re-arranged, at no cost.

4. Self monitoring

All photographers / staff and customers will be required to monitor their temperatures and health before coming into the studio. Disposable gloves and masks will be available in the studio and these should be used as deemed necessary and appropriate.

5. Hand washing

All photographers and staff will be required to thoroughly wash their hands for a minimum of 20 seconds before all sessions. Appropriate sanitising hand gels will be made available and customers requested to use these upon arrival at the studio.

6. Social distancing

All photographers and staff agree that every effort will be made to keep the 2m social distancing advice at all times where possible both in the studio and on location. This includes shaking hands and moving / adjusting hair or clothes. Parents may be asked to help move their children and babies as requested by the photographer. During the portrait session instructions to the clients will be given from the distance stipulated by and in accordance with the social distancing rules.

Due to the restrictions imposed by social distancing, it may not be appropriate to offer usual studio sessions and poses, particularly with regard to newborn and maternity sessions. To carry out these types of sessions where social distancing may not be possible due to safety, a bespoke policy will be put in place between the photographer and their customer (see point 7).

All studios should operate an appointment only booking system to ensure no contact between customers and minimise risk to photographers and staff by ensuring that the measures on this protocol are conveyed to customers before their appointments.

7. Covid 19 Customer Safety & Welfare Policy

All MPA Members can link to the MPA Covid-19 Protocol from their website and, where necessary, link to their own Health & Safety procedures to complement this Protocol.

Every studio will be able to, upon request, put in place a bespoke Health & Safety plan to meet the specific requirements of a portrait session / customer.

8. Continuing updates

As part of signing up to the Protocol you commit to checking for continuing updates (found at www.thempa.com/covid-19-protocol) and make adjustments in accordance with any new regulations issued by HM Government, your Local Authority or the devolved Government applicable to the location of your studio.

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Family Portrait Challenge

Faye Collyer-Rolls — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:37:46 +0000

Family Portrait Challenge

Grab your selfie-stick and the family to take part in this photography challenge! Win yourself £1,000 while supporting NHS staff!

Supporting NHS

Frontline staff!

Here’s a great challenge for you to take part in while your at home with the family! Take part and you’ll be helping us raise £100K for Covid-19 Urgent Appeal supporting the NHS Frontline staff.

Plus win a £1,000 family portrait package for yourself! Below is a fun way how you can help.

Take part in the #FamilyPortraitChallenge and support the #NHS in 5 easy steps!

1. Take a family portrait selfie
2. Go to the link below
3. Upload your photo
4. Pay the £1 donation
5. Spread the word & nominate friends

100% of all donations will go to NHS Charities Together a collection of over 250 charities that support the NHS.

As a thank you, each entry will receive a FREE family photo shoot worth over £125! This includes a family portrait experience, a complimentary 5″x7″ shelf print & £20 studio credit to put towards anything extra you may want. But if you’re one of the favourites you’ll win a £1,000 family portrait package!

Ends on the 31st of May 2020 so

ENTER NOW!

click here to enter

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COVID-19 You & Us

Faye Collyer-Rolls — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:00:53 +0000

COVID-19, You & us

Please read through this blog for information about:

Studio operating times,
Your photo shoots and vouchers,
Viewing appointments,
Photo collections,
Offers available to use later in the year

MAKE IT A ‘JOLLY JULY’

It is with a heavy heart that that I have to announce the short term closure of Phase Photography Studio with immediate effect, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rest assured we will be back with bells on, and plan to re-open on the 2nd July!

I welcome your calls and emails (07718 910280 / studio@phasephotography.co.uk)

PHOTO SHOOTS

For those with upcoming photo shoots, we will honor all deposits and extend vouchers to allow ALL our customers to re-book for what we predict to be a “Jolly July!”

I will contact each and every one of you as soon as I can in the order that your booked your appointment with us to arrange a new date.

Please feel free to call me if I haven’t got round to you yet. My advice would be to get in there quick as weekends especially will be extremely busy from then onward.

The Fairy and Frozen Experience.

These special events are extremely busy. I can confirm that the Frozen Experience has been postponed to Friday and Saturday 21st/22nd August. Our May Fairy Experience has been postponed to Friday, Saturday and Sunday 6th, 7th and 8th of November.

VIEWING APPOINTMENTS

If you have a viewing appointment booked, have launched “The Virtual Reveal”. Our way of presenting your portraits to you in the comfort of your own home. Again, I will be contacting you about this option, but do feel free to contact me first.. For now, please keep your allocated appointment time aside, we’ll still be seeing you!

If you have an viewing appointment booked for in a few weeks time, we can now bring this forward for you. Cannot stand the suspense? Just drop me a message to arrange an earlier time.

For all of our viewing appointments, we can accept online payments by card and PayPal and to make this time a little easier on the purse, we are offing 15% discount to all orders made at your Virtual Reveal!

Your deposits and voucher entitlements are safe and sound.

COLLECTIONS

All deliveries and collection of orders have been postponed until the lockdown is lifted.

COMPETITIONS

Please be aware that our 2 national competitions, Baby of the Month and SuperDog, have been postponed until further notice. Entries submitted to us throughout March will still be entered as soon as the competition is live again.

Why not get involved with our new competition, the Family Portrait Challenge!? Check out the details on my blog post here

We will be raising £100,000 for front line staff!

STUDIO EXPERIENCE VOUCHERS & DEALS

With these print and voucher sales, you’ll be supporting us to ride through what is a difficult time for us and many small businesses. We would love to welcome you back when the storm has passed.

CLICK FOR JOLLY JULY DEALS

I will be working from home so please do call or email me to rearrange your appointments.

My mobile number is 07718 910280.

We will be reopening as soon as we can!

Safe safe, you lovely people!

And thank you from the bottom of my heart for your all love and support over the past and upcoming time.

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Devil’s Dyke Shoot With The Work Experience Girls

Faye Collyer-Rolls — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 09:53:54 +0000

Work Experience Trip

This February, the studio welcomed Zena to the studio for her work experience from Brighton Metropolitan College.

Here’s some highlights of our trip to Devils Dyke

doggies at devil’s dyke

The highlight of this week was taking a trip to Devils Dyke with my two Cavaliers, Dolly and Vogue.

Joining us on the walk was Zena and my Niece Connie, who is also studying full time photography at Brighton MET.

It was windy I can tell you that! But a great location for photographing dogs due to its stunning scenery and opportunities.

We managed a couple of hours of sunshine where the students where able to practice their poses and camera settings with the dogs. They learnt how to control (trick) the dogs into doing what we wanted and how to get them positioned.

It was challenging weather conditions with the sun and clouds moving so much so we experimented using a combination of off-camera flash and natural light. It was great to respond to the student’s questions and suggestions and we came away with lots of very classic vs action portraits.

The dogs certainly enjoyed their walk and treats and I think it’s safe to say the students did too as we finished in the Devil’s Dyke pub for a hot chocolate – definitely what we needed to warm up!

This location was actually where I carried out some of my own training with the great dog photographer Rhian White. I cannot t thank Rhian enough for opening the door of location photography to me, and creating the timeless portraits of my late Winston.

Lets face it and not forget that our dogs won’t be around for ever, so don’t ever forget them.

click for your pet shoot

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SuperDog of the Month

Faye Collyer-Rolls — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:31:26 +0000

Does your dog have what it takes to be a SuperDog?

We are so super excited to be the approved and recommended studio representing the pooches of Sussex in the SuperDog of the month competition!

Since the competition was launched in October 2019, Phase Photography has already had 3 wins in this nationwide event, so rest assured that you and your best buddy are in the best hands with us.

By entering SuperDog of the month, you will be helping to raise money for the UK charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

Our first monthly winner, Geoff has already won a £25 Pets at Home voucher. Along with the other 4 winners in October, Geoff will also now be entered into the annual SuperDog of the Year and be in for the chance of wining £2000!

Not only are you in for the chance of winning the paw-fect prize, every dog that enters can take home with them either a SuperDog frizbe or a doggy bag filled with tempting treats.

If you fancy getting involved in this amazing competition and be in the chance of winning that £2K prize, you can contact the studio direct or hop onto the official website for more information www.superdogofthemonth.co.uk

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