I was very excited to receive a call from Anni Edwards who was looking for a Surrey commercial product photographer to take some pictures of her fabulous range of hand made candles. Anni’s passion is designing and hand-pouring candles that make you smile, and leave you with a beautiful reusable item once your candle has burnt away. From cocktail shakers to japanese rice bowls, each candle vessel serves a second purpose. I think this is such a unique and clever idea!
I particularly love the jewellery candle. The fragrances are so gorgeous, and the pretty pots look fabulous as containers for all sorts of things after the candle has burnt. If that’s not enough, each of the jewellery candles has a surprise jewellery piece (carefully wrapped) in the wax, so as the candle burns your gift is revealed!
Hand poured
The candles are all hand-poured in her Surrey workshop using only natural ingredients. Anni wanted some commercial product photography to show her involved in the production of the candles. This ranged from pouring the wax, to labelling and packaging up the final product. She also wanted some professional headshots so we can put a face to the name. This is so important in allowing your customers to get to know you.
All the pictures you see below were taken on the same day. But I suggested to Anni to change her clothing a few times so the shots are more versatile and can suit different purposes. We took time to set up the lifestyle product shots. In addition we carefully demonstrated that each of the candles serves a second purpose once burnt. We also thought ahead and did some more festive product shots to use in the coming months. Anni now has a great bank of images for instagram, other social media and use on her website.
After we had taken the pictures I couldn’t resist starting my christmas shopping. As an organiser I like to get ahead. I know any one of my friends or family would be overjoyed to unwrap one of these on Christmas day! It’s so tempting to keep opening my present cupboard and inhaling the fragrances! I wonder how many I will gift to myself over the coming weeks as I am not sure I can resist them!
If you are looking for a gift for a friend or a loved one, do check out Anni’s extensive range on Anni Edwards . Enter code Nicola15 for a 15% discount, woo hoo!
Five Star Review
Anni kindly left me a 5* review on google after our session. “Nicola is a great photographer. I wanted a mixture of lifestyle product shots, headshots and action shots to help launch my candle business. Not the simplest of briefs! From the outset she helped steer the direction, offering suggestions, ideas and inspiration. She organised the shoot day so well that we managed to get through everything we needed to. Naturally the results are fab! At last I have professional images to help sell my candles. Thanks Nicola. Anni Edwards x”
What kind words, thank you so much, I really enjoyed our time together and I am a fan for life, what fabulous candles, you are very talented! I look forward to following your journey.
For more information on hiring me as a Surrey commercial product photographer you may wish to see my commercial page. I would be delighted to chat about commercial photography needs for your small business. I tend to undertake commercial photography for Surrey based businesses but I am happy to travel to Sussex, Berkshire and South London too.
Most of my commercial photography project requests require bespoke pricing so get in contact to discuss your creative brief.
