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Bienvenue!

Hey there! Thanks for stopping by! My name is Lyndsay!

I am a full on geeky girl with three nerdy post-secondary degrees that I heart PLUS I have a for-serious passion for photography. The things I love in this life the most include my husband, Adam, our cat, Princess, psychology, sunshine, travel, reading, earl gray tea, and poutine. Yes, poutine. When I 'm not shooting weddings and portraits, I'm often spending time with Adam, teaching at a local college, or curled up reading a novel somewhere.

I fell in love with photography a few years ago (taking pictures with my yee ol' point and shoot). After a lot of thinking about the things I love, and being completely inspired by incredible photographers, I decided to give my dreams the attention they deserve. And I did just that. This is the official third year of my business and I couldn't be more thrilled!

My biggest supporter is my main squeeze - Adam. You might meet him on a shoot or on the blog where I spill the beans on our life together. He's an amazing husband who big time helps with this little adventure I like to call Lyndsay London Photography... and the even BIGGER adventure that I call LIFE!

With that said, if our paths should cross - and I hope they do - I am determined to take photographs that you will absolutely love for a lifetime and... well, even have some fun together while taking them.

Hope you enjoy the adventure with me!

xo Lyndsay ~

Category Archives: Personal

Victoria | Travel Photography

April 12, 2013 Posted in Personal

A few photographs from our travels to Victoria on a cold February weekend this year. I was thinking tonight about how I have yet to blog a few visits to other cities: Victoria, Nice (France), Barcelona, Florence, Monaco, perhaps others. And hence, I found the energy to edit and blog our last holiday. Victoria has so many interesting aesthetics. I used the Red Leaf Emulsions for Lightroom 4 to edit these. Just playing around with something different for fun.

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getting on-brand | re-branding for photographers III

February 8, 2013 Posted in Personal, Photographers

And so the rebranding adventures continue…

When we last left off, a beautiful new mood board had been created by the wonderful people at Hey, Sweet Pea (see part I and part II of my re-branding series). We have since established a logo for the new brand, and last weekend I even had my re-branding photos taken! This was a very important step in the process of my rebranding, because it is crucial that I have a consistent and coherent brand from top to bottom. I don’t want to confuse prospective brides and grooms by only running part way to the finish line on this project. No way. In fact, I don’t even just want to make it to the finish line, I want to BURST through it.

For the photos, I picked a photographer that I felt had a similar style as myself and someone that would be excited to work with me on getting the right look and feel for the brand. Thanks to Josh Yong for your help with this! I’m so excited because as soon as I have the images back, I will be revealing the new name of the business and the new logo. Eeeep! A NEW LOGO! As you likely can guess, it wasn’t easy to get to this stage of the re-branding process. In fact, before we could shoot the newly rebranded photos, we needed the logo stage to be complete. And boy oh boy, was the logo stage incredibly difficult for me to get through.

Let me explain. When the first mock-up of possible “marks” for the new logo that was sent my way, I was paralyzed. I actually did nothhhhing but stare at the options for two weeks straight. Two weeks! Now I should clarify that the logos were all well crafted and quite lovely. No question about that. BUT I really had difficulty connecting with them. It’s only NOW (hindsight is 20/20 after all!) that I can tell you exactly why I had “issues”…

It has been extremely challenging for me to “shift gears” away from “Lyndsay London” and to start to see myself as something different – something that I asure you is going to be very very new. In many ways, I have learned that the process of rebranding isn’t just about welcoming in the “new” it’s also very much about morning a “loss”. A loss of something I built with a whole lot of blood, sweat and tears. But I know now that with loss comes change, and change can mean beauuutiful growth towards something bigger, brighter and better :). So with that reframe in mind, I moved forward and asked some clients for logo feedback and allowed the logo designs to grow on me. Once I invited the change in, the rest of the logo design stage was easy as pie. Yum!

So, the website is the next big step AND I am also in the process of sorting out videography for the new brand! So great!!!

BUT! With the website quickly on the horizon, I could really use your help: I’m looking for a couple that would like to help by “modeling” for some new website images that are “on brand”. The dates that the photos will be taken for this are Feb 23 or 24 and the location will be in Burnaby, BC. The couple will need to dress in outfits that are inspired by the colours and look of my new mood board. The couple selected will get a digital copy of the images! Yay! If you are interested, please email me your photo(s) at lyndsay@lyndsaylondon.com. Here is the full mood board!

And here is a sneak peak at the new branding photos…

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EricaFebruary 12, 2013 - 7:14 pm

Thank you sooo much for your time and suggestions Lyndsay! I really appreciate it and can’t wait to use your suggestions and make it happen! :)

LyndsayFebruary 12, 2013 - 6:35 pm

Hey Erika! Thank you so much for commenting and for your kind words! Rebranding has been quite the effort and I hear you, it’s not always first and most important priority for starting photographers that don’t yet have a budget for it! It certainly was NOT for me. I think it should be a part of your process of starting up your business though. And to incorporate some branding elements on a budget, I would consider a few things: one, a workshop in your area that focusses on this would be a much more affordable approach; two, you could check out something like the creativelive.com videos, you get a lot for a small investment (about $99) – here is one that is currently happening (plus you can watch a lot of stuff live for free if you are available when the show airs) http://www.creativelive.com/courses/restart-jasmine-star. Three, I also think that getting to a place where you understand your ideal customers and your message to them will be invaluable, and the way you do that is to think through the common branding questions such as: what are your unique offerings/what makes you different, who are your dream clients, what are your goals for your business, where you see your ideal business in 5 years, and so on. Knowing the answer to these questions is a huge part of branding. Remember this is more than just being about colours and fonts! Four,I did a quick google search for this “branding for photographers” and I came across lots of the common questions you need to be able to answer about your brand or desired brand. Five, I’d suggest following some rebranding specialists FB pages and blogs. Obviously Hey, Sweet Pea, but also Melissa Love, Promise Tanegman. They offer lots of good tidbits here and there. Last, get together with photographers who have brands you love. Buy them a coffee and chat them up :). Who knows what all they can teach you that no one else could! I hope that helps ~ xo Lyndsay

EricaFebruary 12, 2013 - 1:52 pm

Hi Lyndsay,

I’m a new follower (from the states) and I absolutely love your work! I was wondering if I could steal a moment of your time to answer a quick question. Do you have any suggestions to very NEW photographers who may not have the budget to have a company help with branding. I’m very new to photography with high hopes to being a well known wedding photographer and I understand that branding is a key move in the photography business however, I know at the moment I couldn’t sign on with “Hey, Sweet Pea” (whom, by the way are amazing and would definitely check back with them when the time is right). Are there other ideas that may be affordable to new photographers?

Thanks so much,
Erica

caitlynFebruary 9, 2013 - 10:28 am

Oooh, I can feel the tension. The letting go resistance, the if-I’m-changing-I-want-perfect impulse, the fears and hopes around our reaction to the new brand.

Now, I am impatient for the release of this tension and the unveiling!

I sure hope the colourful couples are lining up and readying themselves for the shoot of a lifetime!

IanFebruary 8, 2013 - 8:58 pm

“Inviting the change in” – I like that :) Looking forward to seeing the new brand of you!

Maui Hawaii 2013

January 17, 2013 Posted in Personal, Photographers

Aloha! Just posting a few images from our trip last week to Maui. I’ve got more coming soon! All images were taken with the Canon 5d Mark III and the Canon 24-70 mm f2.8 L lens. Enjoy!