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Welcome to The ShoeBox Show, an experimental discussion-based podcast created by Keegan Van Hook, featuring good friends and various interesting guests.
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Jaz.E.J and Droo954 Present: ShoeBoxMoney Podcast
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The Voice For Every Hustle: Hosted by Droo954 & Jaz
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The photographs in a shoebox podcast is all about helping, and inspiring you to tell your family’s story in pictures. Especially the everyday memories, by encouraging you to print the ones you love, and basically do more with your memories than stuff them in a shoebox! All with the camera you always have with you - your smartphone.
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After 35 years volunteering in the church worship and outreach creative process, I've taken some time to look at how I feel about all of it, including my internal struggle with religious establishment. This blog is my way of sharing those thoughts, as well as examining how I feel about life in general, the worshipful lifestyle, and just plain anything else that I feel like sharing. I hope that you will leave a comment and let me know when I hit the bulls-eye, and conversely, when I strike a ...
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When do babies recognise their parents?
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Normally I encourage you to take photos of your children for you & them to enjoy later in life. In this episode, I'm exploring when your baby first recognises you, and themselves in the mirror. Still a unique milestone to capture a photograph of. Thinking about your baby's first photos, and wondering what your baby's picture personality is? Take th…
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Parents, can I encourage you to photograph what you see? In this short episode, I walk you through how to approach this style of photography with your own children to achieve natural photographs. More info about me, a professional photographer based in Harlow, Essex since 2004 & specialising in baby & family photography: https://suekennedy.co.uk/ P…
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Ep 045 Smartphone camera pictures v professional photos
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In this episode, I explore the advantages and disadvantages of using a smartphone camera for photographs and a professional portrait session. Thinking about your baby's first photos, and wondering what your baby's picture personality is? Take this quick quiz to find out: https://suekennedy.co.uk/quiz-baby/ More info about me, a professional photogr…
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In this short episode, I want to inspire you with a few ideas to create your own memories of the Jubilee Weekend. Capture the details, the community spirit and the cakes. And create your own time capsule of memories. Thinking about your baby's first photos, and wondering what your baby's picture personality is? Take this quick quiz to find out: htt…
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What makes you take a photo? What is your why? In this episode, I explore a few examples of why you should bother with photographs. Thinking about your baby's first photos, and wondering what your baby's picture personality is? Take this quick quiz to find out: https://suekennedy.co.uk/quiz-baby/ More info about me, a professional photographer base…
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Ep 042 Are you the invisible mother in family photos?
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In today's episode I chat about why we should be VISIBLE in family photos, even if you hate having a photograph taken, it's important to your children to be in the photos and exist in their story. As the memories fade from our heads, it’s helpful to have photographs handy to witness the evolution of your family, and how everybody changes and grows …
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In this episode, I chat through THE photos to capture of your 6 month old baby at home. The 6 month old milestone of your baby is typically when they are: Likely sitting unaided - or well on their way. Have heaps of personality coming through. It’s my favourite age to photograph as they are very expressive. In the podcast, I share a number of pictu…
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Ep 040 Tips for Photographing Your Toddler
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In this episode we’ll be talking about …. photographing your toddler - with ideas on how to actually get photos of your toddler on the move, and some outfit ideas. More info about me, a professional photographer based in Harlow, Essex since 2004 & specialising in baby & family photography: https://suekennedy.co.uk/ Past episodes: https://suekennedy…
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You’ve survived the baby days, and now the busyness of toddlerhood is upon you. In this episode, I talk through some ideas on capturing those memories, so that you’ll have photos to share at their 18th birthday to bring back happy memories. Thinking about your baby's first photos, and wondering what your baby's picture personality is? Take this qui…
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What’s the best age for baby photos? Great question, and it’s a fair question because babies are cute for a long time. There are many milestones that are a great guide for planning professional baby photos. In this episode, I walk you through the opportunities. Thinking about your baby's first photos, and wondering what your baby's picture personal…
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Why you should make the time for photography. Photographs are curious in the sense that people don't know they need them until they have experienced some kind of loss, and then they wish they had. This is summed up nicely by Katie Thurmes "we take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." Thinking about your baby's first photos, and wo…
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Pregnancy photos can be a marmite subject. Some want them, and others not so much. They can be a great way to start telling a new chapter of your family's story, but equally, this could be represented with a pregnancy journal, or perhaps a mix of the two. In this episode, I share examples of how photos you could create yourself and other ways to pr…
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Ep 036 Telling Your Story One Photo at a Time
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Telling your story one photograph at a time. I believe everyone has a story to tell, and I was reminded of this the other day by another photographer. In our profession, we help people by telling their story through photographs of their family, and this podcast is my reminder to you to do the same. To get you started, I share tips on how to create …
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Hand-me-down photos - like hand-me-down clothes trigger memories of your baby's early days in much the same way as photographs do. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Are you as sentimental about baby clothes as you are about baby photographs? Let me know @photographsinashoebox What's your baby's picture personality? Are they a chuckle, adventurer, thi…
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Ep 034 "I missed out on newborn photos"
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I hear the statement "I missed out on newborn photos' frequently in messages, and whilst talking to new parents, and it often comes with a sense of regret. First off I'd like to say you are not alone, so don't feel bad, just get started. In this episode, I cover why it is no bad thing to take photographs later, and suggest other milestones to captu…
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Ep 033 How to get a natural smile in photos
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In today’s episode, I share 5 tips for getting a natural smile in photos, and yes they also work for the grown up’s too. Never ask a child to say 'cheese'. Let them play. Try a bit of reverse psychology. Stay relaxed. Surprise them, in a fun way. I’d love to know how you get on and what silly things make your baby/child smile? Let me know @photogra…
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In this episode, I want to directly address why you don't just want the digital files of your photographs and the three reasons you DO want printed photos to be inextricably linked. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are local to me and want to book your own portra…
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In this episode, I talk about what clearing out my own parents' house, taught me about the power and value of photographs. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are local to me and want to book your own portrait experience, then read on! I know you don't want to spend…
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Ep 030 How often should you have professional family photos taken?
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It's an important question - How often should you have professional family photos taken? The blunt answer is once a year, possibly more if your children are in the early year's phase, and in this episode, I explain my thinking. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you ar…
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Ep 029 - Creative Ways to Document Your Baby Bump
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Using a pregnancy journal is one way to document your growing baby bump, and in this episode, I discuss other ideas to document your growing baby bump. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are local to me and want to book your own portrait experience, then read on! I…
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Ep 027 How to Create Storytelling Family Memories
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You may be surprised to learn that my initial training as a landscape photographer actually was transferable to portrait photography, and in this episode, I share 5 ideas on how you can create storytelling family memories with your own photographs. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex …
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When it comes to photographs - what’s more important to you?
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When it comes to photographs, what's more, important to you? Being able to view a digital or a hard copy print? Different generations will give different responses, my generation only has printed photographs to spark memories, whereas my daughter has digital memories too. As a baby photographer, it influences the products I offer my clients, as I a…
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Someone recently shared a quote with me: “If you don't think photos are important, wait until they are all that you have left. “ It made me stop & think about things, and why I had started the podcast. For me, it’s about 2 things: encouraging people to take everyday photos and preserving their story in photographs. As much as old family photographs…
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Baby Memories - ideas for capturing the first 400 days, starting with a maternity photograph, and capturing key milestone memories during your baby's first year. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are local to me and want to book your own portrait experience, then …
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Ep 024 What habits do you still have from childhood?
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What habits do you still have from childhood? I’m thinking in the context of making memories here. And have you continued to make the same memories for your children? About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are local to me and want to book your own portrait experience, …
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Ep 023 Goodbye 2021 - Thanks for the memories
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Well 2021, you were quite the rollercoaster year, although despite this we as a family still managed to make plenty of memories - albeit in a different way as plans naturally pivoted in response to changes brought about by the pandemic, which is the theme for today's bite-sized episode. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, b…
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Ep 022 Baby Photos to Take Before You Leave The Hospital
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In this 5 min episode of the Photographs in a Shoebox Podcast I chat through ideas for 10 baby photos to take before you leave the hospital. Precious memories to capture during those first 48 hours of your baby's arrival, simply because this time can be a bit of blur, so prime your partner to capture at least one photo :-) About your host: Sue Kenn…
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I hear the phrase 'just one photo', all the time in the studio, and in this episode, I discuss, why this surprises me. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are local to me and want to book your own portrait experience, then read on! I know you don't want to spend for…
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Things every kid wants to know about their parents
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This episode is all about the concept of creating a memory book of your life before you became a parent, and sharing random facts with your children. I love the idea of creating memories about you for them as much as you creating memories of their childhood. Inspired by the article '30 things my kids should know about me', which you can read here. …
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As Christmas approaches, I share a few ideas of photographs to take whilst enjoying the festivities during December, to prompt you, and avoid the "I wish I'd taken a photo of that!" moments. Aim to capture a photo a day during December that tells your Christmas countdown story. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & f…
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In today’s episode, I am pondering different Christmas Traditions that we have in the UK, specifically family photography memories, and the must-take photos I have for my family. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are local to me and want to book your own portrait …
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Ep 017 Is it Tacky to Display Family Photos?
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Is it tacky to display family photos at home? In my portrait studio, I rarely meet people that would answer yes to that question, as they wouldn’t desire a portrait session in the first place. However chatting to friends & family I do occasionally encounter this, and the answer is a firm no, for a variety of reasons. I’d be interested to hear your …
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4 simple ideas to help you organise your family photos. Make a start with just one, and hopefully, by the time your children are 18, you can easily create a photo wall to celebrate their birthday, with a collection of photos: some will be funny, others serious, perhaps some will be messy but all will be beautiful sentimental memories of them and fo…
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Ep 015 The Story Behind the Photograph with Eden Gruger
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As a photographer, I love hearing the story behind a photograph, and in this episode, I am joined by author Eden Gruger chatting about a photograph of her father taken when he was a young boy after he'd converted his pedal bike into a plane. As you do! About Eden Eden is an author, speaker, and writing and publishing mentor, she lives just outside …
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“The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.” I came across this quote by Og Mandino an American author whilst I was researching ideas for the podcast. It really resonated with me, and the longer version of this quote too. So please do listen to the podcast, and let me know what you'd like to be remembered for? And if we could …
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Getting started with decluttering old photos. Back in the day we'd pick up our photos from the processing lab in paper envelopes and often they would get looked at once, but never properly filed, sorted, or displayed. Here's how to make a start ..... About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Esse…
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In this episode, I talk about remembering what your child was into at different ages, as it's important to weave them into some photos of that chapter of childhood. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are local to me and want to book your own portrait experience, th…
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Ep 011 Fiona Kearns tells the story behind her photo
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As a photographer, I love hearing the story behind a photograph, and in this episode, I am joined by Fiona Kearns a Business Psychologist speaking about a photograph taken at her Deb Ball, and why this photograph is particularly special to her. I have included a copy of the photograph below. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bum…
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The Grandparent Questionnaire is a series of questions you can ask with the goal of capturing their memories of days gone by, which I am sure they love to talk about anyway?! This just gives it a little bit of structure ... well, in theory, it won't stop them going off on a tangent, but that's part of the fun. I wish I could sit down with mine, and…
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Today we are talking about types of memories - specifically wax figures. A visit to Madame Tussauds surprised me with a piece of history about how wax was used to capture a person's likeness before photography was invented. About your host: Sue Kennedy I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004. If you are lo…
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Ep 008 Preserving Your Summer Holiday Memories
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Some of our most treasured memories are made during our Summer holidays, whether you are the parent or the child, so in today’s podcast, family photographer Sue Kennedy talks about how she preserves her holiday photographs for future generations to enjoy.بقلم Sue Kennedy
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In this episode, we discuss the family tradition of capturing that back-to-school photo as your child/ren to mark their return to school. I share some ideas for marking the moment, picking the right locations for this annual tradition.بقلم Sue Kennedy
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Ep 006 Self Esteem, Photography & Your Children
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One of my mentor's once said “Children who grow up in a house with photos grew up with higher self-esteem” And this fascinated me, so I did some research which I share in this episode.بقلم Sue Kennedy
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Ep 005 Why you should print your memories
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Today we are talking about …. Why you should print your memories So they accessible in the future. You & your grandchildren. So you can walk past every day & smile. It’s a memory jogger. It’s quite nostalgic Home decor. It makes a house a home. A talking point. Print the photos you love - especially the silly ones. I’m all for spending your money o…
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Bringing your story to life. Or to put it another way - you do need to exist in some photos. It’s too easy to hit delete. It's for our children to have a solid sense of their past, to be able to snuggle up with their children and laugh at the terrible hairstyle and clothing choices back in 2021. You know that’ll happen! I think that in bringing our…
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Ep 003 Three ideas to keep memories safe
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Today we are talking about ideas to keep your memories safe All of this assumes you've remembered to take photographs in the first place!!بقلم Sue Kennedy
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Today we are talking about …. The lost century of images I first heard this phrase at a trade show - probably 6 years ago — and I fear it may become true. Most images we take nowadays are not printed. They’re not stored anywhere else other than the device they were taken on. So when the technology breaks or expires, those images may be gone forever…
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This episode is all about 'The shoebox relatives'. Essentially old family photos stored in a box. We’ve all got them …. I hope... Sometimes they go back 2 or 3 generations. Some are more contemporary. What will our relatives discover in the loft in 20 years' time? Does this digital era mean we have already lost the photos of the future?…
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Photographs in a shoebox trailer Sue Kennedy your host, is a baby & family photographer capturing those early memories for parents with 18 plus years of experience. She is really passionate about helping, and inspiring you to tell your family’s story in photographs. Especially the everyday memories, by encouraging you to print the ones you love, an…
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Live From Da Epicenter by Jaz.E.J and Droo954 Present: ShoeBoxMoney Podcastبقلم Jaz.E.J and Droo954 Present: ShoeBoxMoney Podcast
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