All of my personal branding sessions take place at specially selected locations, and I use natural light as much as humanly possible. I don’t offer studio shoots – they’re okay for straight headshots, but for full personal branding sessions, we need your location to do some of the work! Here’s how we decide on the perfect places to go.

The best locations in Edinburgh for brand photo shoots

When the world seems to be in flames out there at the moment, concentrate hard on what YOU can control. Do you have a post-covid exit strategy? You know, for exiting lockdown and all these restrictions and getting yourself properly back out there? If not, you need to start thinking about this sooner rather than later, and take the opportunity of the current slowdown to lay groundwork for coming back stronger than ever. There’s every chance that if you don’t, your competitors are.

Shit-show to shit-hot: your post-covid exit strategy

MY happy journal MAGICAL  GIFT  GUIDEPHOTOGRAPHY  BY  DONNA  GREEN Download your own copy now! A Christmas message from Kirsty Bell at My Happy Journal Hello and welcome!Come away in. It’s so nice to see you. Have a seat, perhaps over there, yes there, the cosy comfy chair with the extra plump cushions and Christmas blanket.

My Happy Journal’s Magical Gift Guide

Feeling unsure about how to prepare for professional headshots? As a brand photographer in Edinburgh, I’ll guide you through what to wear, how to pose, and how to feel comfortable in front of the camera, so you get images that truly reflect you.

How to prepare for professional headshots

Hello all you fabulous Christmas fairies!From Kirsty Bell of My Happy Journal Thank you so, so much for responding to my post – we were blown away by how many of you would like to be involved!I am unbelievably excited about the opportunity to include your phenomenal products in our brand photography images and that

A special message from My Happy Journal

You may be waiting impatiently for the day you can write the resignation email, but in the meantime, here’s some advice for getting through the days while you’re working two jobs: working your arse off at night on the stuff that REALLY matters to you: your own business.

Working two jobs

7 things I’ve learned this year – good, and not so good! How did YOUR year go? What did you learn from it, and what’s the best and worst things that happened?

7 things I’ve learned this year

Bagpiper photos in Edinburgh were something a bit different … Meet Glyn Morris of www.scottishbagpipers.com, Scotland’s premier piper. And read on to find out about the interesting and completely unforeseen “issues” which occurred during this photo shoot!

Bagpiper photos

Working mum guilt … Poisonous, isn’t it? As I’ve been a working mum for many years now, and as most of my clients are also working mums, I’m going to tell you exactly why we can all ditch the working mum guilt which plagues so many of us.

Here’s why to ditch working mum guilt – 5 surprising reasons the children benefit from your job