Well I can’t tell you how pleased we are at The Image Boutique to have successfully managed our Easter Bunny Photo shoot. The aim of the Easter Bunny Shoot, was to do what we could this Easter to raise awareness for Bunnies and other abused and abandoned animals, so we contacted the RSPCA and asked them if they wanted to be involved. Of course they did and the Great Ayton rescue Centre gave us a collection Jar as they couldn’t spare any staff.
The day was a great success with lots of visitors to our shop. We had 3 bunnies, who were kindly loaned to us by Johns Pets Store over in Middlesbrough. They provided the little bunnies, oh and not to forget a little Guniea Pig for the day. Two fabulous members of their staff came to offer their help too. In fact they were extremely helpful.. We were also loaned 2 bunny costumes, which Paul & Abby from John’s pets, kindly got into. They didn’t need much persuading. They roamed the streets of Guisborough on Saturday handing out bunny flyers. Hopefully you got one.
As we hadn’t ever done a bunny shoot before, we really didn’t know what to expect. We had 5 minute appointment slots, with pre bookable appointments. Come the Saturday we already had about 10 slots pre booked, so were well prepared for a busy day. With me, Tim, Michael, Paul & Abby all at the ready our first lot of customers came in. We had great fun through the day and the bunnies were amazing as were the kiddies. We had a mixed reaction from the children, some were very excited, some were quite shocked. We also had a little visitor in a chicken costume, how cute was he!!
As it happened, we hadn’t quite planned our timings correctly, there was no way we could take photos of Children and animals, edit, proof and print in 5 mins. What were we thinking,Michael??
Anyway, next time will know and there will be a next time. They say never work with animals and children, but we did both and yes it was extremely hard work but worth it.
I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who donated gifts prizes for the raffle. The raffle went down a storm and we raised over £70.00 for the RSPCA. All of the lucky winners will be contacted this week.
Thank you to:
Guisborough Book shop, Flower Box, Cats Whiskers and Johns Pets and the RSPCA
Here is a little preview of some of the gorgeous images we took on the day.
