Heather B Studios and Balloon Emporium 2024

Heather has been a professional portrait photographer for over 30 years.

Welcome to

Heather B Studios and Balloon Emporium

Visit our shop & studio in Horwich. Downstairs we have a shop bursting with gorgeous colourful balloons in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Laura our balloonist will talk you through options to suit all budgets and ideas. We deliver and install for you. We also sell candles, banners, and bunting for that special occasion.

Upstairs the Heather B Studio is packed with exciting props and backgrounds ready for your photo session. You can discuss your session with Heather and choose if you’d prefer to have outdoor shoot in the Smithills area. We have photography sessions and balloon gifts that suit everyone.

Or perhaps you would like to plan a cake smash with us. Plan the whole thing in a few minutes, we have our lovely mandy on the team who will make your cake to suit your needs and it will taste and look amazing. The balloons are yours to take home and the cake is usually only used from one side and will be boxed for you to enjoy at home.

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NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY

1. Newborn Only - £199

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2. Newborn and/or Parents plus Siblings plus Dog - £299

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3. Same as package 2 - £350

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FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY

1. Family Studio Session for 1 to 6 people and/or one pet in studio - £185

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2. Family Woodland Session - £195

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3. Large Family Woodland Session for7 people and above within the Smithills area - £299

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CAKE SMASH & BATH PHOTOGRAPHY

1. Cake Smash and Bath - £185.00

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2. Cake Smash and Bath Extra - £245

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PET PHOTOGRAPHY

1. Pets/People per pet session - £185

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2. Pets/People per pet session - £195

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PHOTOGRAPHY TUITION

Private Tuition - £85 (2 hours per person)

This session will take you through from the care of your camera to full manual mode in easy step by step stages.

Talks

Various talks are available, wildlife, weddings, studio, my journey, photography and mental health.

Nature's Handbag

Please visit my Instagram and Facebook pages for Nature’s Handbag where you can see more of my nature, wildlife and travel photography and purchase gifts.

LADIES CAMERA CLUB

You are required to come for a 2 hours session as priced above to get you started before you join the club.

The club meets once a month for day out of photography in different locations, car share is available.

We have a closed facebook, with video sessions and many extra days of photography thrown in, we have speakers throughout the year and 2 competitions with prizes every month.

The monthly fee to join is £13.00 and you can leave at any time without notice.

All our days out are tutored, so you never stop learning. Our friendly club is suited to total beginners and those who simply like the company of others while enjoying amatuer photography.

Our club is to learn and grow while making lifelong friendships and offering support to all who need it.

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PRINT PRICES

All photographs will be presented in a strut mount, larger prints will be supplied boarded ready for framing at no extra cost.

Photoshop treatment is included if needed.

Please remember that professional photographs are printed on high quality machines. High Street or supermarket machines may reduce the quality of your images when printed from a cd or pen drive. This is due to the machines being set on auto and they sometimes over compensate for white backgrounds and various strong colours. The paper may be of a sub standard quality also. If you would like advice on were to have your images printed from cd or pen drive please ask.

26 Winter Hey Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AA.

You will need to make a appointment before visiting the studio as it can get very busy and the times and days below may vary.
Heather can be called out at any time or can be in the grounds during photography shoots. Please use the times as a guide for the appointments available.

Please read all Terms & Conditions before booking.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Monday
By Appointment
Tuesday
By Appointment
Wednesday
By Appointment
Thursday
By Appointment
Friday
By Appointment
Saturday
By Appointment
Sunday
Closed

BALLOONS

Monday
By Appointment
Tuesday
By Appointment
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
By Appointment
Friday
By Appointment
Saturday
By Appointment
Sunday
Closed

CONTACT US

Frequently Asked Questions

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Which is the best way to book?

Email.

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When do I pay?

You are asked to pay a deposit of £30 to secure the date and then the balance on the day by cash, card or bank transfer.

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When do I see my images?

Most sessions are completed within 7 days unless other arrangements have been made.

4

Where do I see them?

You will be provided with a password to access the images within a secure client area.

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How long are they available to view for?

For a minimum of 8 weeks.

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How do I get my order?

Your order will be posted or they can be collected from the  shop.

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Is postage extra?

No, it's all included.

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What if I want extra prints?

You can order extra prints through the website.

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Do you have professional insurance?

Yes I do.

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When are you open for a session?

Mon-Sat (see website footer).

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What times are you available?

10-4pm (see website footer).

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What if I can't attend?

If within 24 hours you will lose the deposit. If over 24 hours is given your deposit will be moved to a suitable new time and date.

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What if we can not continue the shoot for various reasons?

You will have a chance to reschedule if it's in the first 30 mins. If not it will be rescheduled but you will have to pay for a new session.

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What do I wear?

Always go for plain comfortable clothes that won't date as time goes by and try to match other people in your session.

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What if I am late to my session?

You will only have left the time you were allocated for the session, if you need extra time it will have to be a new session that you will have to pay for.

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Will I always get the amount of images quoted?

Yes if the subject allows me to get the images.

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What if you can not make the session?

You will be offered a full refund or reschedule.

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What if the session is outside and the weather is bad?

Your session will be rescheduled without cost to you.

Terms & Conditions

PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BOOK OR ATTEND A PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION AT HEATHER B STUDIOS.

To Book

All bookings are taken by email to ensure all details of dates and times are recorded.

Deposit

Once you have agreed a time and date. The deposit must be paid to secure the date.

The deposit is £30 which is then deducted from the final balance.

Balance

You will receive a payment request through email (Bee Paid) Barclays bank. All payment requests are sent out on Mondays prior to the weeks shoots, your balance must be paid by the day of the shoot before you attend. If you do have to cancel the shoot after paying the balance you will get a refund of the balance, however your will lose the deposit.

Re-schedule

If you wish to reschedule your shoot because of weather conditions your deposit is protected and your balance will be transferred to a alternative date at no extra cost.

Weather Cancellations

If your shoot is cancelled due to weather conditions you will NOT lose your deposit, your shoot will be moved to a alternative date and time without extra charge.

If your photographer (Heather B) cancels or wishes to reschedule the shoot for any reason you will get a FULL REFUND.

To View Images on the Website

Please go to the website then go to client area, select your shoot and enter the password. You will be advised on the day of the shoot when you can expect to see your images.

To Purchase Services

Please go to payments and deposits and follow instructions.
Any problems with making payments please let me know.

Advertising

All images taken by Heather Durham of Heather B Studios belong to Heather B Studios and can be used for advertising without prior notice or permission. But if you prefer not to have your images used for any reason at all please do make sure you have discussed this with the photographer and your images will have a note (not to be used for advertising on the file). If you see your images in any advertising and you have forgot to ask for them not to be used. Please email or ring and ask for them to be removed.

Order Collection

Your order will be processed as quickly as possible. Delays can occur due to various unknown circumstances. If you have a printed order it usually takes approximately 10 days. For USB orders and zip files approximately 7 days.

Printing

When you print your images, DO NOT USE HIGH STREET LABS, any supermarket labs. They are not good enough for professional images, the machines are set to auto and will destroy all the delicate colour matching that has been done already by your photographer. You should always print matte not glossy as our skin is NOT glossy.

The next best thing to having them professionally printed is to use labs such as : PHOTOBOX, DS COLOUR LABS, . The photobox and DS are on line.

Copyright and Image Responsibility

You will have the right to print from your USB as you wish without any need for permission other that this statement.
Your images are kept for 6 months then the responsibility for the images is yours and not the photographers. If for any unknown reason the images are not available within the 6 months after the shoot your full payment for the session is refunded but no other monies will be given.

Studio and Parking

When entering the studio you must be aware of wires and studio equipment, props etc. Please take care and be responsible for your children and animals while in the studio.
If your shoot is in the natural studio outdoors with props etc. please be aware that the photographer is not responsible for the you or your children or pets when using the props and walking or running outside. If you feel you are not comfortable with any of the props or surroundings please make sure you discuss with the photographer.

Click here for FAQs or you can contact Heather on 07811 337522.

Privacy Policy

STATEMENT FOR HEATHERBSTUDIOS.COM

At Heather B we are dedicated to safeguarding and preserving your privacy when visiting our site or communicating electronically with us. Our Privacy Policy has been provided and approved by website privacy policy provider LegalCentre.co.uk.

This Privacy Policy, together with our terms of use, provides an explanation as to what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you.

We do update this Policy from time to time so please do review this Policy regularly.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 our data controller is Heather Beckett.

Information We Collect

In operating our website we may collect and process the following data about you:

  • i. Details of your visits to our website and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data.
  • ii. Information that you provide by filling in forms on our website, such as when you registered for information or make a purchase.
  • iii. Information provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason.

Use of Cookies

On occasion, we may gather information about your computer for our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our website to our advertisers.

Such information will not identify you personally it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our site. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever.

Similarly to the above, we may gather information about your general internet use by using a cookie file. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our website and the service that we provide to you.

All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our website.

Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.

Use of Your Information

The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our services to you. In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:

  • i. To provide you with information requested from us, relating to our products or services. To provide information on other products which we feel may be of interest to you, where you have consented to receive such information.
  • ii. To meet our contractual commitments to you.
  • iii. To notify you about any changes to our website, such as improvements or service/product changes, that may affect our service.

If you are an existing customer, we may contact you with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.

Further, we may use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, so that you can be provided with information about unrelated goods and services which we consider may be of interest to you. We or they may contact you about these goods and services by any of the methods that you consented at the time your information was collected.

If you are a new customer, we will only contact you or allow third parties to contact you only when you have provided consent and only by those means you provided consent for.

If you do not want us to use your data for our or third parties you will have the opportunity to withhold your consent to this when you provide your details to us on the form on which we collect your data.

Please be advised that we do not reveal information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers but we may, on occasion, provide them with aggregate statistical information about our visitors.

Storing Your Personal Data

We may transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Economic Area for processing and storing. Also, it may be processed by staff operating outside the European Economic Area who work for us or for one of our suppliers. For example, such staff maybe engaged in the processing and concluding of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all reasonable steps to make sure that your data is treated securely and in agreement with this Privacy Policy.

Data that is provided to us is stored on our secure servers. Details relating to any transactions entered into on our site will be encrypted to ensure its safety.

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password so that you can access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.

Disclosing Your Information

Where applicable, we may disclose your personal information to any member of our group. This includes, where applicable, our subsidiaries, our holding company and its other subsidiaries (if any).

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties:

  • i. Where we sell any or all of our business and/or our assets to a third party.
  • ii. Where we are legally required to disclose your information.
  • iii. To assist fraud protection and minimise credit risk.

Third Party Links

You mind find links to third party websites on our website. These websites should have their own privacy policies which you should check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.

Access To Information

The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access the information that we hold about you. Please note that any demand for access may be subject to payment of a fee of £10 which covers our costs in providing you with the information requested. Should you wish to receive details that we hold about you please contact us using the contact details below.

Contacting Us

We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at heatherbstudios@gmail.com.