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For us mere mortals, it’s not often we’re going to get anywhere near a professional photographer with a white screen behind us. Sure, we all know what to expect: we’ve all seen that point in the film where the blonde bombshell flirts with the camera. There’s make-up, mirrors with lights on the rim, hairdressers, glamour. But photo-shoots are out of our mundane reach. Wouldn’t it be cool though if, just for once and just for a laugh, and for no particular reason, you could have one yourself, no strings attached?

The clever people at studiolondon have clearly sussed that yes it would be and offer you and whoever else you’d like to bring a free photo-shoot. Yup, completely free. Just give a deposit when you book, turn up, do ya thang and leave. You get your own photographer, full access to their photo areas, your hair and make-up done (don’t worry guys, they won’t strap you down and power your face, it’s optional), they encourage you to take a couple of changes of clothes and you even get complimentary champagne cocktails (bucksfizzish).

The catch is glaringly obvious: at the end you get shown the photos taken during the day to tempt you into buying a just few. And tempted you will be: the photos will be good, you will look better than you thought you could and there’ll be that one funny picture of you, your friends and a rubber chicken that you feel like you’d want to have. Just to forewarn: prices start at £70 because you buy the HD CD then the photos so it’s not exactly, but it’s still not an outrageous price for a fun day out + photos and you can just politely say “no thank you” and leave.

Basically, it’s fun, it’s a bit silly and it’s free. Definitely recommended.

For bookings call: 02070369250 or go to www.thestudiolondon.com