Lulu in M&Co fur coat with hood up, 2/2.
File: 2016001-0148
Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd), Wales, United Kingdom, Friday 29th January 2016.
About the photograph.
This is Lulu, wearing a medium length, size 22, brown faux fur coat with hood, from M&Co. Here, she is seen with the hood up.
Lulu is a model I booked for a two hours outdoors photo-shoot, in and around Newport, Wales. For the outdoors photo-shoot, you can view them in my Album titled “Lulu”
After the outdoors part was done, there was plenty of time left out of the two-hours booked slot, there was maybe 30 minutes, maybe 45 minutes, left out of the 2 hours.
Lulu did not like the idea of myself paying a full 2 hours fee for just like 1 hour of photo-shoot, so she and her husband let me use their made-shift studio in a spare room, to do some more photography.
I agreed and took the opportunity to build up more experience.
Between 1985 to 1999, because I am a deaf person, I have struggled with getting a college course in photography, struggled to get a job working in photography, also struggled with trying to become a photographer myself. This was because in those days, in the UK, there were still discrimination towards the disabled people.
My family, family friends, teachers, career advisors, and social workers, they all would say things like “You can’t be a photographer because you’re deaf. How are you going to communicate with people?”
But in the 21st century, discrimination is mostly just about out of the way, and a lot of people are becoming more open minded. I got to work with 6 different models so far (at time of writing this), and in all cases, despite myself being deaf with speech impaired, we have got on well.
As a matter of a fact, those models also remarked that they enjoyed working with me, some mentioned that my way of directing them to what kind of poses, is clearly understandable.
I figure that taking the opportunity to keep taking more photos of Lulu, in their home, would help me find more new ways of communications with the model.
About M&Co.
In 1834, Neil McGeoch started a pawnbroker business, in Paisley, Scotland, and over the many years, the family business expanded to 6 pawnbroker shops.
By 1953, the brothers Len and Iain McGeoch decided to convert the pawnbroker shops into clothing stores, and traded as Mackays Stores Limited. Over the years, they acquired a few other clothing retail business and expanded to approximately at least 140 by 1986, up to 270 by 2005.
In 2005, the company was rebranded as M&Co for a more modern image, and went on to operate over 300 stores, including few overseas and an online store.
The company first specialised in women’s clothes, later expanded to include men’s and children’s clothes.
Sadly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s, the company struggled with business as customers stayed at home, and struggled to keep going.
The company finally went into administration, and it was reported that the branding was bought by the McGeoch family. By spring of 2023, M&Co was closing down.
You are welcome to comment on my photos, but please do not use canned comments, a form of prepared comments with links to the groups. Those are seen as spam, and will be deleted, as my photo page is not an advertising space for groups.
Lulu in M&Co fur coat with hood up, 2/2.
File: 2016001-0148
Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd), Wales, United Kingdom, Friday 29th January 2016.
About the photograph.
This is Lulu, wearing a medium length, size 22, brown faux fur coat with hood, from M&Co. Here, she is seen with the hood up.
Lulu is a model I booked for a two hours outdoors photo-shoot, in and around Newport, Wales. For the outdoors photo-shoot, you can view them in my Album titled “Lulu”
After the outdoors part was done, there was plenty of time left out of the two-hours booked slot, there was maybe 30 minutes, maybe 45 minutes, left out of the 2 hours.
Lulu did not like the idea of myself paying a full 2 hours fee for just like 1 hour of photo-shoot, so she and her husband let me use their made-shift studio in a spare room, to do some more photography.
I agreed and took the opportunity to build up more experience.
Between 1985 to 1999, because I am a deaf person, I have struggled with getting a college course in photography, struggled to get a job working in photography, also struggled with trying to become a photographer myself. This was because in those days, in the UK, there were still discrimination towards the disabled people.
My family, family friends, teachers, career advisors, and social workers, they all would say things like “You can’t be a photographer because you’re deaf. How are you going to communicate with people?”
But in the 21st century, discrimination is mostly just about out of the way, and a lot of people are becoming more open minded. I got to work with 6 different models so far (at time of writing this), and in all cases, despite myself being deaf with speech impaired, we have got on well.
As a matter of a fact, those models also remarked that they enjoyed working with me, some mentioned that my way of directing them to what kind of poses, is clearly understandable.
I figure that taking the opportunity to keep taking more photos of Lulu, in their home, would help me find more new ways of communications with the model.
About M&Co.
In 1834, Neil McGeoch started a pawnbroker business, in Paisley, Scotland, and over the many years, the family business expanded to 6 pawnbroker shops.
By 1953, the brothers Len and Iain McGeoch decided to convert the pawnbroker shops into clothing stores, and traded as Mackays Stores Limited. Over the years, they acquired a few other clothing retail business and expanded to approximately at least 140 by 1986, up to 270 by 2005.
In 2005, the company was rebranded as M&Co for a more modern image, and went on to operate over 300 stores, including few overseas and an online store.
The company first specialised in women’s clothes, later expanded to include men’s and children’s clothes.
Sadly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s, the company struggled with business as customers stayed at home, and struggled to keep going.
The company finally went into administration, and it was reported that the branding was bought by the McGeoch family. By spring of 2023, M&Co was closing down.
You are welcome to comment on my photos, but please do not use canned comments, a form of prepared comments with links to the groups. Those are seen as spam, and will be deleted, as my photo page is not an advertising space for groups.