Personal Branding Shoot in Brighton - Francesca Geens - Productivity Coach and creator of The Happy Self Journal
I was delighted to work with amazing Francesca last summer! At the time of her shoot she was in the process of having her striking new website created for her productivity coaching business, and needed a variety of headshots, portraits and story telling images to bring it to life and engage her audience with a personal, visual element.
I loved learning about her journey and passions, understanding how she supports her clients and the benefits they get from working with her. It was exciting to brainstorm ideas for the most powerful images together with the help of her amazing web designer!
We wanted to create professional images in a business setting that represented the way Francesca works with her clients, lots of personalised stock photos and some relaxed lifestyle portraits. Francesca came down to Brighton for the shoot, so as well as the fab office environment we had ALL the options for fab and more casual locations around town.
Francesca was also working on (what was at the time, her side project) The Happy Self Journal, which has absolutely taken off since then! The Happy Self Journal is…
A daily journal for children aged 6 to 12, based on scientifically proven methods that promote happiness, develop healthy habits for life and nurture enquiring minds. Beautifully illustrated and easy to use, with just a few minutes focus each day, children benefit by being encouraged to express gratitude, reflect on their emotions and think about their actions.
Francesca has a deep love for stationery (…I feel it!), and in particular the shop Papersmiths. This came up on our initial call - which was funny because one had just opened up in the north lanes in Brighton, and we added that as a stop on our shoot! What was even more amazing is that just a few months after our session in the summer, Papersmiths in Chelsea and Bristol became the first stockists of her new journals. It was really exciting to hear this news and also seemed so serendipitous that we’d taken images in there on her brand shoot. I just love that so many of the images we created for her coaching business have been so useful for the journals too.
You can check out Francescas work as a productivity coach here, and the Happy Self Journal here, Instagram here and her podcast, The Curious Parent Podcast here.
