Man with 30 balloons outside studio.

A Warwickshire photography studio has a firm focus on the future after celebrating more than 30 years in business. Andy Sheppard set up Avon Studios in Wellesbourne in 1993 after starting his career with John Wright Photography in 1979 before moving to IMI in Shipston-on-Stour. The company specialised in commercial photography to begin with – … Read more

Fujifilm Frontier 340 digital minilab in office.

After 21 years of dedicated service, it’s time to bid farewell to a beloved member of the Avon Studios family—our trusty Fujifilm Frontier digital photolab. Installed at our studio over two decades ago, this machine has been a cornerstone of our business, producing an incredible 1.3 million photo prints for our valued customers. It’s one … Read more

Row of vintage VHS tapes on shelf.

We are sadly seeing more mouldy videotapes everyday here at Avon Studios, which means more memories are being lost. Videotapes become mouldy after years of sitting in an environment which have high moisture levels and varying temperatures. Mould on tapes tends to present itself as small white deposits and are easily seen through the clear … Read more

UK passport on Nice and Monaco map

£7 for your passport photo at a photobooth seems like a great deal – until it gets rejected. There are many reasons why it might be rejected, which include the photo being of a poor quality or the wrong dimensions, they are frequently badly lit (single light) or maybe you didn’t get the right picture … Read more

Traveller checking departure board at busy station.

This is hopefully our last Covid-19 update regarding UK travel. 😊  As of Friday 18th March, at 4 am the government will remove the remaining restrictions on international travel for all passengers entering the UK. This includes the passenger locator form for arrivals into UK, and removes the need for unvaccinated passengers to take a … Read more

Person in Santa hat, wearing face mask, taking selfie.

We hope you and your families are safe and well in these turbulent times. As a New Year begins We would like to update you on the latest news at Avon Studios and thank you for your on-going support . While we are still here for you on the phone at the Studio we have … Read more

Person holding a Polaroid photo close-up.

At Avon Studios we are still open for driving license and passport photographs . We offer both digital ( for passport online applications ) Or finished passport sized prints cut to the correct size for driving license or passport application and renewal. All with the peace of mind that the photos are 100% guaranteed to … Read more

Contactless payment with smartphone and card reader.

We can’t wait to see you.It’s official Avon Studios Photography are back open on Monday 15th June. We will still offer all our services including photo printing and framing , passport photo’s and video transfer to name a few.But things are going to be a bit different in the way we deliver them to you. … Read more

Red door and bicycle on city street

Life in Lockdown a collection of Doorstep Portraits to help raise funds to support our local NHS. Right now our photography studio in Wellesbourne (Avon Studios ) is temporarily closed because of the Government restrictions. Rather than spend the days watching Netflix’s I thought it would be nice to support our local NHS hospital and … Read more

USB drive inserted into laptop.

While we appreciate that currently sorting out video tapes and Photographs is not high on the agenda (and we totally understand that) But as a small company who employs local people we need to soldier on.So here’s an idea…Why not use any Self Isolation time to sort your video and camcorder tapes out from storage … Read more