Alan McAleavey Photography
Wirral Photographer | Headshots, Branding, Events & Product Photography – Alan McAleavey
Win a mini photography shoot for your new business
I’m giving one small, independently funded Wirral business in its first year of trading the chance to win a professional headshot and four branding photographs.
Applications will open during August, with the shoot taking place in September 2026.
What the winner receives
The winning business will receive:
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A relaxed mini photography shoot during September 2026
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One professionally edited headshot
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Four professionally edited branding photographs
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High-resolution files for print
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Web-ready files for websites and social media
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Permission to use the photographs for the business’s marketing, website, social media and PR
Who can apply?
The competition is open to businesses that:
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Are based on Wirral/Liverpool
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Have been trading for less than 12 months
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Are independently funded
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Are not owned by a larger company or supported by significant outside investment
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Would benefit from professional photography as they head into the final quarter of the year
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Are available for a photography shoot in Wirral during September 2026
Apply for the mini shoot
Complete the short application form below to tell me about your business and how professional photography could help.
Applications close at 8pm on Sunday 30 August 2026. The successful business will be contacted during the first week of September.
Privacy Notice
Alan McAleavey Photography is a sole-trader photography business based in Wirral. I am responsible for the personal information collected through this website, enquiries, bookings and competition applications.
You can contact me about your personal information at:
Information I collect
Depending on how you contact me or use this website, I may collect:
• Your name, email address and telephone number
• Your business name, location and website or social media details
• Information you provide through enquiry, booking and competition forms
• Details about your photography requirements
• Your marketing preferences and record of consent
• Messages and correspondence between us
For competition applications, this may also include your trading start date, team size, funding status, business description, photography interests and the information supplied in support of your application.
How I use your information
I may use your personal information to:
• Respond to enquiries and discuss photography requirements
• Prepare quotations, arrange bookings and provide photography services
• Deliver photographs, invoices and other information connected with a booking
• Manage and assess applications for competitions or promotional opportunities
• Contact competition applicants about their entry and the result
• Maintain business and financial records
• Improve my website, services and customer experience
• Send occasional photography advice, business updates and relevant offers where you have chosen to receive them
I will only use competition application details for marketing where the applicant has separately chosen to receive marketing communications.
Lawful basis for using your information
I use personal information under the following lawful bases:
• Contract: where the information is needed to respond to a request for a quotation, arrange a booking, provide photography services or deliver photographs.
• Legal obligation: where I need to retain information for tax, accounting or other legal requirements.
• Legitimate interests: where it is reasonably necessary to operate and improve my business, respond to enquiries, maintain business records, manage and assess competition applications, prevent misuse of the website and protect my business.
• Consent: where you have actively chosen to receive marketing emails or other optional communications. You may withdraw this consent at any time.
Who I share information with
I may share personal information with trusted service providers where this is necessary to operate my business and provide my services. These may include:
• Website hosting and online-form providers
• Email and communication services
• Online photography gallery and image-delivery services
• Secure cloud storage providers
• Payment, bookkeeping and accounting services
• Professional advisers where necessary
These providers may only use the information where required to provide their services. I may also disclose information where required by law or to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim.
Competition applicants’ details will not be shared with promotional partners for their own marketing unless the applicant has separately and clearly agreed to this.
How long I keep information
I keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected.
• Unsuccessful competition applications will normally be deleted within 12 months of the winner being announced, unless the applicant has separately agreed to receive marketing communications.
• Marketing contact details will be kept until you unsubscribe or withdraw your consent.
• Enquiry and project information will be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to manage the enquiry, provide the service and deal with any later questions.
• Booking, payment, invoice and accounting records will be retained for the period required by tax and other legal obligations.
Information may be retained for longer where this is necessary to meet a legal requirement or to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim.
Your data protection rights
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:
• Ask for a copy of the personal information I hold about you
• Ask me to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
• Ask me to delete your personal information
• Ask me to restrict how your information is used
• Object to certain uses of your information
• Ask for information you provided to be transferred where the right to data portability applies
• Withdraw consent at any time where I rely on consent
These rights do not apply in every situation. To make a request, please contact me at alan.mcaleavey.photography@gmail.com.
International transfers
I am based in the United Kingdom and do not directly appoint overseas service providers. However, some online services used to operate this website, including Wix, may process or store personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where this happens, the service provider is responsible for using appropriate safeguards to protect the information in accordance with applicable data-protection law.
You can contact me if you would like more information about the services I use to process personal information.
Questions and complaints
If you have any questions or concerns about how I use your personal information, please contact me at alan.mcaleavey.photography@gmail.com.
If you make a data protection complaint, I will acknowledge it within 30 days, look into the matter and keep you informed while it is being considered.
If you are unhappy with how I have handled your information or responded to your complaint, you can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection.
Make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office
ICO helpline: 0303 123 1113
Last updated: July 2026