The story behind my Brand Amplifier silver award
As anyone who has spoken to me or seen my social media will know, I was recently honoured to tie for the silver Brand Amplifier award. Everyone has been congratulatory and then asked “what’s that then?” So this is an attempt to explain what I’ve been up to for the...
New Ambigraph print shop
Last week my other business, Ambigraph, launched an online shop selling prints and cards. It's a new side to the business, an opportunity for myself and my husband to disseminate some of our personal work inspired by nature. We have also been lucky enough to have the...
Photo session weather – sunny or overcast best?
What a beautiful couple of days we are having! It's hard to believe it is late October. Weather like this makes me feel that I should be out taking photos or swimming at the Lido. Unfortunately today I have admin work to do so I'm not doing either, but I can see the...
First Birthday Photo Shoot
J was just about to turn one when his parents asked me to come and take some portraits of him. Luckily it was a beautiful late summer day and he really enjoyed crawling about the garden and showing off his new standing skills. Despite the best efforts of their cat to...
Newborn photo session of a home-birthed breech baby
Every child's birth story is special and unique, but the story behind this session was especially interesting for me. The mother booked me months ago early on in her pregnancy for a newborn shoot, with the baby due just when I was returning for my summer holidays. I...
First Year Package : Newborn
These photos are from a newborn shoot for a lovely family who have booked me for a first year package (three photo shoots in the first year: usually as a newborn; at six months and at one year). I love this kind of booking as I really enjoy seeing children grow and...
Adding a new sibling
Hello, I’m back! I’ve had a busy but wonderful summer with lots of holidays and family time. Now thoroughly back into work to find that I am a finalist for the Brand Amplifier awards – very exciting. Since getting back from holiday I have been so busy shooting that I...
At last…cool maternity clothing.
As well as portraits, I also photograph products for businesses. I usually keep the two strands separate but thought this was worth sharing. I spent an evening last week photographing Campbell Crafts new vintage inspired maternity clothing line. I think anyone who has...
Black and white studio photo session of a seven month old baby girl
This was a really enjoyable and successful session, largely due to good planning by the parents. The mother said very early on that she wanted the photos to be black and white and it made a great change for me to be able to think about and compose them all with that...
Family portrait session at The Rookery, Streatham Common
Last month I came straight back from a lovely holiday to this fun, sunny family photo session on Streatham Common. It's always great to work with families I already know and have photographed before, as everyone is already relaxed with each other and we can just enjoy...