Newborn Baby Pics | Elliot

Elliot's family got in touch recently to arrange for me to come and take some family and baby pictures for them.  

I prefer to take family photos in my clients home as the lifestyle fashion of photography means that their surroundings will be in the background of the photos.  I think it's so much nicer to see your home in your photos rather than a studio backdrop.
I like to think that in the future they will look back at their photos and remember things about their lives at that time.  'Remember when we lived there'  'That was before this or that happened' etc. 

The window light in their living area was perfect and made for the beautifully lit images. 

As well as family images, I captured a few images of Elliot by himself.  There is no posing at this age and things are kept nice and simple.  Just look at those eyes! <3  

Rather than just buy digitals, they decided to purchase lots of lovely prints to hang on their walls and give to family.  
I hope they enjoy their images for many years to come!

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Maternity Photographer | St Albans

Recently I got to meet a lovely new mum to be for a maternity session in her home in St Albans.  

For some dads, getting in front of the camera for a maternity session is a big no no and other women would just like some photos of them and their bump to remember the journey they've taken together.

Who ever you want to be in your images is completely up to you!

I kept things quite simple for Rachel's session, starting with a collection of shots laying and sitting on her bed.  By the end of this post your should be able to guess her favourite colour!

She also wanted some classic topless shots, as well as some with her bump out so we did this against a wall in her bedroom using my lights.  

I just love the skirt she wore for these, it really shows her personality.

To finish off we went into the living room and got some beautiful relaxed shots backlit by her window.

I think this session shows that even with a few simple locations around your house, it's still easy to get a lovely selection of images to remember your pregnancy. 

I can't wait to go back and meet her little girl in a few weeks!

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Snow Day Photo Shoot! - Charlie turns 1

Just over a year ago, Charlie was one of my first super star newborns!  The stars aligned (along with all the training i'd been doing!) and he was beautifully sleepy on a lovely sunny winters day. 

I remember leaving his newborn shoot, happy that it was my best shoot yet and SO excited to show his parents his photos. 

In the summer, I went back for his second photo shoot and we were blessed with another beautiful sunny day where we got some lovely photos outdoors. 

Now he's only gone and turned 1 and he is my first completed 3 Shoot Package!

We pushed his shoot date back a day when the weather man predicted snow and we were not disappointed!  We woke up on shoot day to just the right amount of snow for a 1 year old's adventure.

We started inside, giving him a little time to warm up to me again.  We got some photos with his toys, in his bedroom and in mummy and daddy's room.  Then it was time to head out into the snow...

Turns out walking inside is fine, but walking on the snow on the other hand - not so easy!  The sledge and snowballs were a definite hit though! 

Three shoot packages are my absolute favourite.  I love getting to know each family over the year and watching their little ones grow. 

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Maternity Bump Shoot : Kat

A few weeks ago I made a very misguided journey (thank you once again sat nav...) to see Kat and her partner for their bump shoot in Aylesbury. 

They have booked a 3 shoot package which means I get to go back once their little one is born and then again after a few months to see how they've grown up. 

We mostly stuck with natural photos, using the living room, master bedroom & nursery to capture pictures of Kat alone and with her partner.

The nursery they have set up is beautiful.  I am happy to admit I will be stealing their ideas for whenever I am need of my first nursery! 

To finish, I used a plain wall in their bedroom to capture some more studio style shots including the classic heart on the tummy shot and one of my favourites, which I call the sexy mummy shot! 

They are a really lovely couple and I am very excited to go back and meet their newborn in March :)