Muswell Hill Family Photography - Fun in the Woods
This was one of those perfect days for photography. I beautiful crisp winter's day where the low sun makes everything look more vibrant.
I've photographed this family a few times now and the photos are always a pleasure to edit because they're all just SO photogenic. They're also a family who make me feel ever so slightly guilty because they always get the photos in frames and up on the wall almost straight away which I need to get much better at. You'd think doing the job that I do that my house would be full of framed images, but I sometimes get so carried away with other people's photos that I forget to take the time to do my own. I'm getting better though, I've managed to do three frames recently and I have more plans this year.
Anyway, back to this delightful family. We started off at their home where I got some gorgeous pics of the kids laughing and joking around in the living room. Because it was a lovely sunny day the giant mirror in the living room really bounced the light around beautifully and created a gorgeous backdrop. We then headed out to Coldfall Woods in Muswell Hill which is when the crisp winter's day really came into its own. There's nothing better than a sunny wood in the winter for photography. I love the shapes the branches on the trees make in the background and as I said before, the low sun gives such a richness to the shots.
Here's a selection of some of my faves from the day.
The way the light is bouncing off the mirror is just gorgeous!
Below is the reaction you get when you tell a child that a bird once pooed on your head.
Muswell Hill Family Photographer - Let's Get Messy
Quirky family photography alert!
A few weeks ago I received an email that made me smile. A family, who it turns out only live a few doors away, wanted to book me for a family photography session... with a twist. They wanted to be cooking and they wanted to be messy. Really messy.
It's the first time a family have asked for such a thing, but I'm wondering when people see these photos if I might start getting a few more requests. Before the shoot I visited the house for a quick recce to make sure it would work for the shots I had in mind, and, with a bit of furniture removal it was perfect! We positioned the large kitchen table in front of the french doors to maximise on the light and let the mayhem commence.
I'm a bit of a clean freak at home, so when the Dad started dusting the kids with icing sugar from a great height I started having mild palpitations imagining what the cleaning up process would be like, but from a photography point of view I was delighted because I knew the photos would be amazing.
As you'll see from the images below, this session oozes personality. The kids were absolutely loving making the cookies, they were excited about sitting on the kitchen table and they loved getting messy. And the photos demonstrate this in spades!
The icing on the cake for me though (excuse the pun) was how the family have decided to display the images. They have bought a multi aperture frame along with one of my print packages and have be displayed 28 images in one frame, grouped together. I am SO pleased! This shoot really needs to be displayed as a montage as the photos really tell a story when viewed together.
So, if you want to turn your house upside down and get messy too then give me a call!
And this is what the frame looks like on the wall - perfect!
Highgate Baby Photographer - Baby Girl Portraits
This lovely client has booked my newborn package which gives her three sessions across her daughter's first year; this is session number two. I love photographing this age group, they can sit up nicely but haven't mastered crawling so they tend to stay in the place where you put them...bliss.
I'm quite excited however that her mum has booked me for a bonus session in January to do a much more girly shoot which I'm really looking forward to. I have a little boy, so the chance to spend an hour or two dressing up a little girl in pretty little things is quite an exciting prospect.
The first photo here is my favourite I think. I just love the simplicity of it, and the gorgeous expression on her face.
Muswell Hill Family Photogapher - Gorgeous Girl
What a stunning little girl! This was actually a shoot I did towards the end of the summer but never got round to posting it online.
The mum contacted me to see if I could fit them in for a session ASAP before her little girl's first tooth fell out. Well, being a mum I know how important this is, and how you want to cherish those gorgeous little baby teeth, so I managed to fit her in before I went off on holiday.
Luckily they live in Muswell Hill too so I didn't have far to travel and as it turned out, her sister-in-law was going to be at the house that day too with her little 4 year old daughter and also decided to book me, so we actually did two shoots in one day.
Again, it was a great house for photography plus it was a lovely sunny day so we got lots of different shots both inside and outside. Here are a few of my favourites although it was hard to narrow it down because she's just so photogenic. I've just realised that most of my favourites happen to be with her mouth closed, but rest assured there were actually some shots in there with the precious baby teeth on show!
I love this shot of her sitting on the dining room table.
Thank You - Jenny Smith Photography
What a year!
I can't say thank you enough to all of my amazing clients who have made the last 12 months so enjoyable.
I left my job in radio 7 years ago with a brand new baby and a dream of becoming a photographer. When my maternity leave came to an end I had to make a choice, go back to my job in PR, earn a safe salary and hire someone else to look after my son, or try to turn my photography dream into a reality whilst remaining a full time mum.
Well, here I am and I have to say it was the easiest decision I have ever made.
Thank you and have a fantastic 2015!
