Wimbledon Toddler - South London Family Photography
Look at this face!
This little boy was a bundle of happy smiles and adorable 'serious' faces from the moment he woke up to the moment I left! A complete dream to photograph.
I took these photographs just as the World Cup was starting and excitement for England's first match was brewing. Dad, who had treated his wife to the session for her birthday wasn't there that day, but being a football fan his wife wanted to get a funny shot of their son wearing England deely boppers.
Hilariously their son had other ideas and no sooner had we put them on his head, he'd knocked them straight off again. We finally got the shot thanks to a lot of distraction techniques and a loud rendition of Baa Baa Black Sheep (or what is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star... I can't quite remember now).
Needless to say, a few days later England were knocked out of the World Cup so maybe he knew something we didn't!
Twins and Big Brother - Muswell Hill Family Photography
I love all my jobs but there's something quite exciting about photographing identical twins.
Their mum wanted to get shots of her girls whilst they were still small babies as she'd missed out on getting some when they were newborns. Babies who are a couple of months old can be a little bit tricky sometimes, they've come out of that newborn, flexible, sleepy stage and are much harder to pose without looking slumped plus these two hadn't quite managed the art of lying on their tummies. But, by lying them on their backs close together we managed to get some beautiful photographs as the first image shows.
However, the girls weren't in the very best of health the day I arrived so I suggested coming back a few weeks later to photograph them again. This time they could hold their heads up on their tummies and so we managed to get a great set of shots of the two of them together.
Their brother was a different kettle of fish altogether. Being a toddler, and a gorgeous one at that, he was a breeze to photograph. So much fun, full of energy and just check out those beautiful blue eyes! I just love the photo of him inside the toy bag, he found this absolutely hilarious which was good news for me as we got some brilliant and natural shots of him.
Elizabeth Day, Author - South Bank Headshot Photography
This is Elizabeth Day, award winning journalist and author who wanted to get some updated photographs for her website. I've been friends with Liz for many years now so I was super excited when she booked this session with me.
As you can see, Elizabeth is completely stunning with very soft features and hair to die for, so I had the idea of photographing her against an urban backdrop to bring a little bit of edge to the images. Step forward the South Bank, one of my all time favourite locations for photography sessions. It's bursting with colour and texture and was absolutely perfect for the type of shots I wanted to get.
There are more of her on my Facebook page so please do check it out via the link at the top of the page.
Twins - Muswell Hill Family Photography
Just look at these two. They were the cutest little things ever and were in a great mood from the very start. So much so that I just got my camera out immediately and starting snapping away.
This age group can vary so much mood wise. Some are really shy, some can be a bit grumpy, some are over excited, some are stubborn and refuse to acknowledge you (all part of the fun) but these twins were nothing but willing and happy the entire time. I always feel so lucky when this happens as, being a mum myself, I'm more than used to all the previous adjectives!
This family live in a beautiful house with white washed walls and a lovely big garden, so I had plenty of gorgeous locations to use as I followed the little ones around.
One of the biggest challenges in my job is photographing children together. Getting two or more children to not only sit together, but look at the camera at the same time whilst all smiling or looking cute (or rather, not pulling a silly face, blinking or crying) can be difficult to say the least. But no such trouble with this pair, they were literally a dream come true from start to finish!
