If you’re looking for ‘what to wear ideas for professional family photos’, then you’re in the right place. The answer is whatever captures the ‘real you’, but saying that, there are a few useful rules you can follow… 1. Choose a palette of 3-4 colours that complement each other....

What shall we wear for our family photos? Well the answer is whatever captures the ‘real you’, saying that, there are a few useful rules you can follow… 1. Choose a palette of 3-4 colours that complement each other. Muted colours tend to work best. Think about the background you’re...

Do: Arrange the photo session around your children’s nap and feeding schedule to ensure they’re at their best. If you try to cram a session in before a nap or meal, you’ll end up with cranky little ones. Well rested and well fed kids are happier and more cooperative....

A few weeks ago in August, I met this lovely family in Bushy Park, Surrey for a family photo shoot. It was a beautiful sunny day and the kids were very excited and with plenty of space to run around and lots to see (there were plenty of animals from deer...

Has anyone tried Insect Lore’s grow your own butterflies? We received 5 baby caterpillars in the post. We watched them eat, grow and make their cocoons. A few days later they emerged as butterflies and we are letting them go one by one. Amazing experience for kids. I don’t...

I was thrilled for the opportunity for a family photo session last weekend with this relaxed family and their beautiful newborn. I love how happy they all look in these lifestyle shots of them all-together and of their gorgeous children! And how the eldest brother was such a big part...

Great props for little ones’ photography don’t have to be anything fancy, just a few simple props can add tons of personality to your photos, they can be fun, personal, colourful or classic. Props can be anything from a child’s cuddly toy to your sofa and everything in-between, from...

When Mum asked if I could squeeze them in for a photo session at the weekend, I was delighted I could oblige. This family photography in Richmond was one of my fave family photo sessions of the year! Because it was so full of personality and we all laughed...

I am thrilled that my photo ‘Sunset in Nork Park’ has been chosen as a winning photograph for ‘Beautiful Surrey Photography’s 2015 Calendar. I am quite an excitable person at the best of times so I am doubly excited about this. My photograph is being featuring in May and...

I had the pleasure of photographing a gorgeous family in Epsom this week including two girls and their Mummy. It was a really sunny day and most of the shoot was done indoors out of the direct sunshine, but when we got some shade in the garden, we took the...