We had a lovely time in the Lavender fields recently.. we popped down with a few friends on a Monday morning, when it was nice and quiet. The children loved it (mostly, apart from one bee sting), and we enjoyed a picnic and taking photographs of such a lovely flower ! Please enjoy these photos […]
It was such a lovely honour to be invited back to do a 6 Months baby photoshoot for Sarah and Adem. I first met Sarah and Adem when Sarah was about 37 weeks pregnant. We then enjoyed photographing Harry when he was only a few days old. And now, he’s a bubbling, smiling 6 month old […]
On Sunday morning I met Helen and her family at Micheldever Woods. We’d arranged our shoot a few months ago to set a date for a Bluebell family photoshoot. Bluebells tend to be out around the 3rd week of April onwards. So we were very pleased to see that they were all out and looking […]
I popped up the road to Sutton Scotney last week for a baby photoshoot to meet Caroline, hubby and baby Owen at their house. Owen was 10 weeks old, and settling in to life very well after an unexpected arrival at 7 weeks early! Caroline had asked me to come over to take some photographs […]
I was booked by Jordanna to meet up with her and her family at Lainston House for a Winter Family Photoshoot after Christmas. Jordanna and her hubby live in Orlando, Florida (although Jordanna is originally from Wales) and they were back at Christmas to introduce their gorgeous 10 week old baby to the family. They survived […]
I met with Julia, Ryan, Madison and Evan to do a Family Photo Session at Lainston House on a crisp Sunday morning recently. Julia had been in touch several months previously to arrange a date for a family shoot in September, and the date had come around really quickly! She picked Lainston House as a lovely […]
I recently popped over to visit the Peck household and take some photographs of Titan, their Shetland Pony, with the family. The Pecks had kept Titan out in their paddock for a number of months and were sadly bidding farewell to Titan – they asked me to take some photographs to remember the fun they […]
We were delighted to be asked to do a Highclere Castle Family Photoshoot for baby Athena and her parents recently. Avid readers of this blog will remember that James photographed Athena’s baptism earlier this year, and mum and dad decided it would be lovely to have a summer shoot to celebrate Athena’s birthday. They selected Highclere […]
I enjoyed meeting the Crawford family to do a family portrait session in Winchester out in the fields near their home. It was a lovely opportunity to meet Mum and Dad and their 2 year old, as well as three older sons. With the eldest being 24 and the youngest being 2, there was a […]
I had a lovely time with Baby Ethan and 3 year old Clara taking some photographs in their home yesterday. I particularly enjoyed taking photographs in the children’s rooms, which had been beautifully decorated by mum Leanne. Clara enjoyed showing me her room, her rail of clothes and her reading corner. Ethan rewarded me with […]
I enjoyed a good run around with the Ellis family at their house for a Laverstoke Family Photoshoot last month. The family were enjoying having their grown-up children return to the fold for the Easter Break and had decided it was a great opportunity to get photographs of them all together. With them spread out […]
I was booked to take photographs of Jude’s 60th birthday party at the Winchester Royal Hotel on St Peter’s Street. I was delighted to oblige, particularly as Jude revealed that the venue was very special to the family as they had actually got married at the Winchester Royal Hotel 39 years previously. Impressive! I arrived […]
We all end up taking photographs at family occasions, and sometimes it can be hard to know what approach to take. Here are my 8 Tips For Photographing A Family Event 1. FAMILIARISE Familiarise yourself with the venue when you first arrive, scope out possible good locations for group photographs, identify any nice characteristics of […]
I was recently booked to photograph a 90th Birthday Party at Lainston House, Sparsholt, near Winchester. The party had been organised to mark Daphne’s 90th year, and was a gathering of all of her direct family members. They enjoyed canapes and drinks in the lounge at Lainston House, before moving to the Hampshire Room for […]
We met up with our friends the Egans at Hinton Ampner one weekend, to do a family photoshoot. We’d not done a shoot there before so it was a great opportunity to have a wander around and explore the photo opportunities together, and then have lunch! Please enjoy some of these photographs taken on a […]
I recently photographed the French family at the Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley, Southampton. We met on a sunny, chilly Autumn morning for this Southampton Family Photoshoot. Mike had contacted us to ask for a shoot involving the whole family, plus dog! We enjoy doing larger group shoots as it can be a lot […]
On a lovely Autumnal Day we went for a walk around Mottisfont with the Penton family. Their two boys are 3 and 1. Both have October birthdays so it was a great time to do a birthday shoot. We enjoyed playing in the crispy brown leaves, and the weather was perfect for us. At Worthy […]
On a chilly but sunny Sunday morning, I met this lovely family at their home for a Hampshire family photoshoot. The family comprised of parents, their three grown-up sons and their families. It was a lovely sense of reunion, all getting together. I was delighted to pop over to capture the spirit of the family. […]
I met the Baker family at their lovely home in Crawley for a relaxed family Photoshoot in Crawley Village the other Sunday. After several rescheduling over the summer due to holidays, footballs clubs and weddings we finally got together and took some natural photographs! This was a lovely shoot in particular as there was a […]