Capturing natural pictures of babies is one of my favourite things to do. Although we’ve got a fully equipped studio I much prefer to photograph babies at their home. That way if baby needs to be changed, or have a sleep or a feed it’s no problem. Much less stressful for the baby and for the parents too. I couldn’t imagine ever adopting the production-line approach of some studios. You get your hour slot and that’s that. What happens if baby is off form, or they get stressed out by the whole studio experience?

I photographed twins Alex and Ava at their home in North London. Although you can’t tell in these pictures Alex really wasn’t feeling herself. So I’m going back in a few days to do another session with them. I’m always happy to reschedule or come back and do another shoot at no charge if for some reason baby isn’t in the mood for photographs. Stuff happens

Here’s a sneak preview of a few of my favourites from the first shoot. More to come

Hannah and Ollie came to the studio last week for their pre-wedding photo shoot. Pre-wedding days are always great fun and this was no exception. After a coffee and a chat we headed off to our favourite location for a couple of hours making fun photographs.  Every couple has slightly different tastes so we always try a few different styles of shot to see what works best for them.  Hannah and Ollie liked the relaxed natural style but were also up for a few edgier shots with a fashion twist.  Look forward to putting those ideas into practice in a few weeks at South Farm

Here’s a few of Hannah and Ollie’s favourites:

Most pre-wedding shoots start off slowly as I ease the couple gently in to the whole photo shoot experience.  Not with these guys.  This shoot went with a bang, right from the start Tory and Shane were in the groove. The first shot here of Tory is the first one I took.  What a seriously fab couple and joy to photograph.  Just cannot wait for their wedding at Great Fosters in May.

Lots of great pictures to share so there will probably be a gallery on Facebook sometime soon, but meanwhile here’s a few of the pictures Tory and Shane chose for their album.