Meet baby O:

As it was December, there were still lots of beautifully coloured leaves on the floor. O loved playing in them!

Which naturally lent itself to a storyboard..

O was not yet walking, but he loved to pull up (he was already an expert at crawling) which made for some great cheeky shots:

I love this photo of father and son together:

The light was just perfect, and we easily got all the photos we needed to!

We took the final shots just as the sun was setting – here he is with his mother:

Here’s a few more in a collage to leave you with:

It was a really great and special session – made all the better by the enthusiasm of O’s parents! I suspect a few of the shots may well find themselves in my portfolio at some point

2 year old C looking thoughtful:

4 year old B posing as usual!

2 year old C tries to copy:

Two girls together!

B with her daddy sharing a moment:

Our two usually get on very well!

And finally – a storyboard:

Keep an eye open for some very special photos hopefully coming in around two weeks..

However, that doesn’t mean I’ve put my camera down. Yesterday I “scheduled” a session with my own children, as the weather forecast had been for sunshine. Alas, it didn’t work out like that and we had rain, but I was determined to go ahead regardless and goodness knows the children needed a good run around outside!

Here’s my youngest in the rain, catching raindrops on her nose:

We went to Avery Hill Park in South East London, which has a nice cafe and a winter garden. The park was pretty deserted in the rain:

The children had fun anyway!

After getting wet, we headed over to a nearby Tarn which was very scenic and somewhere I would recommend for future sessions:

Just as the children got tired and too cold, the weather improved – but we were heading home by that point!

I’m planning on doing some studio shots of the children in the next few weeks too, after I sourced some beautiful dresses recently – so keep an eye open!

It was also a chance to try out my new vinyl “wood” floor, and use the pink backdrop in the studio properly as until now I have only used it with newborns and natural light. You can also see my basket and chair prop if you are interested in using them for your session and later on I used my black velvet backdrop for more moodier shots.

Here’s a selection of some of my favourites, enjoy!

B is getting much better at posing

Then again, dressing her in her favourite clothes works wonders!

B loves being a ballerina

C isn't quite newborn size, but loves the basket!

B and C and the basket

B fits in the basket even less well, but she gives it a go!

C is still a little bit too small for my chair prop

A portrait of B, with my black velvet background

And in case you were wondering why they all look so happy, here’s what my children really think of me photographing them all the time:

Other people’s children are *so* much easier as it’s a novelty!!

I have another newborn session tomorrow, so watch this space in a few days for hopefully a sneak peak.

Ruby and her Dad

Sophie is a big cloth nappy fan, so out came the cloth nappies!

Ash and the nappy stash

Faith is the oldest, and did a grand job with posing:

Faith

Faith and her mum Sophie

At the end of the session, the children even allowed mum and dad to snatch a quick pose themselves!

James and Sophie

You can see their full gallery by clicking on the link here.

It was all great fun, both to capture the images and to process them. Thank you again to Sophie and James and their family for being such great models!

I’ve done a few sessions in Greenwich Park over the last few months – Mofette and her friends and a very cold session with James just two months ago. This session was a lot warmer!

Prakriti and her children

Kail has just had his third birthday very recently, and Simran was 7 months at the time (5 months adjusted as she was premature) and both were absolutely cute as a button!

Simran

Kail

The children were very well-behaved and were great fun to photograph too.

Playing with their mother's sunglasses!

Kail from above

Joe is the father – here he is with Simran:

Joe and Simran

The family were good fun to shoot and had a great sense of humour. It was lovely to meet them!

Family in front of the Royal Observatory

And that concludes my free sessions, aside from any maternity/newborns which I still have a few slots left on. More about that in my next post!

There was disaster when I arrived when the fuse went in one of my lights, so I was down to one light for the session. Lesson learned about spares there! Fortunately there was a lot of natural light in the room and I also had my reflector so the session was saved.

Faith is the oldest, and was a fantastic model! Not only did she do everything I asked, but also helped out fantastically with the others too. If every child was like Faith, my life would be so easy.

Faith

Ruby is two years old and full of beans.. and opinions!!

Ruby

Ash is 16 months and was sadly getting over a tummy bug so he wasn’t his usual smiley self, nor was he up for many photos, but I managed to get a few photos of him including this one:

Faith and Ash

Faith and Ruby share a moment

Faith and Ruby

Ruby makes her feelings known to her mum!

Sophie with Ruby

James has his hands full!

James and his girls

There are more to come (and also more of Meg and her horse Pico) hopefully in a few weeks.

Coming up soon – a model in glamorous evening dress, and a newborn!

I breastfed both my children (B to almost 2 years when pregnancy complications forced me to wean her, and I am still breastfeeding C at 15 months) and I am a strong supporter of extended breastfeeding, so nursing photos are something I really enjoy doing and can understand, and I look forward to doing more in the future. It’s something nursing mothers often overlook and later regret not having photos of.

Anyway, on with the photos! For obvious reasons I’m not going to post any revealing nursing photos directly here to my blog as they may not be suitable for viewing in a work setting, however you can view the entire gallery here:

* Tandem nursing session with Jessica

All were taken with natural light on a bed with white sheets and a white wall – so I didn’t even need any of my studio set up!

Here are a few safe-for-work photos of her beautiful children and one nursing photo:

C, age 4 months

C, giving a big smile!

Jessica feeding C

T, 3 years

T having just finished a feed

Always willing to do more nursing photos – so if you’re interested, please let me know!

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