Yesterday I saw this terrible two-some for some portraits!  I met big brother Fin when he was a baby and this studio session was all about getting photos of his baby brother plus a few of them together - easier said than done :)

This afternoon I met 9 month old Aurora for the second time.  She'd grown up a lot since our last session, grown a lot of hair and a lot of fidgetiness!  Her character was fantastic however, so even though she was crawling and kicking and waving and all in the wrong direction, she was happy while doing so!

At the weekend I photographed these two terrors!  I had met big sister before when she was a baby but this studio session was about baby Ash, the two of them together and to get some family shots.  Ash did all he could to make that all a little bit of a challenge ;)

This morning I met a little 7 month old who was full of expression and full of fidget!  She did really well even if she got bored by the end of her session (even Mum struggled to hold her interest for more than a second)!  My studio photography highlights follow:

This morning I met a baby on cute overload!  She was quite shy but had a lovely temperament.  Although generally serous, she threw a few beautiful smiles at me and looked super cute doing either!  How lucky to have a face that works just as well in serious mode as it does in full smile?

Yesterday I met this little rascal who came to the studio having skipped breakfast and not had her usual morning nap!  I've never worked out how it is it that babies know about photography sessions in advance but I believe it must be some sort of magic.  Although there were a few grumpy moments, I still manged a full baby and family session with Mum and Dad and got some lovely shots.

This is baby Sophie who is very nearly 1 and she came to see me over the bank holiday weekend.  Some babies take a bit of time to warm up and to get comfortable with the strange surroundings of the studio space and Sophie was one of these babies!  She got there in then end by crawling at hyper speed around the studio and between a few more clingy moments, I got some lovely shots - it really is all about timing when it comes to baby photography!

This morning I met with this little girl who had lots of energy, a few smiles and lots of interested looking stares.  She found her studio photography session quite fascinating which means she'll definitely be a clever one!

Penelope Wilton (BFG, Downton Abbey, Calendar Girls, Ever Decreasing Circles) recorded a Christian Blind Mission BBC Radio 4 Appeal to raise funds for children living with avoidable blindness in Tanzania.  I was commissioned to shoot some location portrait PR photography of her at BBC Broadcasting House in London.  I shot this through stillvision.co.uk and was quite a scoop!  The appeal will be broadcast on Sunday 19th June 2016 at 7.55am and 9.26pm and on Thursday 23rd June 2016 at 3.27pm. It will also be available to listen to at: bbc.co.uk/radio4/appeal.

This afternoon I met a super fidget baby who really couldn't sit still!  He also found himself far more interesting than me who was there trying to entertain him!  That said, he had a great range of expressions and what's cuter than a half naked baby in home made wings having a munch on Mum's chin?!  My photography highlights are below:

I do enjoy taking delivery of framed items!  This triptych is going to look stunning hung on the wall of a lovely home (and I know it is a lovely one)!

Here's a sneak preview from yesterday's session with this little four month old! He was a super smiley baby for exactly ten minutes and then he was super serious!  He's clearly a man of many emotions... and expressions...

This morning I had the pleasure of seeing an 8 month old baby I first met as a 4 month old!  It's always nice to see babies as they grow up, change personality, get more/less cheeky etc!  Baby Harmony was quite a serious little thing and had one of the best fake grumbles I've heard in a long time!  Her highlights follow:

This morning I met this rather cute little 4 month old who came to the studio with Mummy and Daddy and big, big, big sister (in an age way!).  The session was a little stop-start and baby toes where often more interesting than photographer, but, I manged a good session and combined the baby photography shoot with a family session.  Highlights follow:

On what was a lovely spring day yesterday, I drove to meet with Jim & Michele at their wedding venue in Suffolk.  Alpheton Hall Barns is an unfamiliar wedding venue to me so I combined their pre-wedding shoot with a nose around the place!  It was right up my street with lots of textured walls and coloured gates and doors and although we had to battle against some seriously bright spring sunshine, I got some cracking shots!  Bring on the big day in July!

I saw this little chap twice in the week as he wasn't having the best of days during the first session!  After one or two early smiles during take 2, Mum and I concluded that photography just isn't his thing... But he still looks super cute serious right?

This afternoon I met one of the most chilled out, relaxed and smiley babies I've ever met!  What a cutie!  Just shy of 8 months, he was such a show off that it was incredibly hard to get him to look anywhere but at the camera.  If only all baby photography sessions were as easy....

Here's Huxley the dog!  He's a miniature schnauzer and came to the studio with his family and little 14 month old human brother... Suffice to say the session was quite chaotic!  Never work with children and animals they say!

Here's another sneak preview from the weekend and a shoot that broke all those rules about never working with children and animals....  This sessions had both a 14 month old baby and a miniature schnauzer dog called Huxley (who I think deserves his own sneak previews posted above)!

Here's another weekend sneak preview, this time of a five month old smiler! I photographed her sister a couple of years ago and look forward to photographing them together in a few months time.