Newborn baby and family photography in Crouch End, London N8

I love photographing newborn babies and their families, and I love Crouch End, my new North London home. I was thrilled when Antonia asked me to visit her family and photograph their beautiful newborn daughter Ava just a week before I moved to the area in North London.

There is something so magical about a newborn photo shoot - there is such an incredible amount of love and wonder in the air as parents exchange giggling glances throughout the shoot: look what we did! Isn’t this incredible! Our daughter is amazing! It’s a real pleasure to be around and I always leave a newborn and family photography session feeling a real buzz from being around such fabulous emotions. It’s a special time and no mistake.

Ava was a wonderful baby to photograph - so alert, she spent almost the entire photo session awake, looking around, and making lots of happy little noises – chatting away to us as only a tiny baby can. It really was a joy to behold.

We were so lucky that the weather was warming-up so we went outdoors for a few pictures too - the first time I have been able to do that with a newborn baby this year. The light was incredible in Antonia and Ross’ Crouch End garden and provided a magical setting for some newborn and family photographs. As a photographer I love working with interesting light and really enjoyed taking these newborn and family photographs.

We then headed back indoors for some more family shots and pictures of Ava on her own. We worked in different rooms throughout the house to maximise the variety of images. I also like to incorporate the environment as much as I can in my photo shoots, as this allows me to produce pictures that are unique to each family and will bring back memories of the time and the house as well as of the special moments with the family. Sometimes it’s the little things that bring back memories as we get older – the squidy sofa, the lamp or vase on the mantelpiece - and it’s nice to include some of these elements in pictures.

We had a great morning together and I’m so thrilled with the pictures from our newborn and family photo shoot in Crouch End, North London N8. I do hope you will enjoy them.

If you would like me to visit and capture some pictures of your own family, please contact us - we would be delighted to hear from you.

Muswell Hill newborn baby and family photography

Last weekend I woke up in my new house in Crouch End for the first time. The sun was shining and I was delighted to be catching the bus for a local newborn baby and family photography session in Muswell Hill. I have known Paula for a number of years now as she worked with my boyfriend (the talented wedding photographer Tom Catchesides) at the Cambridge Film Festival. I was delighted to hear that she was expecting a baby, and doubly excited when we scheduled in a newborn baby and family photography session for her twin baby boys at their lovely home in Muswell Hill, North London N10.

As always, I was up bright and early for our newborn baby photo shoot and I arrived at 8am to find the family just finishing breakfast. Coffee was drunk and the boys were so serene drinking their milk and preparing for their moment in front of the camera.

After breakfast we began our shoot by capturing lots of family shots and also pictures of the boys together and individually, creating a really lovely record of this very special time. Newborn babies grow so fast that it is only in the first couple of weeks that you can really capture this early stage.

I love photographing newborn babies – capturing their tiny snoozing faces, those early glances and interactions with their parents, the little gestures and minute details that are marvelled over by new parents with such joy and wonder - the curl of the hair, the shape of the ears, the little fingers and tiny toes. It’s such a special time and a priviledge to capture this in newborn baby and family photo sessions in such a wonderful setting as Paula’s beautiful Muswell Hill flat in North London.

With the spring showers holding off, we finished our shoot with a few photographs in the garden of Paula’s home. It’s always interesting to look for a different perspective in a London garden and I always enjoy finding plants to use as foreground to add depth and interest to a family portrait. Today I enjoyed shooting through the lovely young tree in the garden and also integrating the garden studio into the images – particularly the ‘Living the Dream’ sign, which was bought as a joke but somehow summed up the feeling of being the luckiest people in the world that was so wonderful to behold when Paula and Pascal looked at their beautiful newborn baby boys.

I hope you enjoy this selection of newborn baby and family portrait photographs from Muswell Hill in North London N10 as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Richmond Park children's and family photographer

The sun was shining and the world looked bright and new when I arrived in Richmond for Caroline and Lottie’s springtime children's and family portrait photo shoot. As a London-based children and family portrait photographer, I travel all over the capital but Richmond Park holds a special place in my affections. I have been photographing here over the past ten years and I honestly don’t think I have been to the same area twice – it’s just so diverse. Everywhere you look are fabulous backdrops for family portrait photographs and great activities for the children to do so that they enjoy themselves and have a wonderful time while I take pictures.

It’s always a pleasure to see Lottie and this was our third children and family portrait photography session. Lottie is an absolute joy to photograph and one of the happiest children I’ve ever met, always smiling.

As always I arrived nice and early and was greated with a smile and a cup of coffee (always so important first thing in the morning I find). Lottie played while Caroline and I caught up and worked out a plan for the day, being sure to pack the essentials for the park – drinks, snacks and wipes, always wipes!

And then we headed out to the park, taking advantage of a wonderful morning light before too many other people were around. There is something so magical about an early morning in a London park with the dog walkers, runners and - in Richmond Park especially - the many, many cyclists. Everyone has a smile for the other intrepid souls who have got up and out before 9am on a Saturday.

As soon as we arrived at Richmond Park, Lottie was off climbing on a pile of logs and I was straight after her, snapping away, looking for the best angles and the interesting light. Bright sunny days can create tricky lighting conditions and I’m always looking for light that will flatter and add to the picture.

We climbed on trees, climbed in trees, over trees and hid behind them (the hide and seek picture which was the Just One preview image from this shoot is a definite favorite of mine). We had an amazing time and I’m so pleased with the pictures from our children and family portrait photography shoot taken on location in Richmond Park, London.

Just One - Gael and Kamil - Muswell Hill N10 newborn baby photographer

It was fantastic timing that, on the first morning I woke up after moving into my new house in Crouch End, I had a local newborn baby photo shoot in nearby Muswell Hill, North London N10. As a London-based newborn baby photographer, it is lovely to discover this new area and as my new home is in Crouch End, I look forward to Muswell Hill becoming a regular location for my newborn baby and family photography.

I was absolutely thrilled to visit Paula and Pascal in their lovely home for our photo shoot. Their newborn twins, Gael and Kamil, were such a joy - really chilled out and so much fun to photograph. We had a great time taking pictures, drinking coffee, chatting and laughing as Paula and Pascal spent a wonderful morning relaxing with their babies as I took pictures.

Today's 'Just One' preview image caught my eye as I began processing to pictures. I love it as it is so tender - such proud happy parents so clearly bowled over by their beautiful new baby boys and blissfully happy. It makes me smile just to look at it.

I hope you enjoy this 'Just One' image from our baby and family photography session in Muswell Hill, North London N10 and N8 featuring gorgeous newborn twins.

If you would like me to visit and capture some pictures of your own family, please contact us - we would be delighted to hear from you.

Just One - baby photography in Holland Park

Today's 'Just One' preview image is from a recent baby photography session in Holland Park in West London.

As a London-based baby, children and family photographer, I have got to know Holland Park very well over the last ten years, photographing lots of different families and also revisiting those families as the children grow and new members of the family are born.

I am lucky enough to be documenting this charming baby's first year and this was our third photo shoot, having already captured newborn pictures when he was just a few days old and also at three months, and now at six months with his Christening fast approaching at the weekend. He is an absolute delight and I'm always so thrilled to visit him at the family's beautiful Holland Park home for our baby portrait photo sessions.

This 'Just One' image made me laugh out loud! He has the most expressive eyes and I love how teddy is peeking over the covers, too.

I do hope you enjoy this baby portrait photograph taken on location in Holland Park in Kensington and Chelsea in West London, and be sure to check back soon for more images from this photo shoot.