Photographing Cousins

Posted in Kids at 19:45 on 03/12/2008

If winter is the time of Christmas Card shoots it is also the time of extended family groups. I often do a lot of shoots at this time of year of 'all the grandchildren' for Christmas presents and this has been no exception. These sessions are always lots of fun and we get to play and ensure that as well as the group shots we have lots of lovely individual portraits of the children to choose from.

Swings and Climbing Frames

Posted in Kids at 10:07 on 01/12/2008

I first met Julian for a photoshoot when he was ten weeks old three years ago now. I was photographing his older siblings and we took a few group shots at the end for their Christmas card. Last year was mainly spent chasing bubbles with all three children for our annual shoot and this year it was all about the swings. I do love how much children change year on year and how some activities remain the same and others move on. I always have a lovely time photographing Joanna's family and this year was no exception, a great morning and lots of great shots

Photo session at the park

Posted in Kids at 14:31 on 28/11/2008

This time of year always gets a bit chaotic and so apologies that the blog isn't being updated as much as usual. Here the Christmas rush is fully underway - we can always tell when the festive season is upon us in my house as the living room gets filled up with picture frames and every available surface is covered with prints and Christmas cards. Very busy but so much fun.

I sent out Sophy's Christmas cards last week which reminded me that I hadn't blogged her session and there are so many pictures that I love so it would be a shame to miss it completely.

Here are a few favorites

New photography website

Posted in Miscellaneous at 17:51 on 23/11/2008

I am so thrilled today that my new website has finally become a reality. It seems a long time since I sat down and decided it was time for a revamp, mainly because it has been so hard to choose the images for the galleries. Many old favorites have had to go but there is loads of great new stuff in the galleries for you to look at.

I need to thank the wonderful Tom for making the website, he has done everything - all the design and layout and all the website techy stuff that I don't understand. I hope you have time to check out Tom's site which is linked from the weddings section.

I am also particularly pleased with the products page which has been designed to make it easier for my clients to make decisions on what final products to choose with pictures of the frames, albums and other products to look at.

The sample galleries section is another new feature. This has been created so prospective clients can get a really good feel for how the sessions go and the types of pictures that I take. This section has three complete shoots and one which is a montage of numerous shoots of the same child over a number of years, they are great fun. I shall be adding some more sample shoots soon.

So have a look round, enjoy the site and do let me know if there are any spelling errors that have slipped through the net!

New RSS feed URL

Posted in Miscellaneous at 15:12 on 23/11/2008

My website is being updated today and the RSS feed for my blog is being updated. RSS is a great way to keep up-to-date with my blog posts and if you already subscribe then you'll need to update the URL to:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/HelenBartlett?format=xml