I did this family photo session back in November and just loved the family – we had fun and took lots of photos, some of my favourite ones are below
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I have been really busy this autumn with family and children photo sessions. As well as photography I have been working with other photographers on creating costumes for their themed photo sessions. With my background in fashion design I love designing costumes and I was very excited when I received a sketch for this dress. I was really looking forward to making it, and had some unusual photo session ideas to try with the dress. Unfortunately time is very tight these days, and days are short , so these shots taken locally was all I could fit in before sending this dress to my client.
I am very pleased that three of my images were awarded a “Bronze bar” by The Guild of Photographers’ judges in their monthly competition. The Bronze Bar is given to “Images of a strong standard at a professional level”. My winning images were from an engagement, child portrait and bridal sessions taken in Gloucestershire.
I was happy to return to Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire to capture two beautiful children in a riot of autumn colour. It rained shortly after we arrived and I was worried that our photo session would be ruined but sun came out and reflected in water droplets on the leaves to make it even more beautiful than before.
My daughter was pleased with her new traditional cotton nightie and wanted to model it for a mini photo shoot. She pretended to be a tooth fairy who was very tired after her long night at work:-)
I was back again this week to one of my favourite local spots to photograph this gorgeous girl. Toadstools and props were borrowed from my friend’s house full of cute little things. Another post is coming soon with photos from a photo session we did in my friend’s little “fairy tale” garden.
A few days ago we visited a lavender farm near Broadway, Worcestershire It was an amazing experience, I have never seen so much lavender in my life! Being me I could not resist taking some photos. I bought lavender oil for my bath and will definitely be back for another visit.
This fun photo shoot is a collaboration with Cally from Cally’s cakes http://www.callyscakes.com/ who kindly provided lots of gorgeous and delicious cakes. I am not sure who had more fun – me setting up and shooting, or our little models who went on a cupcake hunt that ended with a cupcake feast. I was so excited about Cally’s beautiful cakes I manages to squeeze two photo sessions out of them in two different locations. This is one of them.
I love photographing babies and children, especially when they are as good as this little beauty. We only met a couple of minutes before the shoot but straight away she was relaxed and natural, and happy to model my new fairy accessories – like a proper little model! Below are a few of my favourite portraits from this photo session.
Your can see a number of my photos on BBC website
I am very pleased that one of my photos has been chosen as a cover image for this week’s “Sunshine” theme for BBC’s “news in pictures” page 
another one in Week in Pictures BBC gallery
one more in Your pictures BBC gallery “Shoes”
and another one in Your pictures gallery “Aroma”
Here I have a few of my favourite photos from a photo shoot we did earlier this week, set in the Gloucestershire countryside. It turned to be a traffic stopping shoot as drivers stopped and commented how lovely my model looked and asked what we were shooting for.
This cute outfit was a custom order for a themed photo session. I could not resist to take it out for a mini photo shoot myself. A family having a walk in this quiet place had a big surprise when they saw a Red Riding Hood knocking on the door, they almost gasped-)
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