I’m a professional photographer with nearly two decades worth of experience. Based in Crawley, West Sussex and specialing in newborn photography.
I've seen this giant elephant at a few newborn and baby sessions - it's very popular and it's easy to see why. He's a big squishy fella and this little one certainly enjoyed her snooze on it. He's [...]
I'm kind of surprised by this fact but I don't think anyone has brought a guitar to a newborn shoot before. These guys went one better and actually brought along two. They had dad's guitar and also a [...]
As a newborn photographer, there are a number of themes that come up regularly but when this client said that they wanted a Viking theme, I have to admit that this was a first for me. They brought [...]
I like to handmake as many of my props as possible so I know that they are unique to me and I got quite into needle felting during lockdown so here's the latest addition - hand felted [...]
Newborn photography can take a lot of forms and indeed, the fashions have changed drastically over the years. I'm definitely seeing a move right now away from heavy prop based set ups to a more classic style. In [...]
I love adding flowers into my photo shoots and I have a fairly sizeable collection of artificial blooms in lots of colours. So I was surprised to discover the other day that I don't have more than a [...]
I've been photographing newborns since about the time that it became mainstream in the UK and over that period I've seen an explosion in the amount of props and accessories that are commercially available to include in your [...]
This is a recent visitor to my studio and isn't she the most gorgeous little confection in my newborn lace outfit? I was actually in the process of setting up a different shot when her mum mentioned that [...]
Continuing my props in action blog series, this post takes a look at my vintage white suitcase prop and the different ways you can use it in your photo shoot. It's a great prop for newborns through [...]
These are two of my favourite props in the studio - my go to footstools and they're always available for you to use at your portrait photo shoot. The brownish red one is actually my oldest prop [...]