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Welcome Baby Grace – the girliest baby I’ve ever met! / London Portrait Photographer

Meet the newest addition to our church family. She is the girliest girl I have ever met. Who has ever met a 2 week-old baby who loves all things pink, vintage, and Cath Kidston?

The twins are starting to roll over, and crawl, and cruise! J & A at 10 months!

It wasn’t long ago that I got to photograph these adorable twins when they were only 5 and 6 pound tiny little bundles!

Fancy dress and birthday party for three little people

For 2 years running, we’ve had a ‘triple’ birthday for our 3 autumn celebrants in the family.

A mini photoshoot for my son at Princess Diana Memorial Park

Last autumn, I took my little boy to the amazing Princess Diana Memorial Park on a ‘mummy date’.

A little glimpse into my work process: shooting and editing

It’s about time I blogged again!

I have been asked recently by a number of people how I make my images “beautiful”… “A lot of thought and hours and hours of photoshop”, I reply. They laugh.

Autumn Photoshoot

Autumn photoshoot – part one… the lovely Ankita and her little Yasmin…

My kids ADORE my mum, and she adores them. Whenever my mum comes, it’s guaranteed you will hears plenty of laughter in the house. For some reason, my mum makes them laugh. She has her own ways of entertaining them with her stories and jokes and they love it when she tries and teach them words in Cebuano. All my kids are quite shy and have been relatively clingy when they were little. But all three of them have immediately warmed to my mum – their Nanny, from day 1 … Continue reading My Mum and my kids

Kemi and her girls

Some photos of the lovely Woods girls…

Experimenting with PS actions and textures: my friend Cynthia and her boys…

I have recently discovered Photoshop actions and textures and this photoshoot of my friend Cynthia and her family was my second attempt at experimenting with some of the actions and new textures that I have purchased.

Fun photos in the woods: experimenting with PS actions

This year we went camping for the first time as a family in our very own, very local Epping Forest. I decided to take the old D40 with the 55-200mm f4-5.6 lens in case things got nicked whilst at camp.

Recent nature shots taken with a 24-70mm f2.8

I don’t usually take photos of flowers and nature in general. But recently, we went to a friend’s house for his 50th birthday.

Recent shots taken with a 50mm f1.8

I have been playing around with my lenses to keep them from getting too dusty! Here are a few shots taken with the old and trusty 50mm 1.8.

Photos of my girls: a post-processing experiment…

I have been learning more about post-processing nowadays, though still barely scratching the surface. Here are some recent photos using newly learned tricks.