Don’t worry if you are nervous or worried about your small children not behaving or being unhappy for the pictures. I am used to distracting and making silly noisy for children, experienced with photography in nurseries and schools I have picked up tricks and tips to get their eye contact and put them at ease. I know children need time and space to feel relaxed so please do not worry about your toddler screaming or your baby suddenly falling asleep.
I aim to provide a portrait session which is relaxed, comfortable and fun. My studio is open from 10am – 10pm to allow for bookings after work.

A few shots from a recent portrait shoot at the studio with three at first slightly nervous and reluctant men and one shy little toddler. Once they realised I was an approachable human who wasn’t going to give them a hard time they soon relaxed and got into the groove.  When baby brother was looking like he wanted to cry I encouraged one of them to clonk me over the head with a soft toy whist I took pics.  He left laughing saying “Twitter status,  just finished knocking a photographer over the head with a soft toy” …..Well it works!

I was delighted to take pictures of these wonderful wagons. They look great, it reminds me of when we were children and my dad used to allow us to jump in the back of the trailer sometimes as he drove us round a camp site so simple yet as a child so much fun. To see some of their other items check out their website http://www.skorupaswagons.co.uk/home

The Secret Vintage Fair was held at St. Giles Hall, Colchester yesterday. Despite the cold wintery weather lots of people got out their best vintage frocks to support the cause and help raise money for Movember. Well done to the wonderfully brave @Nastasche  who raised over £1k by wearing a stuck on moustache all month! To see the other pics of the event go to my gallery the portrait pics will be coming soon watch this space…

I was delighted to be invited to take pics at Sadie and Maxine’s official opening, being in the same building as my studio  I look forward to working together in the future. They provide an appointment only service of various beauty treatments including make-up and hair styling, nails, spray tans and lots of other things, just look up their website or if you are in the area go check out their groovy new Brit pop art styly studio at the Hythe Quay, Colchester. Click here to see the other pics I took on the day.

I am currently putting together content for a new site, blog etc so this blog has been kind of neglected, sorry. I want to stream line everything so it all looks a bit more modern, clean and up to date.

Recently I have been meeting up with Zombies with a brilliant special effects make-up artist, who brought along a dismembered hand and a head which she had made, all a bit creepy but I was curious to look in the bag!