Summer holiday photoshoots

I have been photographing families for 20 years (wow that makes me sound super old!) and I love it! I’m also a mummy of two myself and know how hard it is to capture that perfect family portrait. Quite frankly it is impossible when you are out trying to do everything yourself.

The kids are now off school and the summer holidays are a brilliant time to organise a photoshoot. The great thing about booking a family shoot during the summer holidays is the sense of time and space. Instead of rushing around, trying to fit a session into everything else that has to be done in a weekend, there’s more time, everyone is more relaxed and this shows in the pictures.

I prefer photographing lifestyle shoots outside either in a woods, a wild flower field, a beach or a park. I make my shoots fun and when the children are genuinely having fun the photographs are so much more magical. Every child loves climbing a tree and running about. I make it into a game capturing movements, laughter lines and everyone's unique personalities. This is so much more powerful than a staged studio shoot.

I’m based in Chipperfield Kings Langley on the Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire boarders. We are so lucky living in the East of England as we have so many stunning locations on our doorstep. Some of my favourite local locations are Chipperfield Woods, Amersham Common, Ashridge Estate, The Grove Hotel grounds, Whippendale Woods are to name but a few.

You may have a location in mind which is special to your family or you might want to have the session at home in your own garden. Your shoot would be tailored around your requirements.

I’m based in Chipperfield but cover all the local areas including Sarratt, Kings Langley, Abbott’s Langley, Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Watford, Rickmansworth, St Alban’s, Potters Bar, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Bushey, Tring, Beaconsfield, Bovingdon, Chenies, Flaunden, Chalfont St Giles, Belsize, and Harpenden.