This Christmas season has bit a bit of a whirlwind and I am slowly catching up with the blog! Some of you may already have seen picture from this great photography session on my facebook page, it’s about time I shared them on my blog too. A beautiful autumn morning in Holland Park with Alessia, Chris and their gorgeous children Luca and Serena.

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Here is another session from last month, two lovely children aged 10 months and 2.5 years. Their mum was mainly after some portraits of her little girl but understandably big brother A. also wanted a piece of the action!

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Yesterday I had the great pleasure of meeting Anj and her family in their beautiful St Albans home. Anj was after some nice black & white portraits of her girls aged 9 and 5. I was a real treat for me to photograph them as they clearly enjoyed posing for the camera! I loved capturing their interaction and personalities, especially E’s infectious laughter and L’s cheeky smile.

There are tons that I love from this session so I had real trouble selecting my favourites, here are a few of them:

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Here are some photos from a session with our great friends Helen and Jason and their two beautiful children. This is Helen’s (long overdue) birthday present from me, so Happy Birthday Helen!

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I didn’t have to go very far for this morning’s session as Rachel lives just around the corner from me here in St Albans. I had the the pleasure of photographing her lovely 10 months old daughter S – she was feeling quite shy but I love the photos below, giving her mummy cuddles and showing off her beautiful eyes.

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When Helen opened her front door we both knew we had met before, and it’s not really surprising as there is rarely more than 1 or 2 degrees of separation between St Albans mums and our boys are the same age. After a minute we both remembered where we met: fighting over the same scooter while volunteering at last year’s NCT sale, oops!

We had a really lovely session first at home and then we walked over to the nearby nunnery (with the family cat in tow!) 2.5 year old G was in a playful mood and led us through a little adventure in the woods. The portrait session is a present for Father’s Day next week so if you know G’s dad don’t spoil the surprise!

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I had a really nice session on Monday with Rebecca and her family. Baby E was such a natural with the camera and seemed to enjoy the whole experience with all those kisses and cuddles with mummy and daddy. The large window in the bedroom provided a beautiful soft light which was perfect to show off E’s beautiful features and babyness.

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Here are a few shots from yesterday morning when I met Emma and beautiful baby L. She’s got to be the smiliest 3 months old I ever met, she actually started giggling as I was taking pictures, I just couldn’t believe it!

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I was so spoilt this morning as I got to photograph two truly beautiful children and their lovely mum Aibilin. Mum and kids all have the same hair colour, so photogenic! Aibilin was after  some photos of the three of them to put up in their new house but I could resist taking a few extra ones of the children on their own and 7 year old N. loved posing for me with her amazing wavy hair and beautiful smile.

I had a hard time narrowing down my favourites so here is a whole bunch for you:

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The bump to baby session are often booked by first time parents but it’s always really nice when there are older siblings involved too! Here are some photos from last week’s fun session with Ruth from Mishmash Music and her family as they are expecting their second child. What a treat to photograph Bump and his big brother’s big bright eyes! The skylight in the colourful family room provided some lovely light for a really natural look.

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