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The Last 6 Months - Huge Catch-Up!

Last year was a very tumultuous one for me, both in work and at home. I moved house, got my son started in a new school, and at both ends of 2010 had a number of areas of life (including a lot of ill health) that took priority above all else. I really want to say a huge thank you to those clients who ended up caught up in this period, where you may have had to wait longer for a delivery or found yourself out of touch with me and my staff - so many were beyond understanding and have since rebooked, showing that you really do have faith in me. 2011 marks my third year of business and I've entered it with a growing number of families who trust me to capture their memories time and again, and continue to recommend me on to their friends and family.

With the mayhem of 2010, both myself and those helping me put all efforts of First Glance Photography into delivering sessions, discs and prints, meaning that this blog went neglected of recent shoots. Similarly, the website galleries haven't been updated in some time, which is a project that I aim to complete before my intake of Spring sessions really kicks off! Despite not keeping this up-to-date, I was out and about photographing expectant mothers, newborns, children and their families. 

Here are a handful of my favourite images from the last 6 months... by handful I mean about 20!:

 

Just to leave you, a couple of pictures of my two babies enjoying the snow earlier this year. Jacob is 5 this summer, and has just started reception at his big school, while Isabel is turning 3 in a couple of weeks and will be starting a few sessions a week at pre-school after Easter. Not really babies anymore!

I'll be putting up a blog post soon for my most recent session with a family I've been photographing since my first year in business, and keep an eye out for a spring clean over on the main site!

Jacob & Isabel - Just One Picture

You might think that getting a nice picture out of my own children would be easy as pie, with me being a photographer... but you'd be wrong! My kids have had their whole lives with a camera in front of them and they're immune to all my tricks and bribes... but every so often, one slips through the net. In this case, it was a matter of sticking them both somewhere that they couldn't wander off from and getting their dad to make them giggle. And now it's my favourite picture of the two of them together!

I love being a mother of two! 

Spring Cleaning!

Over the last week or so I've been busy tidying up the website and blog, and it's all squeaky clean now! The main site now has a brand new slideshow on the homepage and fresh images in all the galleries to include more recent sessions. I've also changed some of the text sections, tweaking the 'about the photographer' page and adding a new section called 'the session' to outline the FAQ aspects of the shoot.

Here on the blog, I've gone over the FAQ section, taking out bits that are answered elsewhere and adding in a couple of new commonly asked queries, like why newborn shoots take place so early and the style of my maternity shoots. I've also changed the banner at the top of the page and changed the layout slightly to make it all more even and precise... and better yet, allow for larger pictures!

Here are a few recent ones of my kidlets, to show off the new sizing.

My daughter Isabel.. who is officially a toddler now!

And my boy, Jacob. Who will be celebrating his 3rd birthday in a few short months... how did that happen?!

Isabel - 1 Year Old | Baby Photography

Somehow, my little daughter went and turned 12 months old! How did that happen? Wasn't I just doing her 9 month post on this blog? Time does go so fast with little ones.

Here are a few pictures I took on her birthday - she had a lovely sunny day (and some cake!) for the occasion.

 
 

 

Helpful big brother helped Isabel blow out her candle...

Happy birthday, dear Miss Bel!

Snow Day! | Family, Child & Baby Photography

The snow has hit London! Yesterday we bundled the kids up in many many layers and headed out into the white stuff.



 

Later in the afternoon, snowman building began!



And here are a few shots of the snow in the garden...



... and on the apple tree.



A good (albeit cold!) time was had by all!

Isabel - 9 Months Old | Baby Photography

Between the holidays and a poorly baby, Bel's 9 month post is a little late.. she's rapidly approaching the 10 month old mark now! My baby is looking less like a baby all the time and has really come on since she was 6 months old. She's certainly on the move - crawling, pulling up and cruising, and walking all over the place with her dolly pram.. I can't take my eyes off her for a second! Here are a few black & whites of her from this week, modelling a new hat and wandering around with her pram.

Until Next Year....!

Well, that's all the blog posts for 2008! It's been a great year, and I'm looking forward to just as much fun over the next 12 months.

So from me and my family, have a very Merry Christmas... and I'll see you in 2009!

Woolen Hats & Purple Dungarees | My Family

After a pretty busy summer, my fiancé and I have taken a couple of weeks off to spend some time with the babies. We've been lucky enough to have the weather on our side recently and enjoy some unseasonably warm early-autumn days.

On a rare 'all girl' afternoon, I decided to use my tiny (and rather pretty, if I do say so myself!) model and we had a session with her in her purple dungarees and pretty winter hat.

I do so love days like these.

I should have had a maternity session today, but my client's waters broke last night! I'll be photographing her new addition when the new family are all settled in. Stay tuned for that, and a session with my favourite three-year-old, coming soon!

Isabel - 6 Months Old | My Family

My daughter has now turned 6 months old... how time flies! It doesn't seem that long ago she turned 3 months old, and even her newborn stage seems to have only just passed! She's very mobile now, not quite crawling but SO close, rolling around everywhere and loves to walk about. I'm very lucky - both of my children are very happy, laid-back babies. And as they're getting older, they're starting to form a little bond of their own which is simply wonderful to watch.

 

Happy half-birthday, Isabel!

Summer Days | My Family & Still Life

Sunshine a-plenty this week - a great time to capture my garden in bloom.

The grapevine in our garden is taking over the pergola and slowly consuming this wicker hanging!

Finding time to swing on the bench swing by the fishpond...

And the kids, of course ;)