Summer is over, autumn has arrived and the busiest months of shooting, I seem to have survived…
October on Instagram was pretty eventful… a great deal of happiness was found with a trip to Bali to photograph a very, very beautiful wedding day, a hair-raising trip to Gilli Trawangan and a few days of peace and quiet before the 24-hour round trip back to London. I still have so much editing to catch up on, but it felt a little rude not to bid a fond farewell to the incredibly special month that was October.
It’s taken me quite some time to pull this post together. I’ve had mixed emotions about sharing something so personal belonging to my clients, but they asked me to when they saw them and I feel like sharing something different today.
I had never really thought so much about photographing a birth until I was asked by my two beautiful friends. I was worried I would be in the way, that their memories would be of me and my camera and not of the birth of their first child and also selfishly, that it might put me off having my own children… I wasn’t, they aren’t and it didn’t.
I was the first person to ever take a photograph of this human being. Hello, Elijah.
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I know he can’t really see but at four minutes old, he looked straight at me.
Kristina, you have never been more beautiful than you were on 21st January at 7.09am. You know that I am in total awe of you both and that I’m so grateful to have been asked to be there with you, camera in hand. You are simply incredible, made of the most inspiring things and I love you very much.
I’m away this week for a couple of days, spending time with my ma and sister. It’s times like these that reaffirm just how special a family is.
I am always enamoured with nights like this one.
An evening at home with my husband, in our little London flat, sat outside under the heater on the terrace, listening to our neighbour’s winter concert, with a bottle of Oyster Bay. Feeling alive and truly grateful for life and love, forever surprised at how sweet London can be.
It’s been a phenomenal start to the year. I am already overwhelmed by what’s in store, but overwhelmed in the best way possible.
When you get a rare Saturday off, you better spend it well.
I scored myself a golden ticket to Matt Corby’s first secret garden gig in England and took my cameras along with our picnic. Sunshine, showers & singing under a London sky.
What a year it has been, full of joy and of laughter, a number of weddings, a few happily ever afters, some sunshine, some airports, some beautiful times, some singing, some dancing with champagne and wine, three hundred and sixty five days I have seen, a thank you to you, here’s to 2013…
June in Lake Como is a magical place to be, to wander and take photos and absorb the sheer beauty. The water and the sunshine and peace and light abound as the lake laps to the water’s edge, which is where I could be found, with pizza and gelato and a camera in my hand as I thanked another couple for bringing me back to my homeland…
i am also trying to specialize in natural light photography. i love your work! any suggestions?
Thank you! I am sure there are others much more experienced than myself out there, but I'd recommend investing in some fast lenses and learning how to use your available ambient light too. I think it's important to have your own style, so learn what you like and do it well.
Thanks! Oh WOW! I love the tones on these and how quaint…
Not quite the NYC backdrop I have on my way to the store. I really love your work; so glad I found your blog across the seas.
Hampstead looks absolutely beautiful in this light. I can almost smell the crepes dripping with lemon juice and sugar! [www.hampsteadcreperie.com]
Your photos are truly beautiful, the way you have made the colours stand out so well is genius. Your experience in photography is really visible in your shots. The photos of food really makes me want to eat them, they look delicious. Very impressive website.
What beautiful photos. Every single one of them. I felt as if I was there walking the lovely streets of Hampstead, feeling the warm rays of winter sunshine on my cheeks, as if I could smell the cupcakes and almost could feel the heat a lovely cup of tea in my hands. And the light, oh my, you are so good. Do you give lessons by any chance?
Serena, che belle cose a dire!
Perhaps you should start a blog for all of us left behind in England? Somehow, I don't think you'll be needing lessons at all in Italy, dove tutto é bello.
HEAVENLY!!!!!!
cindy kijewska – redding, ct usa