The first of my Shades of Motherhood sessions with the lovely Alana & baby Alana from December 2023 — how have I not shared this special session yet?! A week into the newborn bubble and I felt so honoured to be allowed into Alana’s beautiful home to capture these moments. Despite the exhaustion, you can see how happy Alana is with her baby girl. This session just gives me all the cosy, winter vibes with that wintery light and baby snuggles by the Christmas tree.

The sweetest family mini session during mid May, roaming the rocks at Trowbarrow Quarry.

This was a super special session, catching up with my old Fine Art pal, Vicki. We studied painting together at Lancaster University 2002-2005 and it was so lovely to chat about these days and meet her beautiful little boy, Harry. These gorgeous couple have been together since they were students and their love just glows like the wonderful sunshine we had on this spring day last year. Hunting for dinosaurs, fun and frolics with mum and dad, ending with a picnic of mini marshmallows and of course some keepsake polaroids.

A day I’ll never forget!

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Words can’t even begin to describe how much I loved documenting Jessie and her boys at their Motherhood Mini Session at Half Moon Bay last year. At the time, Jessie’s youngest - Finley - was just 3 months old and both boys looked super cute in matching tops. Even mum had her own version and they all looked adorable.

We met on a bright spring morning, the sea breeze blowing in our hair and the waves providing a calming soundtrack. As this was a motherhood mini session we focused our time documenting Jessie and the boys, however, I let Dad get in a few shots at the end as I couldn’t let them go without getting a few shots of them altogether.

Charlie was a little shy to start with but I think those first few photos of him cosying up to mum and Finley are some of my faves. It was such a relaxed mini session - just capturing them in my favourite location together and nothing makes me happier than that. Here’s to more of this - drift wood seats, golden grasses, a beach full of pebbles and shells, rosy cheeks and eskimo kisses.

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The sweetest morning celebrating these two adorable beings with an at-home session in Lancaster. I jumped for joy when this lady agreed to model for my Shades of Motherhood project with her beautiful baby boy. Cassian was such a chilled baby, happy to snuggle with his mum, enjoying lots of toe tickles and just the most heavenly dark eyes and hair combo I’ve seen.

Hannah came to my home for the shoot and we drank endless cups of tea, chatted all things motherhood and took so many gorgeous photos it was difficult to choose the best shots for her gallery.

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A spring mini session for my favourite duo :)

I’ve known Alex & Willow for a couple of years now, and they’ve become one of my best mother / daughter duo’s to photograph! It’s such a privilege and so sweet to witness the strength of their bond, and on top of that - to document it as well.

My spring mini sessions took place at Trowbarrow Quarry on one of the hottest days of the year. We played ‘hunt the fairies’, snuggles amongst the rocks and finished with a picnic treat of marshmallows with mum and Auntie. They’re some of the sweetest memories!

Love these two so much, and so honoured to photograph them for a second time!

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One of my sweet past mother and child sessions f0r my Shades of Motherhood project.

I love documenting mothers through all seasons of their motherhood - those early newborn weeks being some of my most favourite. I had the privilege of documenting Nicola & Ava’s Shades of Motherhood session last summer when Nicola kindly made the drive to visit me whilst my car was broken. This beautiful babe turns one in April and getting to preserve this short season of motherhood was one of my absolute favourites!

Also, I’m super excited to say that two photos from this session were accepted by Photo Vogue last year! (Pinch me!)
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There aren’t enough words to convey how much love I have for this little family! I’ve known them for a few years - and they’ve become dear friends. I’ve seen both their girls grow-up from little toddlers to beautiful big kids. I’ve photographed them as a family one autumn a few years ago and took some portfolio photos for Jhuliana’s mobile salon business.

I’m super excited to be offering heirloom bespoke albums for my clients in 2024.

A photograph isn’t truly finished until it’s printed. Don’t let your family memories sit on a hard drive…

During 2022, I decided that I really wanted to capture the early stages of motherhood and add some maternity images to my portfolio. I put out a model call in later February via my Instagram account and thankfully a previous client - the lovely Rebecca - passed the info on (Lancaster’s a small place so it’s very much word of mouth) and the beautiful Emily responded to my call.

I’ve recently started taking self portraits after my mentor, the hugely talented Hannah Bracher, recommended I give it a try to get more photos of me on my Instagram feed. I knew this was lacking from my social media content but like most photographers I’m far more comfortable behind the lens rather than in front of it. However, feeling the fear and doing it anyway has been such a great experience and ignited a mini self portraiture project.

This beautiful moorland maternity session was such a lovely shoot during last spring. Christina had responded to my model call in February and we planned the session for mid May. I sourced a soft, stretchy, lace maternity gown for Christina to wear and Mohamed wore his own outfit which matched perfectly. We’d planned for a golden hour session and I picked Christina and Mohamed up after Christina had finished teaching yoga.

For the start of the session, Jenni wore a beautiful 1930’s silk dressing gown which we had sourced from Vinted. We also tried some shots with a simple silk cover-up. I’d bought a bunch of white tulips as a prop and nod to the season. I think they work so well as a frame against Jenni’s beautiful bump.