One of the best thing about being a maternity photographer, is that I get to be a newborn photographer and kids photographer too. This little girl was last photographed in her mummy’s tummy about 6 weeks ago. She is sooo gorgeous..but no, I still don’t want any more kids!!
Give a gift that will last a lifetime. Capture professional images of your children before they grow up.
SPT Photography specializes in family lifestyle photography in London and will create stunning images of you and your family. To make this a gift you can wrap up and give on Valentines day, you can purchase a beautiful voucher which is press printed onto thick card and presented in a special box with tissue paper and ribbon to make it feel really special.
As a special offer, the price of a photography session will be reduced to £100 if you mention this blog instead of the usual price of £150 (see here for full pricing details).
My photographic style is natural, elegant and I aim to be truly artistic. I want to create stunning images for you to treasure forever, creating a relationship with your family that allows me to capture those moments through the years.
A family photo shoot is a very relaxed affair and parents should really treat it as an outing with their kids. A time to have fun, to muck about, to give them your full attention. Children just love to have their parents play with them, and if you’re anything like me, life does sometimes get in the way of having fun!. This is a great opportunity for them to just muck about, and for me to play! If you start to worry about how their hair is looking then we probably won’t get the best out of them, so relax and enjoy the ride.. it’s great fun I promise you.
To commission me to photograph your children please contact me for times and to arrange a suitable location. There are so many stunning parks in London such as Kew Gardens, Holland Park, Hyde Park, Primrose Hill and Chiswick House Grounds, but I will also come to your home if you prefer it. Most London locations and home counties are covered, for other locations please contact me for a quote.
When to employ a professional children’s photographer is a tricky question. And the answer is that it’s a movable feast depending upon your child, but to a certain degree there are milestones in every childs’ life that would be a crime not to record. The truth is (and you’ll notice yourself saying exactly what you heard your parents friends saying when you were a child, namely “haven’t you grown”!) they change so incredibly quickly but you won’t notice it a bit because you are with them every day. It’s only when you look back on your photos that you can see the changes.
Clearly these dramatic changes are most noticeable in their first year as they start to become a real person and so I have created a special package to allow you to do 3 shoots upto their 2nd birthday.
Newborn photos are a must and can be taken any time up to around 6 weeks of age. They are wonderfully pliable and sleepy at this age which allows for gorgeous serene and sleeping shots which are so precious. They are really only like this for a matter of weeks so don’t miss the boat, you will soon forget how tiny they really were.
They will then start to iron out and stop looking like a little bundle and start to become a proper baby. Smiling and personality really start to kick in after this, so another good time is around 3/4 months. They have stronger necks and will stay awake for longer periods allowing some real interactive shots of you and your baby.
The next best milestone is when they can sit, but can’t yet crawl, around 7 month, then you can really start to have some fun with them. They love the attention they get during a shoot with great results.
Once they can walk then there’s no stopping them and capturing them tottering around is simply gorgeous. You’ll find that they simply do not want to sit down at this age, so location photography is a must. We will let them lead the way and you’ll be amazed how much they have changed!
Now after this you can space things out a bit, so perhaps 2 yrs old, when they are able to climb things, talking has just started and confidence has grown significantly.
Then I would suggest 3-4 yrs old, the preschool year when they are loosing all that puppy fat and looking more like a little boy or girl rather than a baby. And of course at this stage perhaps they are getting to know a new baby sister or brother!!
After this, it’s a case of capturing them just before their teeth drop out at 5-6 and then before their 10th birthday. But if you are in between any of these ages and have still not had professional images taken of your child, don’t delay, you will not regret it and you will have a wonderful record of your child growing up. Have a look here at some more examples of my family work.
My children’s photography style is very natural and location based in the London area. I am an advocate of letting the child be themselves and capturing the real nature of who they are rather than stiff posed images in a studio.
Please do contact me to get the ball rolling..
So many of my pregnant women are asking for a bump to baby special offer that I have decided to put together a package to give you a good value combination of maternity and newborn photography shoots.
The pregnancy shoots are taken in the studio in West London but the newborn shoots are usually taken in your own home (depending on distance, please ask if you are unsure). Babies and new parents are much happier and more relaxed in their own environment so I use natural light to create really beautiful soft images of the new arrival.
Take a look at the offer for the bump to baby package D here on my website, and if you want to take advantage of the January special offer you only need make the deposit in January for your shoot to take place before the end of March.
I really do get some amazing women in the studio for their pregnancy shoots, Jaclyn is really one of the most striking of women. She held herself so beautifully and just looked so elegant she was a joy to photograph.
Need I say more!! Happy Christmas Everyone..
Just to prove to you that you don’t need to have your photos taken in the summer, or indeed in the studio. I did this family last week in the gorgeous grounds of Chiswick House in London. 3 boys from 6 to 12 who were brilliant fun and very well behaved. I think we only had one bust up in an hour, which based on my experience of having only 2 boys, I was most impressed by!!
I never thought I would see so many gorgeous pregnant ladies, but my god they are yummy mummies in the making!! Have a look this selection of shots from a few of the photo shoots over the last few weeks.
Thanks to Kanchana (another beautiful pregnant lady who has previously won 2nd place in the US beauty pageant!!), as she inadvertently reminded me that I have a gorgeous silk Saree which I have now started using to drape the women in. I have also found a beautiful Japanese silk dressing gown which catches the light and frames the bump perfectly.
I am proud to say that despite one very elegant lady feeling a bit fed up and large, and not wanting to show anyone else her images (could I please destroy them once she’d ordered!) due to her putting on quite a lot of weight from carrying her twins. She ended up showing all her friends family and is getting an album done for her husband for Christmas.
When Kate got married to William, she got ready at The Goring Hotel in Belgravia, and it was here that little Angie had her 5th Birthday party along with all her family and friends.
It was a lavish royal affair with a Queen look alike (although I think she was not really appreciated by some of the french children!!) and a fantastic party organiser who took the kids through everything royal, from royal dancing, to royal dressing up and even royal limbo!! They had an amazing time and it was such a fantastic venue for it.
I attended Angie’s 4th Birthday last year and hopefully will be seeing her grow up every year.
If you would like your child’s party photographed like this, then do contact me
My first experience of The Baby Show in London has come to an end and it’s been a brilliant success. I’ve met some wonderful new clients and had a really great weekend, if a little tiring!! What’s more I got to have a look at some baby stuff in the other stands…no I’m not getting clucky, but I’ve got a great excuse of needing props for my baby photography!
A huge thank you goes to all my friends and family who helped out, it was a very sociable affair and I really couldn’t have done it alone.
I decided to concentrate on my pregnancy photography for the show, figuring that any other photographers would be going for the baby/family market, and it paid off. Not only was there no other photographer exhibiting pregnancy photography but the other photographers there were very much studio based and did not go in for the photography as art feel that I am aiming for.
My slideshow of images were displayed on an amazing Bang and Olufsen TV lent to me by the Ealing store (Stuart you’re a star). I had to keep stroking it!! And my Fat Boy Avenue seating set off the lifestyle look beautifully. I also had 2 massive images framed by Richard (avenue framing) looking stunning hung on the back walls.
The Baby Show special offer is still on until the end of November so please do call if you would like to take me up on it.
The Neil’s Yard Organic Skincare collection was won by Flora Vincent!
