Photography has the magical power to preserve memories and emotions forever. However, conventional photography methods can limit the range of emotions and experiences that can be captured. That's why creative photography methods have become increasingly popular in recent years.

As a maternity, motherhood, newborn, and family photographer, I have always been passionate about capturing the beauty of motherhood and family life in its raw, authentic form. But, as much as I love capturing the real moments, I also believe in the power of photo editing to elevate my work and give my clients the best possible images.

I am SO not a techy person. If you want one of them, pop along to the NEC's Photography Show and look for a MWC (Man With Camera as they are known throughout the photography world)…

A few weeks ago, I was asked to take part in the Art & Soul show podcast with Lisa from The MIlky Way. We had the most fun talking about my work along with my passion for motherhood and breastfeeding photography, and why I think it's important to normalise breastfeeding in photography.

It took me YEARS to figure out my ‘style’ (I still kind of flit about here and there at times, I like to experiment) so I know the frustration of seeing other photographers producing work after work that is consistent, fits together beautifully and really showcases their talent.

We are less likely to be motivated if the projects we are working on don’t inspire us.

The most beautiful and inspirational photo sessions are the unique ones. One of my favourite things to do with 1 year olds are sink bath photos- for a number of reasons

About 18 months ago I reached my peak of Instagram ‘stardom’, The motherhood photography community is quite small and once word goes around about a new account, people follow, share and regularly give your work love then you find that a flurry of queries come in about your photography, editing, business etc…

So this week I really wanted to focus on a common theme that appears during my mentoring sessions (see above). That awful feeling of doing a project that doesn’t fit with our business, style, editing etc…

It has been instilled into us that we should be grateful for work when it comes along. I still have an inner battle when I’m approached with a project that doesn’t excite me. I can hear a voice in my head saying “why would you turn the money down?" and indeed- why on earth would I?!

Last year was an epic one for my breastfeeding project. I put out a model call for a nude shoot and along came these two INCREDIBLE ladies. Best friends, babies close in age, supporting one another and sharing their breastfeeding journey with each other.

After the maternity and the newborn photo shoots… what comes next?

Expressing yourself via photography is not an easy one. The mood, the atmosphere, the message and the feelings can only be portrayed by one sense. You must use light and only light to get across all of your points.

A couple of weeks ago I showed a quick edit of a motherhood session which went down pretty well so I wanted to do the same- different lighting, different shoot but with the same editing tools.

Meet H, the beautiful mother-to-be who kindly stepped in as our second maternity model on our recent Sonder Stories Retreat.

The nostalgic, film noir, soft feel of these images draws me towards the black and whites for most of these but I wanted to showcase the colour too, because… how good does she look in colour?!