Archive for the ‘Three Children & Us’ Category

Time to stop apologising?

  Why do we (particularly women) apologise so often for being ourselves? Or for our lives in general? Sorry is a word to use when you've done something wrong or hurt someone's feelings. Why say sorry about being yourself? And I know I'...

Baby Loss and Rainbow Babies

Today (20th March) is one of those dates etched in my mind forever. I have to admit my memory isn't particularly brilliant when it comes to dates but some simply never leave you. Birth dates of your babies and special anniversaries, they stick as ...

Christmas gift ideas for Mums

Firstly let me tell you, I LOVE supporting fellow work at home Mums. It takes a lot to juggle life at the best of times but add working and running your own business, wow it's tiring! Nonetheless it's amazingly empowering and of course we experien...

So much love for The Kindness Elves – A n...

  Would you like to start a new Christmas tradition with your family? It's always lovely to recreate the traditions you had as a child for your own children but new ones are just as important. Last year I wanted to introduce something n...

Two years on, time to start healing

August is a month full of fun in our house, lots of family birthdays including mine! No school, lots of time spent in the garden with the odd pj day thrown in. Yet 2 years ago our lives were turned upside-down and I feared we'd never feel happines...

More than a Mum, Wife and Photographer

Late night contemplation, it keeps me awake so often! I'm the definition of a night owl, all my best ideas and thoughts come way past 11pm. Obviously the house is much quieter at this time but it's always been the same way for me, even before tiny...

Getting the balance right – when you̵...

  So I got it a bit wrong...   During the summer I smugly thought to myself "Yeah I've got this work life balance cracked." How wrong I was. Sometimes it takes stopping and reflection to make you realise that actually you were wro...

When your children come to work…

Today I took my family along to Chelmer Park in Chelmsford so that they could have a play with Daddy whilst I worked. Now often the children of photographers tire of having a camera pointing in their direction, our constant models! Today though th...

Lazy Sundays – {Everyday lifestyle photog...

What a perfect Sunday. Lazy cuddles, films, a roast dinner - absolutely no work or homework for us today! I reminded myself that I really want to start capturing more of the mundane, more of the mess and our real lives. It's such an important thin...

Everyday Memories

It occurred to me recently that something was missing from my family photographs. I absolutely love to focus on faces, I adore capturing the glint in the eyes of a happy child and the connections between them. When I look back on my childhood phot...