A lovely baby boy , just 7 days old. He came to see me all the way from Chiswick and was a little star.

Ok, since we are having a bit of a baby boom, I thought I would update you. At the moment I seem to have  a number of mummies due in the 2nd half of may, June & July. I would normally ask for you to contact me when the baby is born, and try to accommodate you by re-arranging the diary. However due to the sheer volume of requests, I am having to work things slightly differently. Therefore If you are pregnant, and would like a newborn session please do contact me as soon as possible, and we can book you in approximately 5 days following the due date. It might mean that we still need to reschedule you, but other mummies will be in the same situation , and at least there will be slots we can swap with If  needed.

Appointment availability in general ( not for newborns specifically) as follows -

May - full (unless you have already contacted me)
1st week of June - a few slots left, I am then away 8-16th
week commencing 24/6 - 5 appointments left

week commencing 28th of June the availability is good.

Proof turnaround times are 3 weeks at the moment, although hoping to improve that in the upcoming weeks. Order turnaround times 3-5 weeks depending on what the order is, again I am just clearing my backlog caused by the recent computer issues, and hoping to improve the lead times.

Just a quick note to photographers emailing - thank you so much for your kind emails, unfortunately at this point in time I am not offering any training or one-2-ones. Also, if I haven't replied to your email it is not because I am being rude, but simply because I don't get the time in between running the business and trying to be a mummy, a wife and a friend...I hope you understand.  

10 day old baby girl Phoebe, gorgeous and new.

As you all probably noticed my sneak previews have recently been a lot more brief - mainly due to the internet connection being on and off - and me worrying minute to minute that if the connection goes down, I would have typed lots for nothing! That's happened a few times now...so generally keeping things short and sweet!

But I am going to take my chances today - I have to tell you about this little man. He is 12 days today, so slightly older than I prefer newborns to be at their first session, but he did ever so well. He really made me chuckle, as I am sure he knew exactly what was going on. The shot on his tummy was one of the first shots I took, and normally newborns will only lay like this when asleep. Teddy just sort of lifted his head, looked at me and then held that pose for a full 3 minutes or so. Then the one on the blue background - where I was trying to do the curled up newborn shot - again, he just lifted up, looked over as if to say " what do you expect me to do now?" . Normal newborn behavior ( i.e sweetly asleep) resumed after a good feed! 
 
It's funny how all the newborns are so different. One thing I will say is a definite - if the parents are relaxed and chilled out , so are the babies. So, if you are looking to book a newborn photography session with me - remember no fussing is allowed, and your job is lay back on the sofa, with a nice latte or a cup of tea! I have plenty of experience photographing newborns so just trust me and enjoy the session, it's nice watch your new addition simply being cute!

This morning session was with 5 month old baby Jaylen & his big brother Kian. Both boys were lovely and a pleasure to photograph, and bearing in mind their ages we had a a really relaxed session!