...coming soon!!

 I've been really slack with my wedding blogs so I will be blogging all my fabulo-so weddings VERY soon!
I have lots of amazing weddings to show off!

Watch this space!

A couple of weeks ago I met up with some previous clients of mine who I have been photographing for years, since Charlotte was 6 months old.
It's been so lovely to see this beautiful little family grow, I'm so lucky to have such loyal clients, it's means so much to me as a photographer.

I met the two beautiful girls and their mummy in the bluebell woods. The weather played nice with only one quick shower during our session - the girls had fun keeping us dry with their umbrellas

The girls always give me beautiful smiles, this time we had fun singing songs and dancing which meant we captured beautiful natural photographs of them both together.

Here are a few of my favourite shots from our portrait session.

24 hours late on the blog but here is yesterday's Wedding Wednesday.

 A quick sneaky peak from Friday's wedding at Cooling Castle Barn. The couple's theme was springtime and yellow so I couldn't resist doing a few shots in the field opposite the venue which was full of beautiful yellow rapeseed.

Here is this week's Wedding Wednesday.

I have two favourite parts of a wedding day, two parts of the day that always make me well up.
1. When the bride's father, or mother, see the bride for the first time.
2. When the groom see's his bride for the first time. 

This photograph shows the former, bride's father seeing his daughter for the first time looking more beautiful than ever and about to marry the person she loves more than anything.
You can see the flower girl looking at them in the background...one day it could be her turn.

I think this photograph show's pure emotion, you don't need to see faces to show that or even to feel emotion in a photograph.

Claire x

Here is beautiful baby Maximus, or Max, at just 6 days old.
What an absolute cutie he is!!

If your interested in having some professional baby photographs taken please contact me to arrange a newborn session.
I can work around your due date, as we know babies come along in their own time. I like to photograph newborn's as soon as possible, ideally in the first 7 days.

Remember my special offer for all newborn sessions booked in April, you will receive 20 complimentary announcement cards.

I look forward to hearing from you...
Claire

Book your newborn portrait shoot with Claire during April and receive 20 complimentary baby announcement cards.

Just one condition, baby should be 7days or under.

If you are expecting your baby during April and would still like to take advantage of this offer please contact Claire to book your session around your due date. We can always re-schedule when baby arrives.

To book your session, quote 'ft4' and call Claire on 0845 0711178 or email claire@level11.co.uk

Today, Wednesday, I am starting 'Wedding Wednesday'.
This is where I will share my favourite wedding image from the past year.

To start, here is a shot from a wedding at Tower Bridge - such a fantastic venue in London, with great views!!

The bride and groom have just celebrated their first wedding aniversary so this seems appropriate.

I recently visited Elise and her two gorgeous children for a portrait session.

I first photographed little M when he was 8mths old, he is now 2 years and 3 mths and his little sister is now also 8mths old.
I love re-visiting my clients and love seeing how children have grown. I just remember how they looked in the original photographs so to see them more grown up is always a pleasure.

M looks exactly like he did when he was 8mths old, except with gorgeous longer blonde curly hair.

I had such a lovely time with them both, M was full of fun and T was full of beautiful smiles.

Here are a few favourites....

Meet Archie...he's 5 days in these pictures, and he's my great nephew!

Here's Thomas...he's 16 days old in these pictures.

I love photographing newborn babies, it's always best to photograph babies as soon as possible - I like to do it within the first 10 days.
This way, they still have their natural curl...I love it.
However as Thomas was born over the Christmas holiday's he had to open his presents and spend time with his family. But, he was still so tiny it was possible to capture the cute baby pictures that I like to do.

I always get asked how long a newborn shoot will take, my answer is however long is needed. My average is around 2 hours but it really does depend on the baby. I've been with a baby for 4 hours before, feeds, changing, quick naps.

To book your baby shoot with me please do so before your baby arrives...just so you are booked in. Please do not leave it until baby arrives as I may not be able to fit you in, at least if you are booked in we can re-schedule. I've had a mummy call me from the hospital bed the morning after delivering her baby to book in her shoot - I have to say, that's determination and I had the biggest smile on my face all day because it was something that was so important to her to have done. Newborn's are not newborn for long and you forget how teeny tiny they are, how tiny their features are.

Call me now for more information on my baby packages or to book your newborn shoot.

How cute is this little man...

I also offer a variety of birth announcement/thank you cards...a perfect keepsake!