I am pleased to announce an exciting new joint venture with Justine of www.impala-impressions.co.uk. Maidstone-based (but willing to travel …), Justine provides a large variety of home-casting services for your new baby.

I visited Justine recently and had the opportunity to see some of her beautiful, bespoke products. Justine explained “Even if you have a new arrival, and didn’t have your older children’s hands or feet cast, it’s still not too late!”. Justine offers a variety of options for home-casting or kits (which are available through her website). Pictures of her products show the detail in the castings, and how you can incorporate your own (adult) hand with that of a child …

or, indeed, baby feet or hands with those of its elder siblings.

Justine offers a home delivery service (for the castings, not for your baby!) and is more than happy to diarise forward to make an appointment in the first few weeks after your due date. And, as part of our joint venture, I am providing a portrait session which will allow you to have beautiful photographic memories of your baby (and other siblings) as well as the beautiful castings by Justine.

Justine also donates 1% of profit to The Oliver Fisher Special Care Baby Trust. She is a keen blogger and you can keep up to date with her latest musings by clicking here.

I can’t believe it’s a week since my last blog post … well, actually I can as I have been so busy with family photoshoots, meeting up with wedding co-ordinators and taking creative shots like these …

The shoot was organised by the Faversham and District Camera Club and had great attendance. Holly Anne, who has modelled for me before, was there, looking fab in a wedding dress and cathedral length veil and two more great models which helped us all get shots like this …

As the weather was quite mild, we decided to take the girls outside for a few more shots, creating quite an interest in Abbey Street in Faversham!

Thanks so much to everyone who helped organise the night and to our super models! Hope you enjoyed it as much as well did!

Holly Anne is from my home town. Which is really handy as we both wanted to get some shots done … so we met up on a bright sunny day at the Gunpowder Works near Faversham …

This was only a quick shoot and I think that, if you are a model looking to add to your portfolio, you do need to allow some time for creativity. I am pleased with these shots and hope that Holly Anne is too. Next time, we’ll be doing something more creative … wedding dress and lake???

Thanks again, great to meet you and hope we can do some more work together soon! xx

I have recently been running a promotion with the Baby Ballet group that my niece attends and I had a great time on Sunday, photographing gorgeous baby {O} and her family … I wanted to post a couple of pictures so that her proud mummy and daddy can see them before I upload them all to my on-line proofing facility … and here is our lovely model, balancing really bravely …

These images were all shot in baby {O}’s home, using an easily set up lighting system. In fact, the image on the right of this next one was shot with available light …

Thanks again to my gorgeous model and her family (sorry to Maisie that you couldn’t be involved …) and I hope that you are happy with the images of your lovely little girl!

If you would like beautiful images of your children to treasure (and, don’t forget, Christmas will be here soon …), do comment on this post or drop me a line and I’d love to capture your memories too!

I met up with Whitstable Scout Group last week and gave them a little bit of training on photography so that they can get their photography badges. We had great fun on Tankerton Slopes, enjoying the wonderful sunset and fresh air! Needless to say, the Scouts all expended lots of energy whilst learning more about photography … and I had the chance to get some great shots …

There were action shots …

and the sunset was so gorgeous, that we had a group silhouette shot too!

I’m looking forward to reviewing the shots from that evening and hope that the Scouts enjoyed it as much as I did!

It’s such a joy to photograph a wedding that is full of laughter. And that was definitely the case yesterday as Helen and Daniel celebrated their wedding at The Little Hermitage (www.little-hermitage.co.uk).

The preparation were in full swing when I arrived, with Jaymie and Samantha (the bridesmaids) getting their hair styled and dresses being unwrapped …

… with fabulous results!

And here’s Helen and her mum (with those cheeky bridesmaids in the background) …

Meanwhile downstairs, guests were arriving and I managed to snap Daniel and his brother (and best man), Adam …

And Joe and Luke …

And back with Helen … final preparations were done, champagne enjoyed …

… and on to the ceremony itself …

If anyone knows …

And a very moving reading from Daniel’s mum … where she nearly reduced the whole congregation to tears when she was presenting her reading … she said “he’s my little boy …”

After the ceremony, the guests and the new Mr and Mrs McKee made their way out into the glorious autumn sunshine for drinks and photos … but we had a few moments alone to take some pictures just of Helen and Daniel …

But too soon it was time to make our way back into The Little Hermitage for the meal and speeches …

And some great gifts from Daniel’s mum …

I had a wonderful day and am sure that Helen and Daniel’s great sense of humour and the laughter will have gone on for a long time into the night … one final picture of their beautiful venue …

I’ll be working hard processing Helen and Daniel’s pictures which should be on-line to view within the next two weeks. Enjoy your time off together and all best wishes for the future!

Photoshoots can be fun – especially if you are working with great models, experienced MUAs and hairstylists and when they have been arranged by (the other) Sam Jones Photo!

We met up at the Woodlands Park Hotel (www.handpickedhotels.co.uk/hotels/Woodlands-Park).

Here are some of the shots that we got today … the vintage car and the Ferrari were provided by Timeless Weddings (www.timeless-weddings.co.uk)

And this is Tom, modelling the uniform which is worn by all the chauffeurs at Timeless Weddings.

And the girls, well, they looked just stunning!

We found some very different places to take pictures today … like this great fire escape …

And inside the hotel too …

And the colours and vibrancy of the dresses – well, they brightened up a dull day!

Thanks again to Sam (Sam Jones Photography) for organising the shoot – I had a great time!

I met with Rachel and Pete today at their wedding venue, the Old Rectory near Maidstone, on a very windy day! We were lucky that it didn’t rain and we had the chance to have a stroll around the beautiful grounds. Of course, ever the photographer, I had my kit with me and we had fun getting some shots …

Rachel and Pete have been following my blog, and seemed to know my style, and they were certainly great models …

The ground was covered with conkers and we chatted about how we used to play conkers at school … and of course, this led to an engagement ring shot …

They didn’t seem to mind having a little smooch and when Pete said “I could kiss Rachel all day …”, he really meant it!

I thought I would design Rachel and Pete’s “Save the Date” cards too …

… and the best news is that they have booked me as their photographer!

Lovely venue + lovely couple = very happy photographer!

As promised, I am posting some more of the beautiful images which we created yesterday at The Grove Ferry Inn (www.thegroveferry.co.uk). The gorgeous Virginia Creeper created such a beautiful backdrop and there are so many places at the Inn where wonderful bridal images can be created.

I very much enjoyed working with Catherine (model) and Laura (make-up and hair stylist). Laura’s website is www.lauraholland.co.uk and Catherine can be found through ModelMayhem.

Our objective was to create additional portfolio images and I think we achieved that. Here are some detail make-up shots …

Thanks again to everyone involved in this shoot and I think we all had a successful day.

I had a fab day today – we had a model shoot with Catherine Quinn and Laura Holland, who was the make-up artist and hair stylist.

We shot at the The Grove Ferry Inn and the weather was just right!

I am posting one quick picture and would like to say thanks to Anthony for his hospitality and to Catherine and Laura for being such fun to work with. I’ll be proofing the rest tomorrow, so watch this space!