West Kirby has a brilliant beach When summer comes it's time to head off to the beach and that means it's time for beach portraits. West Kirby is one of my favourite beaches in the North West. Family portraits on the beach are special and huge fun. Beach portraits [...]
Family portraits at the beach are so much fun. Imagine the sand in your toes, a sea breeze, the sound of the ocean. I think they are more fun than any other type of portrait. I don't think you can do formal on the beach or running along the water's [...]
So many families in Cheshire take their holidays in North Wales and particularly in Anglesey. When we were planning this shoot before the first lockdown in 2020 we were going do the shoot at home in Knutsford in Mid April. As a portrait photographer based in [...]
I’ve been photographing families for many many years. Thank goodness the very old fashioned notion of simply lining up family members to say ‘cheese’ is long gone. It’s not just about capturing faces, it’s about capturing fun, personalities and making lasting memories. In years to come, this family will be [...]
Northwich in Cheshire is one of the most popular places for me to go to take family portrait photos. I’m lucky that I’ve been chosen by so many families and pet owners to take their portrait photographs. This session from March 2019 was taken as part of a practice session [...]
Here’s a story about a beautiful family portrait session at Lymm Dam. I’ve photographed literally hundreds of family portrait sessions over the last twelve years and most have had a significant reason behind them. The family portrait session I did for Jane and her children was poignant and marked an [...]
The Coronavirus pandemic has caused so many problems in so many areas of our lives. Social distancing and hand washing have become the norms. We smile and wave as we cross the street to avoid people coming towards us. Apart from the terrible death toll and economic impact, the virus [...]
Holmes Chapel in Cheshire has become an important destination for me over the last ten years. I’ve photographed lifestyle family portrait photography sessions, pet portrait photography sessions and equine portrait sessions in and around in some of Cheshire’s most beautiful villagesincluding Holmes Chapel regularly since 2010. The village and the [...]
I love family portrait sessions I took on Wirral, especially because I could do something a bit different. It’s a good time to do this blog post because the BBC has just released series five of Peaky Blinders. I went to Wallasey on Wirral at the end of September last [...]
In mid March the daffodils were well established and the bluebells were out too. I went over to little Bollington, between Altrincham and Lymm to do a lovely family portrait photography session for a mum and dad with two young children. […]
Using several bespoke frames to display a collection of photographs Last summer I did a lovely family portrait session for a family in Manchester. Mum liked the idea of having a collection of photographs on their living room wall. But she didn’t want one frame with a selection of images. [...]
I took these photographs at a lifestyle family portrait session last Summer in Altrincham. Many of our family portrait photography sessions are booked by grandparents. They love to have family portraits as reminders of their family around them. […]
