Makeup tips for London mums: look your best at your newborn photoshoot
Hi lovely mummies and congratulations on the new or impending arrival of your precious new baby. Are you thinking about booking a newborn photography session but are worried about how you are going to look so soon after giving birth? I asked Maxine Wilson, award-winning make-up artist, to share her top five makeup tips for […]
Baby photography London: first birthday photos on Clapham Common
Last week I went to Clapham Common to do my first outdoor photoshoot since lockdown, my first baby photography session in London in about 3 months! It was so amazing to be out with my camera again, photographing babies – during lockdown I did take my camera out but to take photos of flowers and […]
Top tips for taking great photos of your babies and children in London
Wish you could hire a professional photographer to capture memories of your kids but this lockdown means you can’t? Want to take photos of your children yourself but have no idea how to pose them or not sure you have the time or the patience? Then read on for my top tips for how to […]
Outdoor lifestyle family photography sessions in London
As London starts getting back to normal after the restrictions are lifted, I can offer outdoor photography sessions from 1st June. This is because I can safely stay 2 metres away from clients using my long 70-300m lens. This is actually a fabulous lens for outdoor photography as it gives that amazing background bokeh (blur). […]
Maternal Mental Health – coping strategies during and after pregnancy
Hi to all my lovely mummies and daddies, I am starting to do a series of blogs, where I get guest bloggers in to write about something which I think is of importance or of use to you all. The first is all about maternal mental health as this week (4-10 May 2020) is Maternal […]
London photographer safety procedures for reopening after Covid-19
Well I have to say this has been a difficult and weird couple of months here at ShutterBaby Photography. I have missed being able to photograph all my lovely babies and families (I have developed an obsession with photographing squirrels instead!!). I have used this time instead to do all the things in my business […]
Newborn photography sessions in London post-Covid
To all you lovely new mummies and daddies out there, congratulations on your new bundle of joy 🙂 I have recently had many enquiries for London newborn photography sessions so I know you are all dying for me to capture photos of your babies while they are still so tiny, as they will never be […]
The importance of professional family photos in London
From new babies to wobbly first steps to first day at school – family life is full of moments that go by in the blink of an eye. With today’s digital technology, these are moments which are captured (normally by mum!) on phones and never printed. Do you find yourself going through the photos and […]
What to expect during your London newborn photography session
I love being a newborn photographer in London as I get to meet lots of beautiful newborn babies and their families to capture those first precious memories for them. Newborn photoshoots are best within the first 2 weeks, but I have taken some amazing newborn images up to 10 weeks too; babies tend to be […]
Online fun & education resources for your babies & children in London
Goodness how our lives have turned upside down in the last couple of weeks! I know a lot of you will be wondering how to entertain and educate your kids now that nurseries and schools are shutting. A lot of the amazing classes in and around Herne Hill, Dulwich, Forest Hill, Balham and Clapham are […]
