I’m very proud to announce the arrival of my daughter! Isabella Dora was born on Thursday 17th March at 6.52am weighing 8lb 5oz.
She is a little sweetie! She’s keeping us on our toes and can be quite demanding but she is totally worth it. She’s asleep beside me now.
More photos to follow when I get a chance – it might be some time!
A massive thank you to the fabulous Susie Lawrence for taking some bump photos for me! Although I feel a bit fat (and have a double chin!) I’m really glad I had some maternity photos taken. I’m sure in no time I’ll forget what I looked like with a bump, they will be a lovely keepsake and I’ll be able to show my baby how I looked too!
Most of these were taken on Monday, when I was 39 weeks and 5 days, at Newby Hall. My baby was due yesterday so could arrive at any time!
I wasn’t sure whether to post this one, but Mums I’ve photographed in the past have let me post photos of them, so I don’t want to by hypocritical and decided to be brave!
Please bear with me if I’m a little slow to answer your calls and emails over the next few months. I’ll post some baby photos as soon as I can!
Some of my lovely brides and grooms have had their beautiful weddings featured on some of the UK’s best wedding inspiration blogs recently. You may have already seen some of them, but if not here are the links. If you’re planning a wedding these blogs are packed full of ideas for every type of wedding – go and visit them now!
Lauren and James’s gorgeous winter wedding at Dodmoor House on the wonderful Rock My Wedding blog (also watch this space for their wedding feature on the Dodmoor House website, coming soon):
And don’t miss part two!
Alyson and Matt’s intimate wedding at The Star of Harome on Love My Dress blog – and what a dress!
Joseph and Melanie’s country wedding and all their amazing details at Hipping Hall on Bow Occasions:
There are more features coming soon as well. Your weddings are so blooming lovely!
How cute is Sam?! He came in with his yummy mummy for the first of his ‘Watch them Grow’ baby portrait sessions a little while ago and made a fine model!
I’m getting lots of practice with babies recently, and my little girl is due in just under 3 weeks, eek! I’m excited but still can’t quite imagine actually having a baby, despite my huge bump.
I’ll be on maternity leave until June but if you’re expecting a baby (or if a friend is – it’s a fab and unusual present) and are interested in the ‘Watch them Grow’ scheme please give me a call. It includes three mini portrait sessions for your baby during their first year, or you can swap a session for some bump portraits if you prefer. You then have a lovely collection of images as a keepsake of those precious and all too fleeting moments!
OK so I’m a little late posting this ;-)
As photographers usually work alone, we don’t usually get to have a staff Christmas party (boo!), so last year a group of us decided it was time to make amends. Susie Lawrence organised the cheesiest of Christmas do’s (just what we wanted) in Leeds, but this year cheese was swapped for something a little classier – a PapaKata Christmas party!
There were several PapaKata tipis set up in Escrick Park in York, complete with lovely log fires and lots of reindeer hides, and we were treated to a three course scrummy meal before chilling out by the fire accompanied by peach scnapps (or coffee for the pregnant one!).
The lovely Pete Lawson sporting his Christmas jumper:
And his even lovelier wife Laura
Rob Booker looking rather fetching:
Barnaby on the right while Pete stares pensively at the fire…..
I love this pic of Susie
Mike looks rather surprised he’s being photographed!
That’s Suzy Mitchell on the left, and I’m in the middle looking rather weird!
Cris Matthews laughing at one of my hilarious jokes ;-)
Cris braved the ffff freezing cold to take these amazing long exposures from the outside of the tipis – the sensible ones among us stayed by the fire!
Ripley Castle is a fab place for a wedding – it’s impressive and imposing from the outside but nice and intimate inside, and it’s set in some really amazing grounds complete with a lake, rose gardens, and lovely woods. As it was November, we didn’t get to spend any time in the grounds on Charlotte and David’s wedding day, but that’s the beauty of a winter wedding – you don’t expect good weather or lots of light! Luckily we’d been to Ripley Castle for their engagement session so they already had lots of photographs in the grounds (I’m bad and haven’t blogged them yet but will very soon!).
Charlotte got ready at The Boars Head in Ripley, just a stones throw from the church and the castle.
David is a farmer and Charlotte a vet, so their cake was very topical! I loved it, so unusual and really good fun. Underneath were mini individual pork pies and waxed cheeses – yum. The best of both worlds.
If you want to see more of this Ripley Castle wedding, there is a slideshow over on my website. Enjoy!
I’m just posting a few maternity photographs of this lovely lady and her bump – and I’m very pleased to report that she is now a very proud mummy to a beautiful little girl!
If you’re interested in maternity photographs, please get in touch. Not everyone is as brave as this yummy mummy, if you’d rather cover up a bit more then don’t worry, I will be led by you on how much you dare to bare. Lot’s of mummies to be go for the ‘bump to babies’ package, which includes photographs of your bump and then two photography sessions once your little one arrives, usually when s/he is around a month old and again at six months.
I’m going to have some bump photographs done myself, I must admit I feel a bit fat and lumpy but I know I’ll regret it if I don’t! It will be lovely to have some photographs to show my little girl when she’s a bit bigger, and I’m sure in no time I will have forgotten what I was like with a bump…I may even miss it a little.
Seeing as I’m soon to be a Mum, I thought it was time I brushed up on my baking skills. I’ve always loved baking (and eating), at my Mum’s house there were always tins of homemade cakes and biscuits we could dive into when we got home from school. It’s a very homely, Mummy thing to do, but can seem a bit pointless when there are only two of you and you know you’ll end up eating it all (although maybe that’s the point….!)
I decided to attempt to make a gingerbread house for my sister for Christmas. It turned out to be so easy, I made two more, one for my friends little boy and another, grown up version for my brother. His was a gingerbread pub, complete with jelly babies getting up to all kinds of mischief. In the chaos of Christmas I didn’t get any photos of it which was a silly mistake. Oh well, I’ll just have to make another!
I used the recipe from Peggy Porschen‘s book (I have Romantic Cakes and Pretty Party Cakes and the recipes are the same). It’s a great gingerbread recipe and it doesn’t spread much so the shapes stay the same when baking. It really helps if you make the mixture the day before and leave it in the fridge overnight (or longer, I’ve left it for several days before and it’s fine).
I cut out the windows and put boiled sweets (foxes glacier fruits) in the holes whist baking, they melt and then set to make yummy edible windows.
For the first house I made my own template, then I discovered the template on delicious.com which was even better. You can get the template here.
The key to making the house stay together is to use proper royal icing made with egg white, it’s much stiffer and sets quickly.
Lots of sweets and glitter, I’m a child at heart!
Please excuse the quality of this iphone photo. This house was made with the delicious magazine template which has a cute chimney and door – they are getting more sophisticated!
Next year I’ll be making one for my daughter!
I’d like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope you’re all feeling festive with all this cold weather and snow – I certainly am! I’ve spent the last couple of weeks baking Christmas biscuits, cakes, gingerbread etc in my spare time and am now ready to put my feet up and enjoy Christmas at my parents house in Northamptonshire. We’re heading down there tomorrow, and I can’t wait to see everyone!
Also I hope you all have a fantastic New Year and a great 2011, I can’t believe how quickly this year has flown. It will be a very exciting and life changing year for us next year with our little girl due at the beginning of March! I’ll be taking a bit of time off before getting back in full swing by June, there are lots of weddings and portraits to look forward to next year.
A photography blog post is just not right without some photographs, so here are some photos I took in the snow we’ve just had. I love the snow!
My little miniature shetland, Archie, in the snow with Colin. You can see how tiny he is! Nest year he’ll be getting a little saddle and bridle ready for my little girl!
Finally a couple of snowy portraits. You can beat snow for giving lovely even lighting.
Have a wonderful holiday!
Tory and James are getting married next year at the gorgeous Goldsborough Hall, and so came over for their engagement session just as the snow was melting away – the roads here have been so icy it’s been hard to get anywhere without a tractor. I’m a big fan of the snow, it coats everything with a glittery, pretty topping and makes even boring things look nice.
Tory and James don’t need anything to make them look nice though – they manage that all on their own! Just to add a bit of festiveness though, it’s snowing on my blog ;-)
….you guessed it, I am a wedding and portrait photographer. I’m a big fan of weddings and all things pretty, and I’m also a converted baby and child fan as well – I’m a new mum. When I’m not behind a camera you’re likely to find me at home with Isabella and my three dogs Biscuit, Twix and Crumbs – or escaping to the stables or even the pub which can be a bit of a rarity these days (I’m a not-so-secret country bumpkin). To fit in with being a Mum I’m now working from an office at home instead of Newby Hall – which gives me more time to bake! Please email me to arrange an appointment if you’d like to sample some cakes and have a chat about your wedding in more detail, or if you’d like to book a family portrait. If you’re looking for a friendly, easy going (usually!) photographer/free cakes/a trip to the country you are in the right place.
Big thanks to the lovely Cris Matthews for this photo.
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