Baby Love

It's always a privilege to be asked to come and photograph a new baby in their home, it feels like I am invited to share in a special time in a family's life.  The love visible between the new baby's parents and their precious bundle is always thrilling to see and a joy to capture. 

Baby Muireann is beautiful and petite with big dark eyes and a delicious little smile.  It would have felt rude to introduce bright lights to this gentle scene so all the shots were taken using available window light with the camera aperture wide open to create a shallow depth of field.

Being Photographed is exhausting work when you're only a few months old.  So when Muireann took a little nap it gave me the opportunity to capture tiny details like the little tear on her cheek, her lovely eyelashes, her tiny hands and feet and Mum's loving expression.

A Mother's love is beautiful to witness.

 Following her short nap Muireann was wide awake again and ready for smiles and another dose of adoration.

Dad is really good at sorting out those tummy pains.

The use of black and white adds to these images, I feel, as they remove the distraction of colour and help to draw attention to expressions, which in this case is pure love :-)



Rory - Action Hero

Recently I had the pleasure of photographing Rory and his Mum and Dad in their home.  Rory at one year is an action hero full of fun and laughter and it was important to me to capture this.  We started off with a bath full of bubbles and all the splashes and laughter that created….then we had aerial acrobatics.  I thoroughly enjoyed myself and think the guys did too (even if they were exhausted J)

 

Thank you guys for your enthusiam and sense of fun, we captured some happy memories :-)

Photographing Children:

Photographing Children:

My interest in photography began when my children were small and I felt the need to save every precious moment on film (in the pre-digital age when dinosaurs roamed :-)).

Years later I am still photographing children but now as a job I love, in this blog I’d like to share the techniques I have found that work for me and perhaps they might be something you’d like to try next time you see a little family member present a photographic opportunity.

Give them Space:

To capture the essence of children in photographs your success will usually increase if you take into account the age and personality of the child.  This post will deal with giving children space to be themselves so that they forget that they are being photographed and allow you to photograph wonderful natural moments where they are unguarded and carefree, this captures the real little person and real memories for you to treasure.

The camera I use is a Canon 5D Mk2 with a 70-200mm lens for shots like these but any camera with a decent zoom lens will do, the thing is for you to become part of the scenery and let the moments unfold before you.

Busy, Busy, Busy....

Dance as if no one is looking...

Giving kids some space and staying back out of the way allows for all sorts of action to unfold - who knows you could be capturing the start of a fabulous career...?

The next post will contain more about photographing Children, please feel free to comment or ask questions :-)

Cathal - A Humming Bird of Energy

Hi there, welcome to the first post on my blog!   I'd like to use this blog to give people an insight into the type of photography work that I do.  My style is to spend time with people in places where they are comfortable so that they relax, away from the artificial nature of the 'photoshoot' and allow me to capture real images that have emotion.

Recently I visited Cathal, a beautiful little boy full of laughter, in his home where we played and shared some fun.  I've included a few of my favourites that remind me of his energy and terrific laugh.

A Quiet Moment allows me to show off Cathal's amazing eyelashes - you could sweep the floor with them....!

Happy Moments with Mum.

Thanks for looking, feel free to comment. :-)