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12 posts
Motherhood sessions in Cardiff: what they are, and who they're for
It's the question I'm asked most, usually followed by "is that just a family photoshoot with a different name?" It isn't, and here's the difference.
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Strong as a Mother
A morning photographing Kelly’s Mum & Baby class at Santé Fitness. A room full of women being extraordinary, and pretending it was nothing.
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Insole Court, Cardiff: The Venue Most People Drive Past
A gothic mansion in the middle of Llandaff. The trees do half the work for you.
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Llechwen Hall Weddings: What I Learned Photographing Kate and Jack
It's the views. Llechwen sits above a valley and the hills are there in almost every frame.
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What Actually Happens at a Newborn Session
I bring nothing. Just a camera. Whatever is already in your house is what ends up in the photographs.
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From bump to baby: photographing the chapter that passes in a blink
Of all the work I do, the motherhood journey might be the closest to my heart. There's something about being trusted with a family right at the start of everything, the last weeks of a pregnancy, the first fragile days of a brand new person, that I never take lightly. So I wanted to talk about how I photograph this chapter, because if you're expecting, or you've just had your baby, you might be wondering whether it's worth doing, and what it's actually like.
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The nicest compliment, and how I say thank you for it
Nearly everyone who books me does so because someone they trust told them to. A friend, a sister, a colleague who showed them their gallery. That word-of-mouth is the whole reason I get to do this, and I've never had a proper way to say thank you for it. Now I do.
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A small thank-you for showing up
The people who book me twice, who send their friends my way, who trust me with their biggest moments, they're the reason this little business works. I wanted a proper way to say thank you. So there's now a Loyalty Club, and if you've ever worked with me, you're already in it.
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A calmer way to book a photographer
I've spent the last few months quietly rebuilding the way it feels to work with me - not the photography itself, that's always been the easy part - but everything around it. The booking, the planning, the waiting, the bits that usually feel admin-heavy and cold.
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What South Wales couples and families are actually asking for in 2026
If you'd asked me five years ago what people wanted from their photographs, the answer would have been polish. Bright, flawless, heavily-edited images that looked a certain way because that was the look everyone was chasing. Something has shifted since then, and I feel it in almost every enquiry that now lands in my inbox. People want something quieter, truer, and more like real life.
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Among the Bluebells: Our Spring Sessions in Wenallt Forest
There's a fortnight every spring when the Wenallt turns blue, and if you blink you miss it. This year I didn't blink. I spent it under the trees with families who'd booked in months ago, all of us hoping the flowers would hold and the rain would hold off - and for once, both did.
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Mum & Me Paint and Play: A New Kind of Session in South Wales (Sunday 28th June)
There's a particular look that crosses a child's face the first time they realise they're allowed to make a mess. A sort of disbelief, quickly followed by pure delight. I've spent three years photographing families across South Wales, and that look - unscripted, unrepeatable, entirely theirs - is the reason I do what I do. It's also the reason I created my new Mum & Me Paint and Play sessions
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