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Kent based Newborn, Family and Wedding Photographer

30/08/2026

🎄✨ CHRISTMAS MINIS 2026 ARE COMING! ✨🎄

Ahhhh I can FINALLY share what I’ve been planning!! And I genuinely think these might be my favourite Christmas sets yet 🥹

This year we’re going all in on the magic of Christmas…

✨✉️ LETTERS TO SANTA

A beautiful indoor scene where we’ll be writing those all-important letters to Father Christmas, complete with a vintage writing desk, typewriter, wax seals, feather pens and a very special Good List featuring the names of the children coming to see me ✨

🚜 CHRISTMAS ON THE FARM

Then we’ll head outside for a completely different scene with a gorgeous red Massey Ferguson tractor, we will post those letters, load up the postage sacks and on to the tractor for more adventure!

As always, these sessions are designed to be FUN. No sitting perfectly still and being told to smile at me — I want the children exploring, playing and getting completely swept up in it all while I capture the magic ❤️

THE DETAILS

🎄 30-minute session
🎄 Both indoor & outdoor scenes included
🎄 3 beautifully edited digital images
🎄 £150

Once you’ve seen your final gallery, you can simply choose your 3 included images OR upgrade if you fall in love with more:

✨ 5 extra images — £75
✨ Full gallery — £200

There’s absolutely no need to decide on an upgrade when you book — wait until you’ve seen your photos first!

📅 DATES

October — 24th & 31st
November — 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th & 8th

🎟️ BOOKINGS OPEN FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER at 9am

If Christmas Minis are on your list this year, pop that date in your diary because these are always some of my most popular sessions of the whole year! 🥹

I honestly cannot WAIT to bring all of this to life.

Who’s coming to see me?! 🎅🏼🎄✨

27/08/2026

Oh we had SO much fun with this one! 🤍

The insanely gorgeous Alex Dougherty Alexandra Ellen came back to me for another of her babies’ maternity shoots and I was honestly so honoured. 🥹

And I just LOVE this whole vibe.

A beautiful Mumma-to-be, her two gorgeous, cheeky boys and absolutely zero posing required from them! Just cuddles, giggles, climbing on Mum, little hands on her bump and letting them completely be themselves.

They were SO excited for their baby brother’s arrival, and you could already feel just how much love they had for him. 🥹

Because maternity photographs aren’t only about documenting your bump. They’re about remembering who you all were while you were waiting.

This little version of your family, right before everything changes again. 🤍

What a wonderful family. What a gorgeous chapter to be invited back to document.

Best. Job. Ever! ✨

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26/08/2026

Summer evenings like this 🤍

There’s just something about family sessions at the beach that will always have my heart.

Bare feet in the sand, salty air, building sandcastles, running through the dunes and that gorgeous golden light that seems to make everything feel a little bit magical. ✨

And amongst all of that, we make photographs.

Not just the ones you’ll frame on your walls, but all those little in-between moments too. The way they play together. The cuddles, the laughter and all those tiny details of family life that change far quicker than we ever expect them to.

For me, this is what natural family photography is all about. Nothing forced. Nobody worrying about the camera or thinking about having their photograph taken.

They’re simply together. 🤍

And one day, I think images like this will be the ones that take you straight back to what life with your babies felt like right now.

A little snapshot of an ordinary summer evening that, one day, might not feel quite so ordinary at all. ✨

20/08/2026

There’s something so special about becoming a big sister 🤍

Hallie was an absolute dream during this session. So full of personality, so funny and completely smitten with her baby brother. I loved capturing her just as much as I loved capturing all those tiny baby details.

Because newborn sessions aren’t only about the new arrival. They’re about documenting your family exactly as it is in this moment — including the very beginning of one of the most important relationships they’ll ever have. 🤍

One day Henry will be chasing Hallie around, stealing her things and driving her completely mad (trust me I know from experience of my own two babies)… but for now, he’s her tiny baby brother 🥹

19/08/2026

Well, look at me posting again already… who even am I? 😂

I did warn you that choosing just a few favourites from this gorgeous gallery was impossible, so naturally Henry & Hallie are back on the grid 🤍

These are the photographs I love the most. Nothing complicated, nothing overly posed — just those tiny details, squishy cuddles, little expressions and all the beautiful chaos that comes with this stage of family life.

The kind of images that might not feel like a big deal right now, but in 10, 20, 30 years? They’ll be everything. 🤍

And apparently now I’ve started posting again, there’s no stopping me… 😂

18/08/2026

There’s always something extra special about being booked by a fellow photographer 🤍

This insanely beautiful family came to visit me back in June (yes, I still have SO many gorgeous galleries waiting to be shared! 🙈) and honestly, this whole session was such a joy.

Baby Henry was 8 weeks old at the time, which is the perfect reminder that your baby absolutely does not have to be a tiny, fresh newborn to capture beautiful, timeless images like these. At 8 weeks we still captured all of those gorgeous little details, cuddles and connections — with a few more expressions and glimpses of his little personality too.

And big sister Hallie? An absolute superstar who had me laughing from start to finish! 🤍

Choosing just a handful from this gallery was pretty much impossible, so I have a feeling you’ll be seeing a few more of this gorgeous lot popping up on my grid very soon…

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16/08/2026

What a little hidden gem .haven.retreat is ✨

I absolutely loved photographing this beautiful new wellness retreat on the outskirts of Canterbury. You can see just how much love, thought and attention to detail Jo has poured into every corner of the space — it genuinely feels like a little haven from the moment you drive through the gates.

With a beautiful sauna, treatment room, hot tub, cold water shower (for the brave! 😂) and the loveliest spaces to simply switch off, relax and unwind… I’m officially a fan!

And it seems I’m definitely not the only one. Jo has been absolutely smashing her socials and the word is well and truly getting out — it’s already proving SO popular, and I can completely see why.

One of my favourite things about branding photography is getting to step inside brilliant local businesses like this and capture all those little details that make them special. 🤍

Has anyone else visited .haven.retreat yet?

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