Kat Purchase Photography

10/09/2026

Want beautiful Christmas photos without the usual Christmas photo shoot chaos?

This year I’m bringing my Christmas Mini Sessions to the Coach & Horses in Gloucester, and I’ve got something a little different planned.

The Coach & Horses is one of Gloucester’s oldest Tudor buildings, dating back to the 1500s, so there’s already plenty of character to add to the backdrop of these sessions. Within the pub, I’ll be creating a cosy little Christmas set with vintage furnishings, festive details and all the seasonal touches.

The pub itself won’t be open to the public during your session, so you’ll have a lovely private and relaxed space to yourselves.

There’ll be toys, games and festive treats for the children to interact with within the set up, and Christmas music can be playing too. There’s no pressure for them to sit perfectly still or smile on cue. They can enjoy themselves while I capture beautiful Christmas portraits led by your child’s interests on the day.

Your Christmas Mini includes:

• A 30 minute photo shoot for up to 2 children
• Carefully styled Christmas set with toys, games and festive treats to interact with
• Private online gallery
• 5 professionally edited digital images
• Option to purchase additional images, prints and wall art

And because the whole session takes place indoors, there’s no need to worry about whatever the weather decides to throw at us.

Whether you want beautiful photographs to remember this Christmas by or something special to gift to family, I’d love to create these with you.

There are only a limited number of sessions available, so book now to avoid disappointment.

Comment CHRISTMAS and I’ll send you the booking link

01/09/2026

September 1st can only mean one thing…spooky season has officially begun. 👻

And if you know my photography, you’ll know this is very much my time of year! I’ve been waiting for this one!

Now is the time to book your spooky shoot before the autumn diary fills up.

🎃 My Signature Halloween Sessions
Bring a favourite character, story or spooky idea to life and turn it into a fine art portrait.

🧙‍♀️ Witches & ghosts
Grab your best friends and enjoy a spooky experience together, complete with props and special effects. Choose your favourite images from your online gallery to remember the fun.

🍂 Autumn full sessions
Or make the most of the beautiful changing colours around the Cotswold countryside by booking a full session.

Whether you want creepy, magical, cinematic or simply autumnal, this is the best season to do it.

My Halloween shoots are some of my favourite things to create, so you can probably imagine how excited I am that we’re finally here.

Spooky season is ON.

Drop me a message to book your session or chat through your ideas.

26/08/2026

This year’s Summerween image…

And honestly, posting it during the FINAL week of the summer holidays feels pretty fitting because I’ve literally not had 5 minutes to myself to edit it for weeks!

I wanted to create my own version of one of the most iconic scenes from The Shining, just before our old door was replaced. The original idea was to recreate the look as closely as possible, but I quickly realised that just having white walls was…well, a bit boring.

So I tried recreating the famous Room 237 bathroom instead, but I didn’t have the props to properly match the colours and details. So eventually I thought, why not just take my favourite colour scheme from the film and recreate the iconic floor pattern as wallpaper instead?

And then, because this is my version, I had to make it a little more relatable. 😂

A mum just trying to escape for five minutes and have a peaceful bath…only for the kids to come looking for her.

I’m sure I’m not the only mum who has felt like this over the summer holidays. You know that feeling when you desperately need just FIVE MINUTES alone, sneak away somewhere in the house thinking you’ve finally managed it, only for your kid to appear almost immediately? 😂

My kids have definitely wanted my attention 24/7 this summer, and somehow they always seem to know exactly where I’ve disappeared to.

So here’s my Summerween version of The Shining 🪓

23/08/2026

I spent a lovely afternoon at the Coach and Horses Saturday Market yesterday in the pub gardens, with my two little helpers by my side.

I was there chatting all things photography, sharing information about my new Signature Sessions, offering some special discounts and giving people the chance to win a FREE Christmas mini session!

The boys were actually very good for me and apparently their cuteness was also an excellent marketing strategy because they were attracting people over to the stall 😂

It was also lovely being surrounded by the other small businesses and seeing ’s community project happening throughout the afternoon. There was such a lovely atmosphere!

And of course, we couldn’t spend an afternoon at the Coach & Horses without having a toasty and some drinks while we were there. It would have been rude not to!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by ❤️ (and fellow photographers, please forgive the cheap prints, I was let down by my printing company last minute. saved the day with my beautiful leaflets, but had to go with the low-quality high street prints for my pin up images 😭)

If you missed us yesterday, would you like to see us at another market soon?

22/08/2026

At Coach and Horses Gloucester now till 4pm with big discounts off photo sessions, info about my new Signature Sessions and a chance to win a free Christmas Mini Session!

21/08/2026

If you’ve been thinking about booking a photo shoot with me…this is an opportunity not to miss!

I’ll be at the Coach and Horses Gloucester Saturday Market tomorrow, and I’m bringing an offer I’m unlikely to repeat again…

🎟️ 30% OFF all shoots booked for the rest of 2026!

This will probably be the cheapest I will ever offer my shoots, so if you’ve been waiting for the right time to book, this is it.

The offer will also include my Signature Sessions. I’ll have more information about these at the market, so come and find out what they’re all about. 👀 Pick up the discount in person with one of my leaflets.

🎄 PLUS, you’ll have the chance to WIN A FREE CHRISTMAS MINI SESSION!

Come down tomorrow, say hello, grab your 30% off leaflet, find out more about my shoots and enter the Christmas mini giveaway!

📍 Coach & Horses
📅 Tomorrow — 12pm - 4pm

I’d love to see you there!

21/08/2026

As lovely as this photo still is to me, this was honestly one of the most devastating shoots I’ve ever had. 😭🌻

Me and the boys visited the most beautiful sunflower fields at Priory Farm this year. There were so many gorgeous varieties and, during golden hour, it was just beautiful.

And somehow, the stars aligned.

My boys were posing perfectly. Laughing together. My littlest spent most of the time on his belly, looking up at me, laughing and smiling. A plane flew low overhead and my eldest stopped to watch it, surrounded by sunflower faces, while I captured the moment.

It was PERFECT.

I genuinely couldn’t believe the photos I was getting.

The boys were starting to get tired, so I packed up my bits and went to have a quick peek through what I’d captured.

And then I realised.

I didn’t have an SD card in my camera.

I have genuinely NEVER done that before!

Every single photo had been giving me the warning on screen, but because the golden hour light was so bright, the reflection completely blocked it from view. I’d been happily photographing away, completely unaware. Baby brain had fully taken over!

I frantically tried to recreate some of the shots, but by then the boys were pretty much done.

I managed to capture about two decent images.

This is one of them.

So this is the shoot that could have been. 💔

And honestly, I’m still absolutely devastated about it.

But amongst the frustration, I’m trying to remind myself that I still have the memories. We had the most beautiful evening together, the boys had fun, and we even got to take home some of those gorgeous sunflowers.

And thankfully, this one little frame survived to remind me just how perfect that moment really was 🤍

03/08/2026

Honoured to have been selected as the Guild of Photographers’ Image of the Day! ✨

This image was recently awarded a Bronze Award by the Guild, so it’s incredibly special to see it receiving further recognition.

A huge thank you to the judges and everyone at the Guild of Photographers for the award and feature. It’s always rewarding to have your work recognised by fellow photographers.

📸Image of the Day📸

How beautiful is this capture, taken by Kat at Kat Purchase Photography. She said:

"This was taken on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway steam train, of my son and his favourite bear enjoying the journey together. I can never resist picking up my camera when we are on this train. The reflections in the windows are always so much fun to explore and they are different every time, depending on the light, where we are on the journey and the time of year.

This image was captured with my older camera, my Canon 5D Mark III and Canon EF 70 to 200mm lens. Such a special little moment and I am delighted it has received this recognition."

Thanks so much for sharing with us all! ☺

21/07/2026

I’m absolutely over the moon to have been awarded a Bronze Award for two of my images by The Guild of Photographers! 🥉🥉

It means so much to have my work recognised by such a respected organisation. Each image is judged by experienced professionals against a high standard of technical skill, composition, lighting and overall impact, so receiving this recognition for two personal pieces feels incredibly special.

Both images were created as part of my coursework for Meg Loeks’s The Artist Eye course. The course taught me to consider every detail of an image and to be far more intentional in the way I create.

I’m so grateful for everything I learnt through the course and I'm incredibly proud to share these two award-winning images with you

20/07/2026

Welcome to the start of the summer holidays, where the six-week forecast is immediately downgraded from heatwave to chance of absolutely anything.

Not that I’ve been a fan of this hot weather, but after we’ve had weeks of sunshine, naturally now the children have broken up for summer you can bet the weather will suddenly remember it’s in the UK. At breakfast it’s tropical, by lunchtime you’re looking for a coat and by tea time you’re wondering if you should have packed a canoe.

These images were captured at Barry Island as the first in a series I created while working through Meg Loeks Photography's The Color Guide course. I was exploring primary colours and wanted to capture a “typical British holiday” focused around the unpredictable weather. Can’t recommend the course enough to any fellow photographers wanting to improve in their colour skills and more!

I’ve been a little quiet lately because I’ve been pretty ill for the last couple of weeks. Unfortunately, I’m still not fully over it, and now I’m diving straight into full summer holiday parenting mode. Pray for me. 😂

Honestly, it already feels like it’s been a week and we’re only just past the weekend.

At the moment, my editing time exists in that tiny window after the kids finally go to bed, so everything feels a little slower than usual. I’m hoping my energy makes a comeback soon because pushing through while feeling rough is definitely harder than normal.

For now, I’m embracing the chaos, surviving on determination and snacks, and slowly working my way through all the things I’m excited to share with you.

Over the coming weeks I’ll be sharing more from this colourful seaside series, some personal projects I’ve been working on behind the scenes and I’ll finally be revealing my new signature sessions too, which I’m incredibly excited about.

Thank you again to September for helping me create this by being assistant mother for the day for both boys 🤍