Rootsshootsphotography

Rootsshootsphotography I’m Becky.

I lead creative photography & cyanotype workshops, plus Level 2 home ed courses for all ages, alongside newborn, family & pet photography capturing genuine moments.

We’re officially fully booked for September! 📸A huge thank you to every family who has signed up and supported RootsShoo...
27/08/2026

We’re officially fully booked for September! 📸

A huge thank you to every family who has signed up and supported RootsShoots Photography. I’m so excited to welcome our new learners and begin this creative journey together.

September can’t come quickly enough — let’s start clicking those shutters and making photographs!

There’s something about this time of year that I absolutely love. 🍂📷Out on an evening walk and the little signs of chang...
24/08/2026

There’s something about this time of year that I absolutely love. 🍂📷

Out on an evening walk and the little signs of change are starting to appear — blackberries ripening, conkers forming and those subtle shifts that tell you autumn isn’t too far away.
But it was the light that really caught me tonight.

That gorgeous late-summer evening sun, sitting lower in the sky and creating those wonderfully long shadows and little pockets of golden light.

My favourite time of year is beginning to creep in. 🍁

Sometimes photography really is just about noticing what’s changing around you.

There’s something about this time of year that I absolutely love. 🍂📷Out on an evening walk and the little signs of chang...
24/08/2026

There’s something about this time of year that I absolutely love. 🍂📷

Out on an evening walk and the little signs of change are starting to appear — blackberries ripening, conkers forming and those subtle shifts that tell you autumn isn’t too far away.

But it was the light that really caught me tonight.
That gorgeous late-summer evening sun, sitting lower in the sky and creating those wonderfully long shadows and little pockets of golden light.

My favourite time of year is beginning to creep in. 🍁

Sometimes photography really is just about noticing what’s changing around you.

September is taking shape 📷September is beginning to feel very real at RootsShoots.Five places are now booked for the ne...
20/08/2026

September is taking shape 📷

September is beginning to feel very real at RootsShoots.

Five places are now booked for the new Level 2 Photography cohort at the Naze Discovery Centre, and next week I’ll also be welcoming two young photographers beginning their learning with me through 1:1 sessions.

It’s lovely to see young people accessing photography in different ways — through a small group, individually, and at a pace that works for them.

Over 30 weeks, the Level 2 learners won't simply be taught how to use a camera.

They'll experiment. Make mistakes. Try again. Work on location. Explore different genres. Develop their own ideas and gradually begin to recognise what their photography looks like.

There’s a qualification at the end of it, but some of the most important things I’ve seen develop through the programme aren’t written on a certificate — confidence, creativity, independence, achievement and progression.

That’s exactly why I developed this programme for home-educated young people in the first place.

The new Level 2 Photography programme begins Wednesday 9 September at the Naze Discovery Centre.

The group is deliberately kept small, with a maximum of eight learners. With five places already booked, there are now three places remaining for September.

Ages 12–18 | No previous photography experience needed

If you have a young person who might thrive through practical, creative learning — whether as part of a small group or through individual support — you're very welcome to message me.

📸 Happy World Photography Day!Photography encourages us to slow down, look more closely and notice things we might other...
19/08/2026

📸 Happy World Photography Day!

Photography encourages us to slow down, look more closely and notice things we might otherwise walk straight past.

From digital and analogue photography to cyanotype—one of the earliest photographic printing processes—there are so many wonderful ways to create an image using light.

A photograph can preserve a memory, tell a story, capture a feeling or help us see something familiar differently. It doesn’t need to be technically perfect—it just needs to mean something to you.

Today feels like the perfect day to celebrate photography in all its beautiful forms. 💙📷

What does a photography teacher actually teach? 📷Aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focus and composition... of course.But ac...
19/08/2026

What does a photography teacher actually teach? 📷

Aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focus and composition... of course.

But actually, some of the most important things I teach have very little to do with camera settings.

Photography encourages young people to slow down and notice.

To experiment.
To make their own decisions.
To try something, change it and try again.
To look at ordinary things differently.

But there's one word I hear again and again from learners and parents:

Confidence. ❤️

Confidence to pick up the camera.
Confidence to try an idea without worrying whether it's “right”.
Confidence to make their own creative choices.
And eventually, confidence to show someone their work and say:

“I made this.”

That's why exhibitions and celebrating their work are such an important part of what we do at RootsShoots.

Yes, I'm teaching photography.

But I'm also creating a space where young people can experiment, find their own way of seeing and realise that their ideas have value.

Sometimes the most important thing I can ask is simply:

Look again. What do YOU see?

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A New Chapter, Beyond the Graduation Portrait. A little more of my own photography…I recently photographed a University ...
16/08/2026

A New Chapter, Beyond the Graduation Portrait.
A little more of my own photography…

I recently photographed a University of Essex Languages graduate as she marked the end of one chapter and prepared to begin another — going on to teach in Ipswich.

There was a lovely sense of family history running through the shoot. Her father also graduated from Essex, and we incorporated the family’s traditional woven blanket into some of the photographs, bringing something personal and meaningful into the images.

Alongside the more traditional graduation portraits, I wanted to capture the less formal moments too — the laughter, family dynamics and personality that sit behind the milestone itself.

That balance is something I’m always looking for in my photography: not simply documenting what happened, but noticing the relationships, details and quieter moments that give an occasion its meaning.

From one generation graduating at Essex to another — and now, from graduating in Languages to beginning a career in teaching.

A new chapter starting. 📷

NO BARRIERS.With A-level results being released this week, we're rightly seeing lots of young people celebrating their a...
14/08/2026

NO BARRIERS.

With A-level results being released this week, we're rightly seeing lots of young people celebrating their achievements and looking ahead to university and their next steps.

But it got me thinking — what about the young people who choose, or need, a different route? Where do we see their successes celebrated?

Education doesn't have to be a straight line.

A young person might struggle in mainstream education and thrive somewhere else. They might move into alternative education, return to mainstream later, choose college, take a vocational route, start an apprenticeship, go into employment, change direction completely — or return to education years later.

What interests someone at 11 may be completely different by 15 or 18. Confidence develops, people mature, circumstances change and strengths can emerge that weren't obvious a few years earlier.

That's something I feel strongly about with all my photography groups. Photography might become a career or lead into art, media or another creative subject — but it doesn't have to.

It can also be somewhere to discover a new interest, gain confidence, learn practical skills, work independently, make mistakes, try again and realise “actually, I can do this.”

And learning doesn't have an expiry date either. I returned to university at 45.

There are always opportunities to learn, change direction and find another route. Perhaps alongside celebrating results, we should also be celebrating the young people whose achievements don't come with an A-level results slip.

Different routes. Different times. Different learners. No barriers. 📷

What does photography education actually look like? When I developed the RootsShoots photography programme, I knew I did...
14/08/2026

What does photography education actually look like?

When I developed the RootsShoots photography programme, I knew I didn't want learning photography to be about sitting in front of a screen being taught camera settings.

Of course, understanding the camera matters — but for me, the learning really happens when you get out and use it.

We shoot on location. We experiment. We look at the work of other photographers. We try things that don't always work. We review images together, talk about what could change and then go out and try again.

One of the things I've enjoyed most has been watching the learners become more independent.

There is a real shift from asking:

“Is this right?”

to being able to explain:

“I chose to do it this way because…”

And that's a much bigger achievement than simply knowing which camera setting to use.

Our first five learners are still with the programme, and they've already exhibited their work publicly twice. I've also watched their confidence grow, both individually and as a group.

For me, that's what photography education should do.

Give someone the technical knowledge — then give them the confidence and freedom to make it their own.

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What do you do with an empty gravy tub? Obviously, make a camera 😂📷Today's little experiment — one gravy tub, black plas...
12/08/2026

What do you do with an empty gravy tub? Obviously, make a camera 😂📷

Today's little experiment — one gravy tub, black plastic, a lot of duct tape and a tiny pinhole.

We've made our own pinhole camera ready to see what we can capture from this evening's eclipse.
It's now sitting rather elegantly on the garage roof 😂

Photography really doesn't have to start with expensive equipment. At its simplest, it's just light, a tiny hole and somewhere for that light to land.

Now we wait... 🌒
Fingers crossed it actually works!

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