Samantha Black Photography

Samantha Black Photography Newborn, family and lovers. Maternity, too. North London photographer working in natural light, your home, your story. Slow, unhurried, honest over perfect.

London and beyond. Hey, I’m Samantha. I’d describe myself as a soulful creative. I've professionally photographed adults, children and newborns since 2012. My art is part of me; I do everything from a completely genuine place. I ask that you do, too, and I’ll meet you there. Let’s work together to create something you’ll love.

there is a kind of love that feels easy, effortless and nourishing. you know it when you see it. it feels true, honest, ...
07/06/2026

there is a kind of love that feels easy, effortless and nourishing. you know it when you see it. it feels true, honest, protective. I felt it from Kate and Luke and it’s fair to say they owned this shoot. completely.

first time I’ve ever photographed on a beach. still finding new edges.

Nina pushed me here. grateful for that.

this is definitely a bit of me that.

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even in a basement flat, we found light that asked to be witnessed.a couple so quietly, completely in love.soon they’ll ...
02/06/2026

even in a basement flat, we found light that asked to be witnessed.

a couple so quietly, completely in love.

soon they’ll wonder where the time went.

watching in awe as their child moves through the world.

but they’ll always have this. the love that keeps them whole.

the thing that started it all

Maternity and Newborn photography in London and surrounding areas.

sometimes this job feels like visiting a distant friend.this was one of those days.their first baby, framed and displaye...
22/05/2026

sometimes this job feels like visiting a distant friend.
this was one of those days.
their first baby, framed and displayed around the home. more books than last time. I genuinely wondered when they find the time. toys, shoes, the odd leftover cup of tea.
this is family life. real life. and I wouldn’t want to photograph anything else.
second time around with this family. somehow even better than the first.



London family photography and London newborn photography.

fifteen years. still feel this every time
18/05/2026

fifteen years. still feel this every time

07/05/2026

I walk into someone’s home.
and I can already see the road ahead.
the toddler. the school run. the teenager.
they can’t see it yet.
that’s why I’m here.

newborn photography, london

affirmations are just optimism in disguise. and i’ve never really bought either of them.not because i’m cynical. but bec...
27/04/2026

affirmations are just optimism in disguise. and i’ve never really bought either of them.

not because i’m cynical. but because i think belief has to come from somewhere real. it has to be earned. through struggle, through sitting in something hard and coming out the other side and going - oh. i did that.

you can’t shortcut to that feeling. you can’t say the words every morning and manufacture it.

and yet there’s this whole culture that says if you just believe hard enough, speak it into existence, stay positive… it’ll come. like the belief itself is the work.

but i want to ask something honestly and i’m asking it gently.

is it working?

not does it feel good in the moment. not does it give you a lift on a hard morning. but has it built something in you that lasts? something that holds when things get really difficult?

because if it was creating real belief, you wouldn’t need to repeat it every day. real belief doesn’t need that kind of maintenance. it just sits in you quietly. because it came from something you actually lived through.

the struggle was never the obstacle. it was the whole point.the whole point.

Twenty years ago I left a career in fashion buying to follow a more meaningful path.Bold move. I was a young single mum ...
19/04/2026

Twenty years ago I left a career in fashion buying to follow a more meaningful path.

Bold move. I was a young single mum with a mortgage and no backup plan.

But I was tenacious, and I knew what I needed, for me and my daughter. For our sanity and our future. I quickly built a small business in fashion and it was through that I found photography. I found something there I’d never found before. For years though, I still felt like I wasn’t doing the work I truly loved. Until a few years ago, when I decided I would only do work that moved me.

Now I shoot families, women and newborns in ways that feel real and true. I look for cues in the people I work with. A kind of honesty. An openness. I use my intuition to guide me. I want to feel connected in a way that makes the work feel easy for all of us because they deserve that, and so do I.

The women I photograph are often holding more than they’re saying. They’re on the edge of something huge, becoming a mother, or living through what it means to be one, and somewhere underneath the excitement there’s a quieter feeling. Am I ready for this? Will I still know who I am? I don’t want to lose this moment but I don’t know how to hold onto it. I don’t want to lose myself. Who am I, now?

I see that. I’ve always seen that in people.

It’s taken me fifteen years to find my honest voice in this work. And whilst I’ve held some of it back, I’m not someone who performs for the sake of it, and I never will be. I’m ready to share a little more of what drives me.

Because the people who find me and feel something when they look at my work, they’re usually feeling something they haven’t quite said out loud yet.

If you are one of those people, this is for you. you are one of those people, this is for you.

I photograph families, newborns and babies in London and beyond.

There’s a version of maternity that isn’t polished.Of course you want your images to look beautiful. you’ve chosen this,...
01/04/2026

There’s a version of maternity that isn’t polished.

Of course you want your images to look beautiful. you’ve chosen this, you care about it.

but you might not feel how you look. or look how you feel.

and that’s where I meet you.
not to fix it, not to shape it into something it’s not.

just to work with you, as you are that day.

because this part matters. the in-between.

where things feel steady one moment and unfamiliar the next.

you don’t have to arrive as a finished version of yourself.

you just have to be in it.

north london maternity photographer | natural, baby-led maternity photography london.




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one day the house will be quieter.the toys will be packed away.the tiny clothes folded into memory boxes.the sound of sm...
11/03/2026

one day the house will be quieter.

the toys will be packed away.
the tiny clothes folded into memory boxes.
the sound of small feet running through the hallway will fade into stories you tell.

but today it is loud and messy and alive.

today there is a newborn curled against your chest.
today the sofa is covered in muslins and half-finished cups of tea.
today the house is learning a new rhythm.

these days can feel long while you are inside them.

but one day they will feel impossibly small.

so hold them.
photograph them.
remember them.

because this beginning only happens once.





Less Noise. More feeling. Shot during a session with
25/01/2026

Less Noise. More feeling.

Shot during a session with

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