This is a pretty much a new path for me, but I was asked by Simon and Rachel (whose wedding I shot back in Feb 2007) to document a day in their life. Of course I was thrilled to be asked and started looking into children photography a bit more. What I noticed was that there are so many studios out there that photograph the family in front of either a white or mottled background, normally asking the parents and children to do absurd things, and then selling individual images at extortionate prices. So I spent 8 hours with Simon, Rachel and Riley and went about the task of shooting images that reflected them and their personalities. We went to the beach and an animal farm and then just chilled at home, along the way we stopped off at a local pub, where the owners tried to kill me by serving me raw chicken, but overall it was a great day, a great experience for me and I think I got some lovely images. Its such a memorable keepsake, and in years to come will be something that I hope both Simon and Rachel will really treasure, its real images like these that will remind us of our children when our memories fade.
So, here are few from our/their day.
