Happy Christmas!

Wow! Where did 2015 go? I can’t believe is Christmas this week. I’m looking forward to spending time with my amazing family and celebrating another year of happy memories. It’s been a brilliant year for Red Poppy, I’m so lucky to be able to take pictures for a living and capture families and new additions and I’d like to thank…

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Jack’s newborn shoot

Jack came to see me a few weeks back for his first photo shoot which was a baby shower present to his parents from work colleagues – what a good idea that was! He already has a head fully of musical theatre songs as both parents love the theatre and Jack was happily soothed by a few songs from some…

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Captured for his first photo shoot!

Meet Hunter πŸ™‚ His Mum and Dad found me at Duck Pond Market and they’d only just found out that Hunter was on his way, so I was part of a big secret very early on! We had to wait for Hunter to arrive as he didn’t feel like coming out on time but I have to say he was…

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Oh Billy Boy!

Billy Flynn – what a heart breaker you are going to be when you’re older! You did so well in your first photo shoot and promptly fell asleep when we needed you to πŸ™‚ It wasn’t until I showed your Mum and Dad your portraits did you let me see you big brown eyes – I suspect there’s a cute…

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Diya’s beautiful newborn shoot

Diya came in to see me a few weeks ago and what a delight her session was! She is such a little bundle of inquisitive joy πŸ™‚ She dutifully had a little sleep and allowed me to get some lovely sleepy shots but also was wide awake for a while, very intently watching what was going on and then gave…

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October Mini Shoots

It’s that time of year again…. Christmas is creeping up on us and we keep on saying we must be more organised this year! So why not take the opportunity to get some gorgeous photographs of your family as Christmas presents? This October half term (26th – 31st)I am doing mini sessions for Christmas. This is the only time this…

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You really want me to go to sleep?

Ah Diego – bless you! The first day you came to see me you weren’t interested in going to sleep at all were you? All you wanted to do was look around and check out the studio and eat as much as you could, which was fine, we got some lovely shots of your big beautiful eyes and your wonderful…

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Mathys flies in for his session!

Mathys certainly wins the prize for travelling the furthest to have a photo shoot with me to date! He came all the way from the Caribbean! He also came to meet his grandparents for the first time and all his Mummy’s friends. Mathys has the most gorgeous smile and I wish I could let you hear him giggle – it’s…

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Ruben rocks his first photo shoot

Ruben came to see me when he was two whole weeks new and totally rocked his first shoot. He was one of the longest babies I’ve had in the studio – all arms and legs! I wonder what he’s going to do when he grows up?! He was such a little super star and let us get a gallery of…

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Kurt’s newborn session

Kurt came to see me when he was just 8 days new, he was a little bit early into the world as well and was such a sleepy little man πŸ™‚ He was such a superstar for his session and even gave me a whole set of beaming smiles, I’m not sure what he was dreaming about but he was…

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Family time!

This lovely family came to see me a few weeks ago after they won a voucher session with me at their local nursery – lucky them! We had a great time making memories with everyone including the newest addition to the family, baby Annabelle at 5 weeks new πŸ™‚ If you are thinking about getting some family portraits done why…

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Mia’s newborn shoot

Meet the adorable tiny Mia πŸ™‚ She was so excited about her photo shoot that she decided to arrive a whole 6 weeks early which was a bit of a surprize to her parents. Mia is just perfect in every way but in miniature. She was an absolute poppet throughout her shoot and I’m totally in love with her πŸ™‚

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Baby Flynn’s newborn session

I was delighted to meet Flynn when he was just shy of three weeks old. He is such a lovely baby with bags of character and I loved photographing him – especially the smiles and all the expressionsΒ :)! Congratulations to Mum and Dad on his safe arrival, I look forward to watching him grow up!  

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Leo’s newborn session

I first met Leo when he was two weeks old and I was delighted to be asked to capture this special time for his new family. Leo wasn’t very interested in having a nap and letting me take portraits of him, he was too curious as to what was going on!

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