ABSOLUTELY. Pets are encouraged at every single session. I have a precious black lab named Delilah so I have a special place in my heart for animals. Bring your bird, snake, cat, dog, chinchilla. Whatever kind of pet you own, I want to be friends with it. I always recommend having a friend come that can keep your dog busy when we are done with them.

I try to keep my family photography very natural, capturing the action as it happens, so it's lots of fun and not too much posing. I feel this will bring out the true character of your children and will also make the session more enjoyable.

The 30 minute sessions take place in one location - either on your family land, a special place to you, or I can suggest different types of sessions. The one hour or longer sessions can be in a variety of locations – maybe starting at your home and then moving on to a place that means a lot to you as a family. Both rural and urban locations can work really well.

I'll get in touch a couple of days before the shoot (after consulting the weather forecast) and if it looks like rain we can either reschedule (if you're keen to have some photos outside) or go ahead. We can still get a fantastic variety of photos in your home and kids in wellies, jumping in puddles, are very photogenic!

Yes, I will spend some time taking some relaxed portraits of you together as a family, as this can be an important record for you too. But I spend more time letting the action happen naturally and capturing the moments as they unfold.

I do a mixture, choosing what I think works best for each individual photo.

Two to Three weeks after the shoot your edited images will be available for viewing in a private online gallery. Weddings take up to Six weeks to edit and deliver. I will email this link to you. Each Gallery will stay up for 2 weeks so that you have plenty of time to download your images and purchase any prints.

With each session you will be allowed to download a set amount of photos, the best way to decide on which to choose is to use the “favorite” feature and narrow down your set amount. Once they are favorited, you can download them one by one (preferably on a computer because phones aren’t as reliable) once downloaded on your computer you will be able to view them in your downloads folder. If you’re using a phone to save your photos, you will then download one by one. In the browser you will notice a blue arrow loading, when you click on that you will be able to view your photos. IMMEDIATELY after they download, you will then select the share arrow and click “save to camera roll”. If you wait to do this, the downloads may not be in your browser the next day.

It's great if you can bring along some of your child's favorite toys, games, balls, kites, bubbles – anything that you enjoy doing together as a family. Snacks are also a good idea to boost your child's energy levels and possibly good for bribing if we need it!

Exactly what you like – you all want to look and feel like yourselves. As a guide simple clothes tend to work best and avoiding logos, stripes, and neons is preferable. Layering works really well for creating different looks and a change of outfit can be a good idea for very little ones.

P.S. my client closet is open for all clients to utilize! Here is a look at a few dresses I have! (link to client closet gallery)

Yes, I have both public liability and professional indemnity insurance.

Just use my contact form below and we'll find a suitable date. All I need then is a signed contract and the session deposit paid.

If you no call no show, you are forfeiting your booking fee and we will not schedule with you again. Please be mindful that when we block off a time spot for you, we are holding that spot for only you. Therefore, we are not able to schedule someone else. We will not tolerate no call no show clients.

We understand that life happens. People get sick, and things go wrong. If you need to reschedule for any reason, please try to give us 48 hrs notice. If you happen to fall ill the day of your session, please reschedule. We work every day with all age groups and cannot risk passing on anything to our beloved clients. Your photos will look better if you are feeling well rested and at your best! If rain hinders our photo session, we can without a doubt reschedule. If your reschedule is approved, your booking fee will carry over onto your new date. If rescheduling more than 60 days out, a new booking fee will be required. (The new booking fee will be waived if we have previously discussed a date, and for special circumstances such as travel, military, health reasons.)

Please plan enough time to get to your session. Whether that be getting the kids ready or navigating through rush hour traffic. If you are running late, please call us. We respect every single client's time and put an incredible amount of effort into scheduling and planning a session, so please respect ours. If you have a 60 minute session scheduled and you are 20 minutes late, you will then have a 40 minute session. If you are more than 30 minutes late without calling, you will forfeit your booking fee and we will have the right to cancel the session. We of course understand unforeseen circumstances such as illness or accidents. If we are late, we will communicate that with you and your session time will not be affected.