When Is the Best Time to Have Newborn Photos?

A Newborn Photographer’s Honest Answer One of the questions I get asked most often when someone enquires about newborn photography is: “When is the best time to have the photographs taken?” If you’ve done even a quick Google search, you’ll probably have come across the advice that newborn photographs should be done within the first…

Why Your Child Doesn’t Need to “Behave” for Photos

One of the things parents often say to me during a session is, “I don’t know how you’re so patient!” And it always makes me smile, because the truth is… it didn’t just come from photography. Before I became a family and newborn photographer in Lanarkshire, Scotland, I spent almost seven years working in a…

How to Take Better Holiday Photos (Without Missing the Moment)

Holidays are one of those rare times when everything feels a little slower… and yet somehow, it still flies by in a blur of sandy toes, melting ice creams, chaotic dinners, and sleepy car journeys home. And if you’re anything like me, you want to remember all of it. Not just the big postcard moments-…

From New Mum to Family Photographer in Lanarkshire: How My Journey Began

Discover how I became a family photographer in Lanarkshire, Scotland. From new mum to newborn and wedding photographer, this is the story behind my photography journey. My photography journey didn’t start in a studio, or with formal training, or even with a business plan. It started in the most ordinary- and most life-changing- place… becoming…