Gold Award | Newborn Photography UK

May 9th, 2012

I’m really pleased to share this image of beautiful baby Alice with you, and I’m extra happy as it won a prestigious Gold Award with the International Professional Photographers’ Network!

Images are judged on the following areas: technical, composition, emotion, processing and overall impression.  Whilst I completely agree that all these elements are really important, it’s the emotion of images that get me the most.  There’s nothing better than watching parents when they first see their images, and I won’t lie, we often need to keep the tissues at hand….

Gold Award Newborn Photography UK

… and that’s just for me!

Elli x

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Photo Professional Article | Newborn Photography UK

May 6th, 2012

Well, what an exciting spring this is proving to be!  Last month I was featured in the UK fashion magazine Vogue, and this month I’m featured in an article on newborn photography in the UK’s fastest growing photography magazine for Professional Photographer, Photo Professional!

Photo Professional Magazine Newborn Photographer UK Feature

 

It’s a real honour to be included and I’m really grateful to Terry Hope the magazine editor for writing such an extensive feature on this exciting area of photography, and for covering the importance of safe posing within the interview.  I feel very privilaged to be able to do a job that I love so much and to spend so much time working with gorgeous newborn babies.  With my training team, Memories Mentoring and the individual mentoring sessions I’ve held, I’ve had the pleasure of teaching over 35 photographers how to pose newborns safely, and another 25 booked before the end of the year. I love talking about babies and photography and sharing the knowledge that I have.  If you are interested in attending either a group workshop, or a tailored one-to-one mentoring session, please do get in touch.

Thank you to all my fantastic clients too, I love spending time with you and your beautiful babies.  If you are looking to book a photographer for your newborn baby photos, I promise that I’ll capture images for you to treasure, whilst ensuring that your baby is in safe and loving hands. It’s never too early to book your session.  x

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One boy and his dog | Newborn Photography Lincoln

April 22nd, 2012

Thomas was such a gorgeous baby to photograph, he was easy going and chilled, provided he had a nice supply of feeds and cuddles. Mum took care of the feeding and I got to enjoy a nice amount of cuddles, oh the hardship!  Thomas already has an older ‘brother’ who was very keen to check that I was taking good care of his baby, and kept a watchful eye on me,  I think I passed the test though and soon he joined in for some family photos too!

Newborn baby and dog photography photos uk

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Bump to baby pregnancy progression | Louth newborn photography

April 15th, 2012

I’m delighted to share this special image with you as it’s the realisation of a long standing ambition… to photograph the complete journey of pregnancy, from the very beginnings of a bump, to the beautiful baby in his mother’s arms.

I’d talked to Becky about this idea before she had even conceived, I promised her that I would do a progression series for her, so I was delighted when she told me that we needed to book her first session!

So here it is…. Becky and Zack – The Journey

Bump to Baby Photography UK Award Lincoln Grimsby

This image has also won an IPPN bronze award which I’m really proud of too. The IPPN is a network of international photographers and the competition standards are really high, so I’m always excited when an image is placed. You can see all the award winning images here.

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Lincolnshire Photographer Featured in Vogue!

April 11th, 2012

Yes, that’s right, I can’t believe it but I’m actually featured in May’s Edition of Vogue! I can’t tell you how giddy I was when I opened my copy and saw my image in British Vogue!

It’s always fanastic when people love my work, and I was really delighted when Vogue contacted me and asked if they could include Mini Memories Photography in their recommended Child Photography article. I continually strive to improve my art and provide my clients with a first class experience and products that they can truely be proud of and recognition like this makes all the hard work worth it.

Lincolnshire newborn photographer featured in british vogue

(Now promise you won’t tell Vogue, but if truth be told, I think I’d still do it for the newborn baby cuddles I get too!)

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Flying Boy | Lincoln RAF Baby Photographer

April 4th, 2012

Living and working in Lincolnshire I find I do a lot of work for RAF families. This brand new little family were relocating to a new posting the day after Riley’s photoshoot, yet I was amazed at how calm and organised they were! There relaxed manner clearly rubbed off on Riley as he was such a chilled out and happy baby. I couldn’t resist using this little aviator hat for his daddy, and I think Riley approved as he gave me the cutest smile! (It doesn’t matter how many times I catch a baby smile on camera, it always makes me supper excited!)

Super cute eh!

Lincoln Newborn Baby Photographer

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Posing Workshop | UK Newborn Photographers

March 30th, 2012

It’s been a really busy month for me with various training sessions I’ve held teaching other photographers how to pose newborns. It’s always really humbling to be asked, as well as a fanatastic experience with new friendships forged. This month the Memories Mentoring team (Shellie Wall, Maddy Rogers and myself) held a workshop at an amazing venue in Manchester where we had four gorgeous newborns to work with.

The mentees left with lots of tips and techniques to help their newborn photography, as well as the biggest goody bags full of hats, wraps, editing actions and posing guides. I left with a happy heart and a camera full of beautiful images! To read more about the workshop, please visit www.newbornworkshops.co.uk.

UK Newborn Posing Workshop

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Mini Posing Workshop | UK Newborn Photography Training

March 23rd, 2012

This week I ran a mini workshop with Maddy Rogers teaching other photographers the art of Newborn Posing. We travelled to Bransley where we had a fantastic host at Blue Lights Photography’s Studio, so a big thanks to Adele. The day was amazing we had three babies to work with and only 5 photographers, which meant lots of hands on experience, whilst being guided safely through all the different set-ups.

This little lady Isobel was just three days old, making her the youngest baby I’ve ever photographed other than my own! She really was tiny, and after taking a few photographs on the beanbag, we had her new parents hold her for the rest of the session, with a blanket over their knees, so we could keep capturing beautiful images whilst ensuring she was all snug and secure in their arms. It worked really well and I was able to take some gorgeous photos of her!

For more information on 1-2-1 training or workshops, please get in touch, or visit www.newbornworkshops.co.uk for more details on the Memories Mentoring workshops.

Top UK Newborn Posing Photography Workshop

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Baby Blue Eyes | Louth Newborn Photographer

March 16th, 2012

Little Eleanor was an amazing baby to work with, not yet two weeks old but so alert! She was incredibly happy and content the whole time, though she was a curious little lady and hardly ever took her eyes off me and my camera. Not that I’m complaining though, with eyes like hers I’m convinced she’ll win many hearts over, and I have no idea how her parents are ever going to be able to say no to her over the years.

We did get some sleepy poses too, but these are two of my very favourites from her session, such a gorgeous expression for such a new tiny baby. No wonder her mummy is so besotted, I left pretty captivated too. (And thanks to mum for the extra cuddles when I dropped her photos round too!)

Louth Newborn Baby Photograph

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Not a newborn…! | Lincolnshire Portrait Photography

March 11th, 2012

Whilst I adore working with newborns, sometimes it’s really refreshing to grab my camera and try something different. I had a fantastic time working with Kelly on one such occassion and I just loved the way this image came together.  It seems the good folk from the IPPN did too as the judges awarded it with a bronze placement!
Bronze Award Model Photography Louth

The IPPN is a brilliant network of International Professional Photographers that I am very proud to be involved with. For more information on the IPPN and to see the other awarded images, please have a look here: International Professional Photographers Network

For those of you that enjoy using your camera, whether at a professional level, or just for fun, I’d definitely recommend you keep trying new things too, you never know, you might just suprise yourself!

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