About 3 years ago a couple of very very close friends of ours who live in Bozeat near Wellingborough, asked me to photograph their baby daughter, the super smiley 6 month old Ellie. I’d always been a commercial photographer up till that point and baulked a little when first asked, but I did it anyway, against my better judgement as I wanted to help them out.
Three years on and I’ve dropped my commercial work and now work exclusively with children and families, the best career decision I ever made, all thanks to this gorgeous little girl! Not only that, my wife Debbie has also packed in her full time job and started working with me, specialising in working with tiny newborns.
So when our friends had their second child, little Thomas, we had to get them back in the studio both to update Ellie’s portraits plus capture her with her little newborn brother.
Thomas was only 7 days old when we got our hands on him and although he was finding it hard to settle that day (due to a little reflux) we were still thrilled that we managed to capture him having a cuddle with his adoring big Sis and even take a few lovely shots of him on his own, wide-eyed and bushy tailed!
Thanks guys for such a lovely shoot and an extra special thanks to big girl Ellie for providing me with the inspiration to take the plunge into this exciting career path!