What do old photos mean to you?

Using a pregnancy journal is one way to document your growing baby bump, and in this episode, I discuss other ideas. Listen to the Podcast Episode: Podcast Transcript: Creative and fun ways to document your pregnancy, because this is really the point where a family is created. A positive pregnancy result means days of just being a couple are ending, and that you'll soon be a family of three or...

Now you may be surprised to learn that my initial training as a landscape photographer actually was transferable to portrait photography, and in this episode, I share 5 ideas on how you can create storytelling family memories with your own photographs. Listen to the Podcast Episode Here: Podcast Transcript: In this episode, I give you some tips on how to create storytelling family memories in...

When it comes to photographs, what's more, important to you? Being able to view a digital or a hard copy print? Different generations will give different responses, my generation only has printed photographs to spark memories, whereas my daughter has digital memories too. As a baby photographer, it influences the products I offer my clients, as I adapt to how people want to enjoy their...

Someone recently shared a quote with me:  “If you don't think photos are important, wait until they are all that you have left. “ Unknown And this coincided with a colleague reviewing, my marketing efforts, including this podcast and commenting on the link between my family history & this podcast. It made me stop & think about things, and why I had started the podcast. For me, it’s...

Baby memories: capturing those first 400 days - the reason I've chosen the first 400 days is I think it's important to start with, a maternity photograph around month 8 of your pregnancy. This article addresses: Capturing those memories start with you… literallyA whirlwind of baby-related busynessWhy you need to exist in photographsIn terms of photographing babies, let me just manage some...

What habits do you still have from childhood? I’m thinking in the context of making memories here. And existing in family photos. And have you continued to make the same memories for your children? Listen to the Podcast Episode Here: Or Read On: In this episode, I wanted to consider what habits do you still have from childhood? Now, I'm thinking of this in the context of making memories. Common...

Goodbye 2021, you were quite the rollercoaster year, although despite this we as a family still managed to make plenty of memories - albeit in a different way as plans naturally pivoted in response to changes brought about by the pandemic, which is the theme for today's bite-sized episode. Listen to the Podcast Episode Here: Or Read On .... This is the very first episode of 2022. I decided to...

In this 9 min episode of the Photographs in a Shoebox Podcast I chat through ideas for 10 baby photos to take before you leave the hospital. Precious memories to capture during those first 48 hours of your baby's arrival, simply because this time can be a bit of blur, so prime your partner to capture at least one photo 🙂 First CuddlesCapture their measurements and their weightCapture their...

In this bite-sized episode of the Photographs in a Shoebox Podcast, I am exploring the concept or perhaps the myth of 'just one photo.' from two angles. So I'm often asked for just one photograph in the studio, but equally, there's the, "if only I had a photo of them" angle. You can listen to the podcast episode here: Or read on .... So what I mean by that is in my case, the only photograph I've...