Mummy Love | Eva & Élyse

I was honoured to be asked to take photos of one of my oldest and dearest friends Emma and her beautiful little girl Eva whilst she was 8 months pregnant with her second child. We headed to the beach on a beautiful summer's day to record this very special time. Eva was very excited that she was about to become a big sister and loved cuddling up to mum and the baby bump. It was beautiful being able to record their close bond at such a wonderful time.

Not long after, baby Élyse was born, another beautiful little girl to add to the family. With Eva becoming big sister at last, she helped me at Élyse's Newborn shoot and let me take some lovely Big Sister photo's of her too! 

BLACK & SIGI | HANDMADE JEWELLERY

We had a great time working for this exciting new design duo 
Black & Sigi. The Sigismondi sisters based in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, create such beautiful jewellery using semi precious stones and crystals to create modern, edgy design pieces. 

On a rather cold spring morning we braved the weather for a beach inspired shoot to showcase their Spring/ Summer collection. Our model was particularly courageous; paddling in the freezing water and wearing summer clothes on such a chilly day! 

You can follow Black & Sigi on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest and you can check out their fantastic range of pieces on their website:  www.blackandsigi.com

Our personal favourite pieces are The Mermaid Retreat Necklace, The Tina Bangle and The Juno ring! 

P&W xx

Summertime Sisters | Dilliway Girls

On a gloriously warm English summer's day we had the pleasure of photographing these four beautiful sisters. 
Surrounded by nature and stunning scenery at Essex's Gusted Hall we had great fun with this lovely family. 

We love shooting on location where the children have the freedom to be themselves, and the girls were certainly at ease messing around in the fields. The four girls are relatively close in age and their strong sisterly bond was lovely to see and be a part of for the day! 

Stacey & Amy P&W xx

Birth Photography | Baby Beatrice

When I found out my sister was expecting I had expressed my interest in birth photography and I started researching with excitement after my sister had said she wouldn't mind me being there.

I had not really thought about how it would be to be that extra person at someone else birth? Part of that journey and part of that amazing moment - especially the birth of my niece.

Well when I arrived I blended in to the background and didn't want to intrude I was giddy with excitement, it brought back all of the emotions from my two births.

I am the youngest of three girls, I am super lucky to have my sisters and it often plays on my mind that my daughter Sadie will not have the relationship that I have with my sister. Sadie has something I never had a big brother and their bond is tight and I hope that lasts a life time.

Kate is the middle sister and Beatrice is her second child. Stanley her eldest is 5 years old and was with our older sister Natalie whilst the magic was happening - completely blissfully unaware that his whole world was going to change.

Kate had been in labour all day and I arrived around 6pm ready for a long wait. When I arrived Kate was already in the second stages of labour and the midwives were certain that it would be another few hours at least.

7.01pm Beatrice arrived after a little delayed cry all was well a healthy baby girl weighing 8lb 4oz.

I really love the birth photographers that I follow - They capture so many moment and I was slightly worried about doing it and making sure I captured all that my sister expected. It was catch 22 the pressure was off a little as it was my sister and it was so emotional to see Beatrice being born but in the same breathe I did not want to disappoint any one either. 

A few weeks after Beatrice arrived Stacey and I went back to do some new born photos of Beatrice.

We managed to snap some of Stan as well - He melts me he is so funny - He is such a great Big brother. 

I am sure more posts about Baby Beatrice will follow watching her grow and change! 

Beach Boys | Finlay & Archie

 

We had so much fun with these boys! Typical English weather it was sunny but super windy! Finlay & Archie were a dream to photograph. They were at ease from the start and we managed to capture some of that Brother Love!!!!

 

 

I love capturing the little giggles as its normally followed by more natural smile!!!! Boys can be harder to crack especially 6 years upwards! But Finlay and Archie were chatting away with us straight away and got into the swing of it even though we were nearly blown away!  

 

 

 

 

We love shooting outside - East beach is always lovely! We are so lucky to have all of these locations on our doorstep!

 

 

 

We cannot wait for the summer - we have lots of location shoots coming up! We are still working hard to collate all of our images for our new website!!

Photography to us is all about creativity - Because we are a team of two photographers its great to bounce off each others ideas and come up with some creative ideas to bring to life!!!

Bring on the summer days XOXO

The Judd Family | Austin

I first photographed Christina and Stuart when they were expecting their first baby in 2014. 

It was a fun shoot set in the local woodlands, sunshine but still a bit chilly. 

Christina was glowing and looked fabulous, when I was at this stage in both my pregnancies I felt like a beach whale and only dreamed of looking this glam. 

Within the first week of baby Austin arriving I was round capturing the precious moment's that seem to fly by so fast. Austin was such a good boy and even managed to surprise his mummy with a little sprinkle. 

We even managed to capture all three of them - its always a mixed response when we ask (or tell) the dads if they want to join in. Most dads especially first time dads want to join in the fun.

We recently celebrated Austin's 1st birthday, that year has flown

by. He is such a sweet little boy with a obsession with balloons. 

Happy Birthday Austin xox