Family Photographer in Stanmore

Both, and in Stanmore outdoors means the open spaces rather than the reserve interiors, whose paths are managed for wildlife rather than for prams. Indoors means the Northwood room: warm, clean floor, entirely indifferent to the weather. Families can start outside and keep the room in reserve, a call we can make on the morning itself.

The first couple of weeks are ideal, when newborns usually sleep deeply and curl up easily. Getting in touch during pregnancy lets us pencil in a date around your due date and move it when the baby arrives.

Just let us know as soon as you can. Colds and bad days happen with small children, and a rearranged session beats photographing an unhappy one. We will find another date, and if the session was planned outdoors at somewhere like Canons Park, it simply moves with you.

Yes. It is a room rather than a set, the floor is clean enough to put a baby down on, the heating goes on before you arrive, and nothing breakable sits within reach of a toddler. Bring a snack and one favourite toy, and keep that toy hidden until it is needed. Under-fives are photographed in short spells with proper pauses between them.

Because in Stanmore the decision that matters is ground, and it gets made before you set out: firm open grass rather than reserve paths, which are kept for wildlife and not for wheels. We work from a child's height rather than from above, and the youngest child decides when we finish, not a list of shots drawn up in advance.