Photographer in Kingston upon Thames

Yes, for websites, brochures and marketplaces, at your premises. Lighting is set to show shape, colour and detail accurately, on white or on a styled set. With Kingston's shopping district drawing around 18 million visitors a year, consistent product pictures help a shop stand out online as well as on the street.

We let them move and follow along. Play, running about and a bit of silliness give better pictures of small children than asking them to freeze, and Canbury Gardens, with its playground, gives them room for it. We keep it short, pause for snacks near the pavilion café, and parents can step into frame whenever it helps. The gallery should look like your child on a happy afternoon by the Thames, not a stiff, posed version of them.

Aim for a date near the birthday itself, when your baby sits up well and is still curious about everything. If you are expecting or have just had the baby, maternity and newborn sittings can be booked with it so one photographer covers the first year.

Getting started is simple. Ring 07956 505383 or use the form, with a rough idea of the shoot and the dates you have in mind. We then suggest a session, confirm it in writing and hold the date with a small deposit. After that, the planning is done together, at an easy pace.

It depends on the session. A portrait or headshot sitting ends in a short, chosen set, whereas a full wedding day runs to several hundred edited images. We would rather hand over fewer, finished pictures than a pile of near-duplicates. Ask when you enquire and we will give you a likely number for your booking.

A riverside session in Kingston always has a fallback if the weather turns. A grey sky gives soft, even light, which suits faces well.

Yes, every Kingston gallery gets gentle retouching. Spots, redness and stray hairs are softened; skin texture stays. You should still recognise yourself. If you would like more than that, just ask.