Baby Photographer West Yorkshire | Charlie's Portrait Session

Charlie's mum and dad, Catherine and Gary, brought him along for a baby photo session a few weeks ago.  We've held off blogging this portrait session because the photographs are to be Christmas presents for their family and we didn't want to risk spoiling the surprise for anyone!

Catherine had brought a lovely outfit for Charlie to wear for his photographs but she did mention that it would be nice to get some of him without clothes.  As experienced West Yorkshire baby photographers, we know that usually babies of this age don't go to sleep whilst they are in the studio so the cute, nude, sleeping baby images don't happen.  However, there are always exceptions and Charlie proved us wrong.  We're not sure if he was genuinely tired or if we bored him to sleep but who cares!  This image is our favourite from the session and includes Leeds United Teddy to keep dad happy.

Family Photography Castleford | Portraits for the Crowther Family

Several months ago a close friend of Nikki contacted us as she wanted to buy her a portrait voucher as a gift for a special birthday.  We were happy to hear from Matthew, Nikki's husband, when he called to say that he, Nikki and their children, Zach and Poppy were ready to come to the studio for their family portrait session.

Zach wasn't in the best of moods when the family arrived, clinging to his dad for dear life and "crying".  Aren't kids brilliant at making parents squirm at the worst possible time?  Matthew was worried and he said that Zach was never like that but mum Nikki's advice worked a treat - ignore him and he'll come round!  

A bit of fun, banter and a high five or two later and we managed to get Zach on side and the reward was several great photographs of the family together before we let mum and dad have a bit of a rest on the sofa and allowed Zach and Poppy to play, dance and do their own thing as this seemed to work better than trying to get these two, who were full of beans, to sit still together. 

Sometimes cracking photographs just happen and the shot of Poppy on her toes, kissing her big brother, is our favourite.  

If you'd like to book a studio session for your family, kids or even the dog, a session costs just £35. Alternatively, a portrait gift certificate can be personalised to your exact requirements for any amount you wish from £35 upwards.  Call Janet on 01977 730159 now.

Baby Photographers in Castleford | Alex

     

We were wedding photographers for Claire and Neil when they married in February 2009 and we first met their gorgeous baby boy, Alex, at Neil's sister, Mellisa's wedding to Gareth in February this year.  Claire mentioned that she'd like us to take some baby photographs of Alex and we'd planned to do this, ideally before he started to crawl.  Claire got in touch to tell us that Alex was just starting to get mobile so we got him booked in before he was up and running!  Babies are best photographed when they are new born and the perfect age is five or six days old.  After this, the next time they are great to photograph is when they are sitting solidly but can't yet crawl.  This way, you can get some fabulous expressions and interaction from them but they can't escape!  Alex was so fantastic to photograph, smiling throughout several wardrobe changes and seemingly forgetting the fact that he could crawl a bit.  He sat there smiling and pointing and enjoying watching his mum and dad acting silly to make him laugh.  A lovely baby and a great set of baby pictures, six of which are going to be displayed together in a multi frame.  We really are lucky in that we often become family photographers to our fantastic clients.

Children's Photographer West Yorkshire - Ben and Emily

We recently had the pleasure of photographing Ben and his little sister Emily.  When Ben was a baby, his mum and dad took him for three separate professional portrait sessions resulting in a folio of pictures to celebrate his first year and the idea was to repeat this for Emily and also to get some photographs of the two children together.  Even though Emily was a bit off colour on the day of the session, she was still a joy to photograph, as was Ben who was an absolute gentleman, very co-operative and obviously devoted to his baby sister.