I’m offering families the opportunity to enjoy a free Doorstep Portrait Photoshoot: quite literally, a photoshoot on your doorstep! From the compulsory 2 metres away, I’ll capture photographs of you and your family.

You can use it as a (currently very rare!) opportunity to dress up or you can fully embrace lockdown with photos in your pyjamas; the furry members of your household can be included, those items which have kept you going through this time (kilogram slab of chocolate anyone?!) or your beautifully drawn rainbow pictures… it’s entirely up to you!

There is no fee for the session or for the images, which will - in line with the current climate - be delivered electronically. Instead, I am asking for a donation to the nationwide bereavement charity, Widowed and Young (WAY).

Finding time to smell the roses... (or tulips!)

Following two abdominal surgeries, I needed to take a little break from photographing children, as it requires a lot of energy and a certain amount of speed and agility to launch oneself into the positions required to capture spontaneous giggles and moments of fun. So, I turned instead to the flowers that I had been so kindly given to brighten my bedroom. Admittedly, some were past their best by the time I picked up my camera again, but that just seemed to add to their beauty: whilst not conventionally perfect, they had developed a uniqueness as well as an intensity of colour in their wilting (a bit like me, I suppose - a bit sore and damaged, but with a big dab of blusher to cheer up my pale cheeks!). I fell in love with the tiny details of powdery pollen, the diversity of colour within each flower and the elegant curving sweep of the falling petals.