The majority of the world’s population now carries a camera around in their pocket every single day. And yet whilst today’s technology allows us all to be photographers in some way, we have come to take this accessibility for granted and what’s often missing is the memory and experience behind the 100+ mobile phone snaps.
Here on Botany Bay, whilst it may have been a tad on the chilly side at the time of this session, we were so lucky to have a practically abandoned beach surrounded only by a few nosey seagulls and the beautiful sounds of waves crashing on the shore.
Festive family fun at the Beach! Make magic in the sand this Christmas.
While the days are still short, the skies are dark and the grass is wet, I just had to revisit this mummy and me photography session from last October in the fields of Downswood, Maidstone, Kent.
First-time parents Maja and Nathan booked a very impromptu, and last-minute, maternity session with me ahead of their little one’s arrival in early November.
“A cake smash is where a one-year-old gets very messy with a cake and a professional photographer captures the moment.” So with my pop up studio and a large roll of white paper to protect the floors, I was ready for all the cake this little one could throw at me!
Lori is there to catch all of the moments that I would have missed being a part of. Instead of hiding behind my iPhone, I get to be present with my children in the memory instead of watching it from the sidelines.
The moments and memories that Lori captures are so subtle and so special that you hardly realise the importance of them until you see them later, displayed in a frame in your home.
Instead of photos of me and my children that feature my husbands' horrific wonky camera skills,
the moments captured by Lori are natural and candid, and you can see everyone’s at ease - including me!
These photos in particular I will treasure for an eternity.
Every day my children change and grow and, although it breaks my heart, I love nothing more than looking back at these moments with them."
"As a mother; I spend a lot of my time hiding behind my iPhone, capturing every possible moment I can.
I can’t help it. I want these moments to look back on and to show my children when they’re older. I want to have a picture of these moments in case I ever forget the memory.
I love capturing beautiful, candid photographs of my children and their dad (that he’ll proudly display on his screensaver). But it’s always me - mum - with the phone or the camera, and rarely my husband. Something which I know other mothers will relate to. So by constantly playing at being a photographer, I miss being in the moment myself.
So I don’t think of sessions with Lori as a photo shoot. They are experiences and moments in time where I get to be with my family, and in the photos, whilst enjoying ourselves, together, in beautiful places.
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