Be my baby

May 09, 2019 / Rebecca King

I haven’t done a blog post in a while, I have been busy working on my social media and exhibiting at wedding fairs and of course, taking photographs.

I did this shoot in March at the beautiful Southover Grange Gardens. As a location photographer ( I don’t have a studio) I am wiling to travel around for my shoots, but my clients love to come to Lewes and have their shoots here. If the Grange Gardens is good enough for the singer Rag and Bone Man to get married in, then it’s good enough for the rest of us.

I had a great afternoon with this lovely couple, they were expecting their first child, and the baby was due on the same day as my daughters birthday, which was a nice coincidence. They were expecting a little boy and they were going to call him Jayden.

We were in luck as the weather was glorious, there was soft, hazy sunlight, the pampas grass was still looking nice, as was the cheerful Spring daffodils. It’s always fun when you do a maternity shoot to have some little props, a sonogram photograph, a baby grow, teddy bear, for this shoot the couple had brought along an adorable tiny pair of shoes. We had fun popping them on her baby belly or them just holding these miniature shoes in their hands. I always enjoy maternity shoots, it’s such an exciting time for anyone expecting and this always creates such a happy and natural vibe.

My maternity shoot price is the same as any of my family/portrait fees, it’s £75 for a one hour shoot with unlimited edited images on a usb flash drive.

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Missing the colours of Autumn.

February 20, 2019 / Rebecca King

I am enjoying these beautiful sunny days, they come as a reminder of the Spring days to come. Winter is so dull and dark, it is sometimes, brightened by snow, or the occasional magical misty morning.

I took these photographs of beautiful Eleanor in November, we were lucky to have so many stunning and dry leaves, a few days later a very wet and windy storm came.

I love Autumn, so many deep and rich colours of reds, browns, yellows and greens and the light can be low and give a warm halo and hue.

I really do love doing location shoots, I much prefer being outside with natural light, rather than in a studio with artificial light, being out in nature is so refreshing and calming, it can give a photograph much more interest and depth.

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Portrait of a family

February 08, 2019 / Rebecca King

I recently photographed a family of 16! They had won a £75 photo shoot, that we had donated to a charity raffle. It was such a lovely shoot, as half of the family were living in Australia and this was an opportunity to have a big family photograph taken with everyone in it.
It was at one the the family members homes and they made me feel so very welcome, even if at times it was difficult to try to get everyone in the photo. I haven’t taken portraits at someones home before, as I usually prefer to be outside, you don’t have to worry about floor lamps and plug sockets getting in the way of your photograph.

It really did feel as if I was doing something very special (especially for the Grandparents), even one of the Grandma's thanked me for giving her such a precious gift, and said how kind we were to donate something so special. That's why I love photography, it's a way of preserving those magical moments that will be with loved ones forever.

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categories / Family photography, Children's portraits, Portraits
tags / family portraits, family, portrait, children

Forever Autumn

January 13, 2019 / Rebecca King

I was very fortunate in November to photograph these lovely sisters and their families. I had photographed one of the families before and I always have the most fun with them. This shoot was to be the same jolly, happy, easy going and, as always, with fabulous outfit changes.

The photographs took place at the local Priory ruins in Lewes, (my favourite place). The seasons really change the place. There are so many colours the orange, red and yellow leaves contrasting against the gorgeous greys and whites of the flint and stones and so many textures in the ruined buildings. It is particularly beautiful in Autumn, there are so many different colour leaves, it is just stunning. We were fortunate to have had dry weather, so the children could sit on leaves without any fear of getting wet. A couple of days after the weather turned very windy so most of the leaves had blown off the branches.

I constantly wonder if I did the right thing by leaving my secure office job to follow this path, being self employed is difficult, especially if you’re like me a, ‘Cautious Carol’ that never that never leaves my comfort zone, but when I have experiences like this shoot and I create such beautiful photographs, that my clients love, it makes me very happy and pleased I made the scary move.

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categories / Children's portraits, Family photography, Lewes, Photography, Portraits
tags / family portraits, family, photo, Autumn

Santa's little helper

December 18, 2018 / Rebecca King

As I don’t have a studio I am unable to offer those kind of photographs, but I really wanted to take some Christmassy photographs of Hudson, my great-nephew. So thanks to a white bed sheet and some fairy lights on my bed we managed to take these. Hudson was an absolute star, He had an occasional moan but could be calmed with dummy breaks. My niece had bought his little outfits from local shops and I got some of my Christmas decorations out the loft. We hadn’t planned to put him in the Santa sack, we tried to put him in a Christmas stocking but he was too big, so we got him in the sack and filled it with Christmas toys. It was just magical, as he then fell asleep in there. It was a truly fun afternoon and I can’t help but laugh and smile at the photographs that we got. One of my favourites is him with my niece and he looks like he’s just about had enough of having his photo taken…enough Auntie Becky.