The perfect expedition
Jayne Nottage
Last week I decided to take my two youngest exploring in the local countryside to find a field of poppies I had seen in another picture. On the surface our first attempt was rather unsuccessful....
Read MoreMy favourites popped into a blog
I chose my favourites from my family sessions and events and put them into this easy to view format so you can not just see the odd image from a session but a nice big selection.
Filtering by Category: Family Photography
3 reasons why this mum loves gardening
Jayne Nottage
A while ago I remember having a bit of a dig at a family member for scarifying their lawn. For those of you who have no idea what this is you are not alone....
Read MoreBig cheer for the holidays: Part II
Jayne Nottage
We had our fair share of children in TV comas, crazy trips to the supermarket, time outs & every room in the house looking like we have been burgled...
Read MoreThe Norman's Shoot: Westgate Gardens, Canterbury
Jayne Nottage
The weather wasn’t by any means the best of British spring time but I had a lovely morning with the Normans the other weekend. Mick and Rachel’s little girl Anna very recently had her very first birthday and one of the ways they chose to mark the occasion was to capture some special family memories. Anna was initially a little suspect of my camera but very quickly warmed up and broke out some stunning smiles. We spent some time in Westgate gardens and then had a lovely stroll over to Willows Secret Kitchen, a quirky little café tucked in the side streets of Canterbury (which I will definitely be frequenting again soon). I really hope you enjoy having a browse through some of my favourites....
These are a few of my favourite things
Jayne Nottage
Smiling and laughing. These truly are two of my favourite things. Smiling, as we all know, is so infectious but also I love how a reciprocated smile, even to a stranger, makes you feel you somehow know that person a bit better. I also adore a good laugh. Best of all when you have one of those rare occasions where you find something so funny that you laugh uncontrollably. For me this manifests itself in the rather unattractive form of my mouth being open abnormally wide while doing the silent laugh/shoulder shake and every now and then gasping for breath (with a strange seal like noise) while normally slumping to one side. But when you manage to regain a form of normality it feels like you have had a sort of rejuvenation tonic!
To capture those precious moments of joy in a photograph is such a privilege....
* family photography * outdoor photography * newborn photography * Kent photography *
The Davis' Family Shoot: Canterbury, Kent
Jayne Nottage
I met Sara in my first year at Uni (some 13 years ago) and Mike managed to whisk Sara off her feet in 2005. Being such close friends it has been an utter joy to share parenthood with Sara and Mike (both having our first child early 2011). Joel is their eldest and he is the best 4 year old drummer I have ever met and Millie who is 2 gets cheekier and more beautiful day by day. The day of our shoot we were going to head to Tankerton but the weather was a bit grizzly so we donned on the wellies and we headed to the woods to make the most of the last autumn leaves.....
