September 2021 update: The above portrait has just won a Highly Commended Rosette in the Master Photographers Association (MPA) monthly portrait competition. Ray Lowe, Chairman of the MPA, commented, “I…
“How do you think your mum will react, when she finds out what you’ve done?” I asked. Siblings Alex, Zoe and William had snuck out of the family home…
Of the many things that Amy and Dan have in common, perhaps the biggest is their mutual love of the sea. There’s nothing they enjoy more than swimming and…
During the six blissful months that Lumariel and Justin have spent watching little Ace grow up, there’s been just one disappointment for his mum. That’s the fact that…
One night in Cowley, Oxford, Anna spotted Dom across the bar and decided to offer him a drink. The pair hit it off and soon created a life together with…
Toni was worried how one-year-old Arthur would react to a new arrival in the home. The couple’s midwife likened a child’s experience of getting a new…
“I love her!” Teagan exclaimed, on meeting her baby sister for the first time, “Can we keep her?” Mum Tamisha and dad Vince assured Teagan that her new sibling London…
When I last saw this lovely family for Musa’s older newborn photos two years ago, dad Irfan told me their new arrival meant he now had two bosses: the…
Oliver and Tyisha were introduced by a mutual friend in a Bicester pub back in 2015. They never expected to be raising a family together in their new Brackley home…
After over a year in various states of lockdown, Lorraine, Bart and 18-month-old Evie were recently able to go to the zoo for the first time. Evie particularly…
Rhys was abroad on a work trip when Sarah-Jane felt a weird sensation in her stomach. She decided to do a pregnancy test and, to her delight, the result…
Alice and Karl’s two eldest daughters were incredibly excited to meet their new sibling, Tessa. To avoid squabbling over who would get to hold Tessa first, Alice came up…
