This past weekend was the annual ‘Courage on the Catwalk’ event in aid of Friends of Anchor – a fantastic local charity which supports and serves cancer patients throughout the North-east of Scotland.
Here at Kingshill Studios, we are delighted and humbled to have played a small part in this year’s event – in fact, it was the third year that we’ve played a role. I’ve previously written about our involvement and why I choose to support Friends of Anchor here.
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If you are pregnant with your second baby and you have a toddler or young child already, you’ll have realised that life is soon going to be very different!
Having gone through pregnancy, labour and childbirth before, thankfully, you know this time round what to expect. But once your new baby is born, the dynamics at home are going to be a little different! You’ll have two children to manage and it’ll be important to ensure that your toddler still gets attention even when you are busy with the new baby.
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I'm pretty sure none of us enjoyed our exams at school.
Whether we were super-organised students with colour-coded revision plans or someone who crammed everything at the last minute, none of us escaped that grinding feeling of stress as dates and deadlines loomed closer.
As a parent of teens, I’m painfully aware that modern teenagers are under more pressure than ever. That puts us under pressure, as parents, to support them in the best possible way.
Read MoreThose of you who follow me on social media will know that there’s been a big personal event in my life recently: yip, my boy Spencer turned eighteen. Eighteen. I can scarcely believe it.
Life events always send my rifling through the photo albums - what can I say? I’ve always loved reminiscing with photographs in hand, even before I became a photographer - and I came across this gorgeous image of my little man when he was aged just four or so. I’ve always loved this photo of my Spencer. He’s dressed as one of his favourite superheroes of the time and I can remember that costume like it was only yesterday. How can it be that this boy is now a man?
Read Moreit’s time to acknowledge that the festive season is well and truly upon us. So for this post, we thought we’d share why a family portrait session makes a great present… for yourself!
Read MoreYou’d think that the benefits of having gorgeous professional family portraits hanging on your walls would be obvious. And indeed, many of them are.
We’ve written persuasively about the reasons to have family photograph taken before. Professional family portraits show everyone at their best and mark special moments in your family’s history - births, birthdays (significant and less significant), anniversaries, moving ‘up’ schools and more. A photoshoot is a fantastic way to spend time together as a family and our special themed photoshoots, from whimsical newborn shoots to fine art fairyland portraits, are great fun for all involved.
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Map the progress of time with professional family photographs.
Family life is full of special occasions. Falling in love, anniversaries, births, birthdays, moving up to ‘big’ school (and ‘bigger’ school!) - the list goes on and on - and professional family photographs are a lovely way to hold onto those special times for longer than a moment.
Read MoreCourage on the Catwalk: Kingshill Studios Proud to Support ANCHOR and cancer and haematology care in the North East.
Read MoreOne of the questions I’m most often asked as a wedding and family photographer is “How did you get started?” And so I thought I’d share my photography story here on the blog….
Read MoreSo you’ve finally taken the plunge, you’ve decided to capture some beautiful moments of everyday magic at Kingshill Studios but have no idea what to wear for your family photoshoot. Don’t worry, here’s some handy information for you!
Read MoreMy eldest son plays for Westdyke U17s, so I was delighted when I was asked to do the team photographs for the January Awards! The children and young men & women who came for their pictures (into a very small and warm room upstairs!!) were extremely well-behaved, and were a credit to their parents and to the Club.
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