10 November 2010

Becky & Family { Autumn Portraits! } Shugborough Estate

I have known Becky since we worked together in Ireland 15 years ago … so when she asked me to take some portraits of her and her family for her parents 40th wedding anniversary, I jumped at the chance. I suggested we meet at one of my favourite venues, Shugborough Estate, full of lovely autumn colours and some sheltered areas in case we had issues with the weather … we were up against it on time, as we had a week to sort out framed prints for the anniversary gift ! … so no opportunity for a second chance on this one.

Becky’s brother and his family came along too … the biggest surprise for their parents was to have photos of the whole family together, for the first time! You will probably recognise George, Becky’s little boy, from previous posts, but I had yet to meet Archie and Charlie … such sweet, fun little boys. And such good friends, all three of them. In fact, we couldn’t prise George’s toy cars from Charlie the whole time. To add to the challenge of shooting such young children, I was told that Charlie may be difficult as he is autistic. But honestly, he was the sweetest boy all day and we had a lot of fun together.

A few of my favourites from the session …

I will never tell you what was happening behind my back in order to get this shot LOL