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The 1000th Tree

The 1000th Tree

There is a “Buy One – Get One Tree” policy here at Annie Bee. Every time I order an album for a client I plant a tree on your behalf to try and help offset your carbon footprint with my charity partner , Ecologi.  The state of the planet and global warming terrifies me. We…

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Meg’s Story

Meg’s Story

Meg was adopted by her Mummy and Daddy when she was just 9 months old. She had been rescued by the RSPCA  from appalling conditions and was starved and infested with mites. Mummy and Daddy told me that “she had taken a long time to trust them but was now the most wonderful dog” But…

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Calling All Mums

Calling All Mums

Some weeks ago I posted this image on my Facebook page.         Within 24 hours over 100 of you lovely people had liked, reacted or commented. And I was very, very touched. And at the same time equally saddened. Because getting a mummy in front of the camera like this is about…

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Love, Laughter and Happily Ever After

Love, Laughter and Happily Ever After

So – what does a wedding photographer think it takes to make a wedding beautiful? Stunning venue? Gorgeous Weather? Radiant Bride? Cute Bridesmaids? Or something else? Something less tangible?   I have known Cas (or ‘Spankey’, for reasons now forgotten) for a long, long time. Cas is one of the ‘us’ – a close knit…

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THE CONSULTATION (And Sophies Story)

THE CONSULTATION (And Sophies Story)

The Consultation is the posh description for what happens before your portrait session. Basically, we chat – sometimes on more than one occasion – about what it is you would love to happen on the day. About what you would love as a final set of images.  About what you are worried about. About all…

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Little Gems of Northamptonshire – EWE GLAMPING

Little Gems of Northamptonshire – EWE GLAMPING

Being a photographer sometimes means you get to see exciting and beautiful things before the rest of the world. And a call from Claire meant this particular job was going to be just that! Claire was in the process of building a website and needed a library of images to start promoting  a very new…

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Rambling Thoughts for Grandparents Day 2020

Rambling Thoughts for Grandparents Day 2020

This morning I did something unbelievably special – I did a family portrait for FOUR generations! And as I watched the Little People sitting with their Great Grandparents I felt a very real weight of responsibility. The children were all super young (the oldest just four) and so WAY too young to realise how desperately…

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Never Judge A Book By Its Cover

Never Judge A Book By Its Cover

If there is one thing you learn from being a family photographer it is that there is always a lot more to people than you just see at face value. What I see through the lens at that very first shoot with you is not always what I see further down the line. By the…

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