Yasmin Photographer

Well, it's not been the most sunniest of Guernseys this year so far!

Becky & Joe braved the rain for a quick dash around Saumarez Park for their engagement session. A great chance to get to know each other for wedding day photography, also due this summer. Please can we just have a few dry Saturdays???!

I'm looking forward to covering the wedding day, Becky and Joe are a fun couple, and it was a pleasure to photograph them, Becky found her inner diva...

Anyway, enjoy your preview, Becky and Joe, and there's more goodies on your private website. 

Mum and Dad brought Joshua to see me, as they await the birth that make him a big brother. Very exciting times! They have not found out what the new baby will be, so we all await with excitement to see who the new little person is.

Joshua is super cute with his little curls and big eyes. He had lots of fun looking in the camera to see if Daddy had smiled for his photos.

Proud big sister, Lauren brought me in her new baby brother for todays newborn session. Baby Luca. He was as good as gold, and we had a lovely session with the whole family. I usually put up just one or two for a sneak peek, but as I am about to go away, and the poor family will be left for rather a long time wanting to see the photos, I'm indulging in a few more!

Luca's mummy is a model mummy, and had her sister call me while she was still on the maternity ward to book her newborn session! I like to think she'd just had him handed to her, when she was on the phone to arrange!! I like to have newborns under 10 days, if all you lovely ladies were so good as to get booked in as soon as baby arrives, extra brownie points!

So, some lovely Luca images to enjoy...

Sarah and Steve have whizzed over from London for a mad weekend of wedding planning frenzy, with a wedding coming up in August, the time is flying past, and there is a lot to do at a distance. They took time out of their busy schedule to come and do an apres wedding shoot with me in the bluebells.

It's important for my couples, and also for me to have this pre-wedding shoot, as we all then feel more relaxed on the wedding day, as working together to create beautiful shots is a joint effort.

I learnt a new term today; 'Dadzilla'. Can't wait!

Here are some for Sarah and Steve to show how lovely they look in front of the camera, and the lovely pearly seeded dress Sarah had chosen for her session. I have a feeling the wedding dress is going to be very pretty...

And my one 'arty' for the day...

They are such a lovely pair. Baby Amy looks the image of her Mummy, altho I seem to be alone in thinking this! I guess Daddy had something to do with her good looks too!

Such a mop of hair, and a bonny smile. I'm loving doing baby Amy's Year book, as I have done one for her big brother, and wow has time gone fast. It's lovely to look back on Harry's book, and watch him grow and change, and now I get to see baby girl do the same. Babies that come to the studio often seem to be at home there and really start to perform for the camera.

Life on the stage, Amy?!

Let's hope she does have Daddies brains, at least!

Great pre-wedd session with Lucy and Luke. We started out in the studio, and mucked around, then outside for some more mucking around! It is such a good idea to have a pre wedding session, as couples are not used to having a camera pushed in their face (however nicely you want to do that!) and being 'models' for the wedding day can be stressful when you are not used to it.

The idea behind the 'avant' wedding sessions is to help couples getting married to feel less camera shy and the day can go super smoothly as I just slip in unnoticed to do my job! Couples feel really comfortable with me around because they have done it all before!

I can see a difference in the weddings I attend where I have for some reason not been able to do the avant session, it just takes them a little longer to get into the flow (not that I've done a wedding for years now, after the success of the avant sessions)

So some photos to share from Luke and Lucy, who are going to be a fab couple as bride and groom.

The lovely Agathe modelled for us during a workshop on lighting in London with Paul White. We explored various lighting techniques.

Which just goes to show, that after 20 years with a studio, you still need to keep your skills sharp with refreshing workshops to meet up with fellow photographers, and play around with lighting.

Agathe...

Another chance to play with my 'vintage' box.

A sleepy little girl who is a little beauty. Another reminder to get your baby booked in as soon as you can, the diary is booked for a couple of months in advance. Let me know your due date, and we can start making arrangements.

Another baby I've had the pleasure of photographing a few times (and she's only 3 months old!) second beautiful daughter for Kerry-Anne & Neil. 

I love watching these little people grow, and this is a lovely, simple portrait, with a very lovely Mummy.

A nice and informal shot of Rolf Martin, he's standing for Deputy in the parish of St Martins. I'd vote for him, but as we don't have island wide voting, I can't.

So, I'm posting his photo here, and although I've no idea of his policies, all I can say is he's a jolly nice chap and I wish him well in his bid.

Don't need to say more! She's waiting for her baby brother or sister to arrive, so making the moment of her time in the limelight, before she has to learn to 'share'! Ah, the joys of siblings!

From the very first moment, 'the bump' is where our baby journey starts, for the 'Year Book' that I produce these images a great start. 

Especally when you have such a keen big sister waiting to meet her little brother/sister...

Little Olivia and big sister, Ella came in to the studio, bringing Grandma and Mum & Dad with them.

I love the photo of Ella with Grandma, they have a lovely relationship, and Ella adores her Grandma! 

What a lovely photo to treasure. Once again getting the family together in the photo is as important as getting good photos of the children.

Love this one, sisters, chatting...

Well, I don't allow cameras to be brought in to the studio.... but this little Miss thought otherwise, and as I was lying on my tummy 'getting the shot' of her mum and baby sister, cheeky Ella thought this was the perfect time to stand right in front of me with her camera!!

Goodness me, and then she ran off, hooting with laughter at my shocked face! Way to go, Ella!

What a beautiful child. 

Such proud moments when you show off your new little family member to the world. When you come in for your newborn session, you can choose an image to send out to family and friends, either as a birth announcement, or as a 'thank you' card for all those lovely gifts you've received.

What better way to say thank you, than by sharing such a tender moment...

I'm loving my new prop boxes, 'Baby Girl, vintage 2012' and 'Baby Boy, vintage 2012'.

Of course, may have to order new boxes for next year! These box props are proving popular, as is the baby nest, among the other fab things to choose from. 

When you come in for your newborn session, you have a wide choice of styles and colours to choose from, to match your nursery scheme.

It's baby art for your wall- featuring your very own baby!

Just look at all that hair!

A few more images from the triplet session I had a while back, I was waiting to blog some more, and here they are. 

These parents are to be admired, my goodness do they work hard! You'd think they'd have their work cut out with three little babies at once, but not only that- these georgous girls also have a big brother!

Never an easy task to get little ones to sit nicely for a family portrait, but we had some lovely ones to choose from. 

It's easy, parents, to take some lovely images of your own children, but what it the 'impossible' image to get? Yes, the one with YOU in it!

I love looking back on my childhood photos, because not only does it facinate me to see myself as a child, but it's just amazing to see my Mum as a young woman. I treasure these photos, as I'm sure you do, of the images of your younger parents.

I've made sure over the years to be included in my own family photos, weather I like being in front of the camera or not.

Back to the triplets.... enjoy!

Isn't this so cute? A newborn smile, and what a happy baby this is. Happy to cuddle, and sleep and have their photo taken. Just as I like them. 

Please remember to book your newborn session before you go in to hospital, and before the magic 10 number. Things are getting busy with wedding season in the sights, so all bookings need to be tidied away. To avoid disappointment, give the studio a call today.