I loved this session as it is everything we’re about.
The whole session was full on from start to finish with the three girls I was photographing being exactly how you’d wish kids to be – funny, exuberant, energetic and spirited (oh, and incredibly polite and well-mannered – even when they were being cheeky!) This just makes for a fantastically creative location session for us to capture a really diverse set of images as the next candidates for The Little Italy Coffee Shop.
I do have to admit that this was one of those sessions in which I’m not entirely certain who was actually in control. I do, naively, like to think it was me but I can’t help but wonder if it wasn’t Jemima, aged two and a half. Even her own family affectionately called her ‘The Boss’. 
The whole of this session was held at one of our more regular locations for portraiture – Wendover Woods. We started with the playground area up there. To be honest, I don’t think I had much say in the matter as the girls were off and running as they spilled out of the car! Still, as this fits with our approach to a shoot (i.e. to make it as much fun as possible – particularly with kids) that it worked perfectly.
Once they’d burned a seemingly boundless amount of energy there, we used every bit of woodland we could find that had good light – which is a lot at Wendover! Eventually we were unceremoniously swamped by a large number of Cub Scouts, at which point we retired to the cafe. I love outdoor photography but one should never underestimate the importance of a hot chocolate at the end! Particularly if it means you can grab an additional shot or two. Which I did. So the hot chocolate is almost an integral part of the shoot! That’s my excuse anyway.
The time just flies when we’re shooting and this was no exception. It felt like we’d barely started and we’d already spent nearly two hours running around and had a bag-full of images. I think we’d earned the refreshment.
So, if the next time you’re sitting drinking one Little Italy’s fantastic coffees and wondering who took the photos and how they were done – now you know!
Do let us know what you think as we love to get comments and feedback (good and bad – though clearly, we’d rather it were good!)
Cheers
P.
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