One of the great joys of this job is that we meet so many lovely people (many of whom stay as friends) and then we get to work with them over the years.

This is true of Shelley and Alex whose wedding we photographed a couple of years ago – a fantastic wedding at Whittlebury Manor near Silverstone – and who have now come back with their baby daughter!

Shelley and Alex have bought a package that we’ve been slowly piecing together over the past year or two: our one-year baby package. This package is designed for new parents (or new parents-to-be) so they can have a series of sessions over a year to capture possibly the most wonderful period in a new life. Wonderful in spite of the nappies, prams, muslin-squares, bottles, no sleep, no money, more nappies and even less sleep of course. Ah, but I reminisce.

Anyway, when myself and Sarah sat down and looked at the photos we had of the first year of each of our kids, we couldn’t believe how much they changed in those first magical 12 months. Quite literally they go from a standing (well, not quite standing) start to chattering, squawking, laughing, puking little money-pits who you instantly love more than anything you’ve ever loved in your life. Bizarre. To be fair, they carry on developing (particularly in the cost-centre department) at a ridiculous rate but that doesn’t change the fact that that first year, once you’ve got over the shock, is pretty spectacular! And it’s absolutely magic!

And it’s the photos from that life-shattering period (as you might imagine, we do have quite a few!) that are some of the most wonderful to look back at. So we created a package to do just that. 12 months. 3 sessions. Tons of pictures. Simple.

And I’m chuffed to bits that some of our clients – particularly clients like Shelley and Alex – are having families and coming to create some more priceless images. Brilliant!