A couple of months back, I travelled out to Germany with the lovely Alana, from Baby Surrey & Baby London Magazine, to visit Kiddy, the Germany-based child car seat manufacturer. We went to meet the husband and wife team behind the company and document who they were and how they work, for the purposes of an article in the latest issues of Baby Surrey, Baby London and Baby Hampshire magazines.

We spent two hot, hot, hot days in Hof, north of Nürnberg, and right next to the Western most point of the Czech Republic. We were treated to great German hospitality by Bettina and Jan-Stefan of Kiddy, and two days of the ins and outs of Kiddy car seats – what Alana and I don’t know about friction coefficients is not worth knowing!! During those two days we took lots of photographs and tried to get a real idea of the family unit behind Kiddy. You can read all about it in the latest magazines, but for now, here are my favourite images from the trip:

A few weeks back, I visited the lovely Clare and her family for a Baby Surrey Magazine photoshoot. I have known Clare for some time now as we share a common interest – namely Weddings. As well as being the mum of two gorgeous little boys, Clare is also the owner of the very classy Yarwood-White Bridal Jewellery. Yarwood-White have so many accolades there are too many to list here, but head on over to the website to see them listed, as well as the amazing range of Wedding Jewellery and Wedding Hair Accessories.

So, without further ado, here are a few of the images we took, some of which will appear in the next edition of Baby Surrey Magazine, due out in just a short while.

The next six weeks are going to be very busy in Surrey and London for Baby Photography! We had an amazing response to the offers we ran in Baby Surrey Magazine and Baby London Magazine. We have something like 14 baby photography shoots coming up, so the blog is going to be nappy-tastic!

So, the first of these shoots was with the adorable Charlotte, whose arrival to the world was full of drama. In early February last year, Guildford was covered with a blanket of snow and ice. On one particular morning Paul, dad, had decided to not attempt the journey into work, which was just as well, because Charlotte decided she’d start the ball rolling that very day. Luckily their trusty 4×4 was at hand and got them all safely to hospital where Charlotte was born later the next day. It was all a little worrying at first because she had picked up a Strep B infection, something from which one in eight newborn babies do not survive … thankfully the midwife at Royal Surrey Hospital had noticed something wrong, and it was probably that insight which saved Charlotte’s life.

One year on she is now a beautiful, healthy & thriving little baby, as you can see in the images from yesterday’s shoot:

With the imminent launch of Baby London Magazine I wanted to post some shots from the recent session with my lovely friends Catherine & Manuela. Both photographers themselves (no pressure then!) they have been in a Civil Partnership since January 2007 and little Dylan was born on the 1st November.

It was a little nerve wracking having to photograph not one, but two photographers, but having been plied with good coffee and pastries I took a deep breath and did what I do.

Here are my favourite shots of one beautiful family:

My final shoot for Baby Surrey Magazine last year was of Linda and family, from over Cheam way. Despite the hideously rainy conditions between Christmas and New Year, there were no damp spirits in that household. Just check out this little fellow and his gorgeous gummy giggle!