Where do I start to describe this beautiful young girl, Natalya!

I had photographed Natty two years earlier aged 12 years old and so when her mum asked me to photograph her again I was really excited. She is one of the easiest kids to work with, completely comfortable and really natural in front of the camera. This time Natty wanted some images to begin  her model portfolio and so we headed off to Marlow and then ended up by the river in Henley. I’m sure that you will agree that at just age 14, she is destined for a great modelling career! Good luck, Natty. Lx

As an absolute coffee addict myself …..yep I have to start each day with my huge french cup  aka ‘a bucket’ of coffee and so I particularly enjoyed creating these images for the coffee lounge area.

More images from this project to come! Lx

Love these images from Isobel’s birthday party in Amersham a couple of weeks ago. This young lady turned eleven and had a wonderful group of friends round for her party. Much fun was had by all, it was a pleasure to be able to capture some great images of the friends together and to meet Issy and her lovely family.

A few kind words from Issy’s parents:

Dear Lily,
Just wanted to say how amazed and delighted we all were at the photos – they are brilliant!  Thanks so much again – you really made Issy’s party special.

The balloons were an addition to the shoot from the party shop above Choco-Latte coffee shop in Marlow adding a colourful dimension on an otherwise dull and very cold (although luckily not wet) April day.

I love the images of the girls with the balloons….they are sooooo Miss Dior Cherie! Lx

It was a wonderful challenge to create inspiring and colourful images featuring elements of the buildings, the environment and life at the venue in the depths of winter…the kind of challenge which I fully embrace!

The finishing touches for the artwork were skillfully completed by local framer Alex from Bespoke Framing who did a wonderful job of framing each photograph. It was a pleasure to meet him and work with him on this project.

I was delighted to see the images in the dining room installed and looking great as an eclectic collection. The photographs in the coffee lounge area were in the process of  being hung when I was there and I can’t wait to see the finished rooms!

Once all the renovations are complete, I will return to take some images of the refurbished rooms and keep you posted with an update. Lx

Collection of photographic art in the dining room

Coffee images being hung in the lounge 

I was delighted to achieve recognition for two of my images in two categories – I was awarded  a silver award for my ‘Bed’ image in the abstract/illustrative category and a merit award for my portrait of Natalya in the People & Portraiture category. See all the award winning images here Lx

and the all important and gorgeous… age thirteen

I have a number of clients who invite me back into their lives every year to record their journey together as a family. As their photographer I feel extremely honored to be asked to record those special moments which become a family treasure.

Here are a few of my favourites.

For those of you who are fans of the Home Alone movies and the Eloise books, here is the Plaza Hotel. So very pretty….

The shopping on 5th Avenue was just fabulous or in this case I should say, the window shopping!

and of course for those of us with jet lag the Apple cube is open 24 hours a day

Love Grand Central Station. Lx

I have had a fun and busy time working these last 6 months or so since my last blog with one of the highlights being a commission which took place in Monte Carlo in March. It was a lot of fun with a great team and in such a beautiful place! Now that I am winding down somewhat for the summer holidays, I am going to be updating my blog with images that I have been extremely lax in editing and posting.

I am starting with the gorgeous Chester Dog who is now almost 10 months old and still as adorable as the day we brought him home only a lot bigger!  He has these funny looking lanky legs and big paws at the moment that he will grow in to and is very funny often having us in stitches. He has done the Andrex puppy trick when he was about 12 weeks old, pinching the toilet paper from the downstairs bathroom and running through the house with it before from sitting down and getting great satisfaction from shredding it. One of the funniest things he does is picking up Harrison’s scrum cap and walking around with it. The cap completely covers his head and he can not see where he is going and so he ends up walking in to the walls and furniture…..at least we know his head is protected! However, his cutest habit has to be insisting on carrying his own lead when we approach our house after a walk. As soon as we come out of the woods and we have him safely across the road, he takes his lead in his mouth and runs home down the drive to the house… very cute..Lx

Chester 12 weeks old

Our morning walks

Chester with his lead, 9 months old

Meet Chester, the gorgeous black labrador puppy.

Chester arrived just before Christmas and has been a little furry black energetic bundle of joy! This is our first family pet and we are all madly in love with him.

He is named after Chester Williams best known as the star winger of the South Africa national Springbok team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup against New Zealand and was nicknamed “The Black Pearl” ….. yes you guessed it, I am married to a South African (and huge rugby fan).

We picked him up in the heavy snowfall aged 7 weeks. Here are a few images of Chester’s first days with us. Lx