Alison Crown Photography » baby

Baby bump shoot

Alison Crown — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:55:49 +0000

Photographing someone when they are pregnant is such a pleasure and a privilege. However, it isn’t often I get a chance to show these images as many Mums To Be prefer to keep their photos for themselves and their partners. I was delighted when my recent client said she was happy for me to add hers to the website. I am sure you will agree she looked truly radiant.

Photographing Children – The Challenge of The Cheese!

Alison Crown — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:30:38 +0000

Recently, my friend Catherine and I took advantage of the beautiful sunshine we’ve been having to take some outdoor shots of her two children, Daniel (4) and Elena (2). I’m not unaccustomed to taking shots of kids of course, but I decided to introduce a few new challenges for this shoot!

1. By moving out of the studio and into the garden, we benefit from the injection of colour from the beautiful spring flowers, but the wide open spaces give the children (and, therefore, me!) more scope to run around and it can be quite exhausting to pin them down. Toys offered a welcome distraction and we had most success with toys and objects that were new to them, such as the croquet hoops.

2. Daniel has just come out of a stage of not wanting to be photographed and, thanks to years of coaxing by his mum, now wants to say, “Cheese!” at every opportunity. The key here was to give him time to relax and start playing, and try to catch him unawares.

3. Elena, on the other hand, is the most serious-looking two-year-old I’ve ever met! Although we did get her to smile in the end, Mum was more than happy with the serious shots. Catherine told me, “These photos sum her up perfectly and when I look at them I see echoes of me at the same age and also my late mother and grandmother.”

Whether they’re overly serious or too obliging with the cheesy grins, it’s a real pleasure to photograph kids with character and we’re already planning the next shoot!

Oscar’s Christening

Alison Crown — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:04:11 +0000

Oscar was christened at St Peter’s Church, Furze Platt today.

He was such a good boy. All that water and not a tear!

Congratulations to his parents Becky and Gavin for a lovely day.

Meet Max

Alison Crown — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:38:22 +0000

These two are my favourites … You can find the rest of the images here.

Last week I spent a couple of days in Cornwall and had a chance to meet my nephew for the first time. Although he was about to go to bed and the light was fading fast I managed to grab a few shots of this gorgeous boy. I am sure his parents won’t mind me saying that their garden is less than landscaped so finding an uncluttered background was tricky. I got around this by throwing the background out of focus which also drew attention to his cute face. Plus, keeping Max in one place wasn’t easy either. I spotted the cardbox box and popped him in it. Turning the image antique sepia gives it a timeless feel and also disguises the fact that the box was bright yellow which clashed with his babygrow!