Photography by Foz

Mar

01

2013

Baby Edie @ 6 Months

Babies / Family / Kids / Newborn Posted by foz@lineone.net / 0 comments

I thought I would share some more pictures of baby Edie. This was from my second session with her last December, when she was around 7 months old, sitting up and moving around. Isn’t she sweet?

(If you want to see what she looked like when she was little, you can check out my first set of images here:- Baby Edie )

For this session I had taken some handy backgrounds with me so we could get a bit of variety from the session – all these were shot in the same 5′ x 5′ area. Edie seemed keen to move around quite a lot, so we did have to keep her busy with some toys to begin with, but patience and planning pays off, and I love some of these images. The bubbles in particular worked really well both to get Edie’s attention and keep her still, while also adding some interesting elements to the pictures. It was even more of a challenge to get the family’s dog, Maddie, to cooperate, but we got there in the end:-)

I’m looking forward to another session with Edie when she is starting to walk. I’m hoping mum will be up for a “cake-smash” series in that session. We’ll see…..

Thanks,

Foz

www.photographybyfoz.com

Feb

06

2013

Playtime in the Park

Family / Kids Posted by foz@lineone.net / 0 comments

Are you ready for some really cute pictures?

Meet Rafferty, aged 3. Isn’t he sweet?

We had been trying to organise this shoot for several months, but it just kept getting rained off through the horrible wet autumn. At last we got a clear day early in December, so Rafferty and his mum met me in their local park for our shoot.

Rafferty was a star, and just wanted to have some fun. There was lots of running about and hiding behind trees and stuff, and he enjoyed getting buried in a pile of leaves. In some of the images, you may see a slighty puzzled expression – that would be because I was telling him silly stories to get a reaction. I think it worked, too. In the 90 minutes we had together he remained full of energy, and it was only brioefly towards the end of the session where I resorted to the bubble gun (ok, so that was mainly because I wanted to play too).

I think we got a lovely set of images, with plenty of variety, and we had some fun too.

Apparently, at bedtime that evening, Rafferty said:-

“the BEST thing about today was having my picture taken by Foz“.

That make me feel great about my job:-)

I hope you enjoy these photos:-

Foz

www.photographybyfoz.com

Click on a thumbnail below to enlarge it and step through the gallery…………..

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Jan

23

2013

Joyce & Enoch’s Wedding.

**COMPETITION** / Brides / Wedding Posted by foz@lineone.net / 0 comments

Today I’m pleased to be writing about the wedding of Joyce and Enoch, winners of my competition last year. I had already met Joyce and Enoch for an engagement shoot in Camden, which had been good fun, so I was really looking forward to their wedding day.

With their families originally from Nigeria and Ghana, this was a real mixture of wedding styles, and a very colourful affair! The bride and groom, bridesmaids and groomsen were dressed in traditional english fashion for the ceremony and wedding breakfast, but later changed into formal african dress, and then casual dress later – that’s a lot of changing! You’ll also see that many of the guests were wearing traditional african dress and looked spectacular.

Although there were a few different elements to their wedding the overall flow was pretty familiar to me, so I started with some getting ready shots, before moving on to the ceremony. For this part of they day, I am keeping back out of the way for the most part, and not trying to direct any posing.

When we moved on to the reception venue, they weren’t quite ready for the bride’s entry, so I took Joyce off to one side for some bridal portraits, and when Enoch joined us too, I climbed up a fire escape to get some shots looking down onto them, and then asked Joyce to twirl so I could capture some movement in her dress. As the venue still weren’t quite ready for us, I took a few minutes to take some group shots of the boy and the girls. Rather than posing groups I like to give them something to do and a bit of simple direction, and we always get some nice informal shots where everyone is having fun. The was a lot of competition between the boys and the girls to get the best jumping shot

I even managed to grab a few quite moments away from the hustle an bustle later and took Joyce and Enoch to their suite for some pictures – this is where I asked Joyce to climb into the bath for me…..

And that was most of the formal shots in the bag. There were just a few more of the bridesmaids and groomsmen before the light faded too much. Otherwise I was shooting more fly-on-the-wall style, and trying to capture some of the energy and vibrant colours.

My last shots were of the launch of some Chinese lanterns, before I had to pack up and leave. By that time it was after 10, and I still had a 2 hour journey home! Despite the length of the day, I really enjoyed myself, and felt privileged to be a part of Joyce and Enoch’s celebrations.

My competition winners for this year are Sadie and Gary, and I’m hoping to have just as much fun shooting their wedding in August.

Thanks,

Foz

www.photographybyfoz.com

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Jan

07

2013

Baby Eoghan

Babies / Brighton / Maternity / Newborn / Portrait Posted by foz@lineone.net / 1 comments

Here are some images of baby Eoghan (pronounced Owen), when he was about 8 weeks old. I think this is a lovely age to photograph babies, as they have filled out a bit from newborn and their skin is generally in lovely condition. You also get a lot more eye-contact – just check out this little guy’s eyes!

All these were shot in Eoghan’s own home, just using natural light. Isn’t he sweet? My own personal favourite is the shot where he is in the hat and his eyes are drooping shut – that stage where babies are somewhere between awake and asleep always gets me.

Do you have a favourite?

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these. I have been doing more baby sessions, so there will be more coming up in future posts.

Oh, and Happy New Year!

Foz

www.photographybyfoz.com

Dec

16

2012

Jenny & Dave’s Wedding

Brides / Wedding Posted by foz@lineone.net / 0 comments

I’ve been suffering with flu this week, so I’ve had the chance to organise myself to share some photos from a couple of summer weddings (remember when days were warm?).

First up is Jenny and Dave’s wedding, which took place at Queen’s Hall in Cuckfield. You may remember that Janny and Dave were runners-up in my competition earlier this year, so it was great for me to be able to shoot their wedding.

One unusual element of their plans that had stood out for me was the idea of asking each guest to bring a flower on the day, which would then be made into Jenny’s bridal bouquet just before the service. Florist Lynne from EricaLily Flowers was understandably a bit nervous, but she did a great job to incorporate all the different blooms that came her way!

I also have to point out how adorable Jenny and Dave’s twins were. Jake and Bella were a bit tired by the end of the day, but I think they had a lovely time at mummy and daddy’s wedding:-)

Please have a look through the gallery below – you can see bigger versions of each shot by clicking on the thumbnail.

Next time I think it will be some more lovely baby pictures, so chack back soon.

Thanks,

Foz

www.photographybyfoz.com