Joanne runs a personal business development company www.makingnowcount.co.uk and wanted some headshots for her website,
this shoot was done at my home in Thorpe and in the village. We had good fun and literally stopped traffic! especially as Joanne had told me that she hated having her photo taken, after she had to admit that she actually enjoyed, and I think you can see that in the images.
There has been an exiting change to Toni Ward Photography, I now have a viewing gallery. After every shoot clients can now come to me to see a premier of their images on a large screen, we have a slide show set to music (which most Mum’s and some Dad’s say makes them want to cry, when they see their little ones, ahhh, that makes me want to cry a bit)
It is a great chance to really see what the possibilities are with their photo’s, it’s no good having all of these great photos and then not knowing what to do with them. I have examples of my work hanging on the walls and a fantastic new software that allows me to build one or a number of images in to one frame and show clients on a large screen exactly what it will look like in actual size. This has been a great move forward and the results have been even happier clients, getting the most out of their photo shoots.
Here is a pic of me showing some of the room.
Jenna contacted me as she had seen the skin on skin shots on my website and wanted something similar with herself, Husband and son Daniel. What a beautiful little boy Daniel is and the perfect age for these kind of shots, he has the most amazing blue eyes( just like his Mum ) as you will see. Just adorable.
Sorry but could not help adding in their dog, what a face!
Carol, her two sisters and brother had this photography shoot as surprise for their Dad’s birthday. Ten years ago they had a portrait taken of them and thought it was about time that they had an updated version, only this time around two of them have married and had have two children, and they are also now both pregnant with their second children at the same time!
So this time we had little Max and Olivia to include, it’s always really nice knowing that the end product is going to be a surprise gift, because you know that it is going to be some treasured and looked at continually.
For this photography shoot we had three generations of the same family and as most of them are gardeners it’s no surprise that we went savill Garden in Windsor great park, a really great and loving family which I think really shows through in the images. This shoot was a birthday present from Suzanne and her sister to their Mum who was thrilled, they all enjoyed the shoot and have chosen some really great images to hang in their homes that we now be treasured for years to come.
Here are a few of my favorites
This was a fabulous location, Alice holt forest in Surrey, somewhere I had not been prior to Erin’s 1st birthday shoot. A real family affair, with a lovely picnic, a wander around the woods to take some photographs with Mum, Dad, Erin and her big brother Ethan. I think the outcome is really great. But with a location like this and two completely adorable subjects how could it not be.
Ray here has had his shoot to use for his business profile pictures, a glorious day down by the river in Walton, lets hope it lasts……………….
I just had to include this shoot here, this is Mia, she is six (only just) and I had so much fun following her around, we played with the dog, on the climbing frame, hide and seek, running, handstands(well I just watched that part actually!!) If only I still had that much energy…anyway the result is a wonderful collection of images that will go some way to showing just how bright and happy and beautiful Mia is.
This is little Caiden, I photographed him a little while ago as a bump! Mum Dad and Grandma are all here, and I have a special interest in Grandma as her name is Veda and this is also my mothers name, we have never met or even heard of another Veda before, so it was a real treat to find one. Caiden is as you will see, just adorable. He did not cry once, and even fell asleep right on cue for some beautiful dozing shots.
This shoot in Kingston Surrey was with 13 month old Lucie, and as with most little ones at this age she is on the move (who wants to sit still and have their boring old photograph taken anyway!!) I love this collection of the images taken, she has so many cheeky expressions, the one with the tongue out has to be a favorite. I don’t actually remember seeing it when I took that photograph, she must poked it in and out at speed!
d PhotographyA professional photographer for over 12 years, Toni a former photojournalist for national newspapers and magazines, now runs the successful Surrey based Toni Ward photography, specializing in contemporary portraits of children, babies, pregnancy and families
