During the time of closure I was fortunate enough to be able to work on other photography projects and many of you were able to recieve newborn photos by using the compsition service I created.  I also met lots of lovely families through the lockdown doorstep project where I was also able to raise some money for Lincolnshire Air Ambulance.  I  finally sat down and prepared my panel for submission to The Guild of Photographers and am delighted to have been awarded Qualified status for Newborn and Baby Photography.   I have also been busy supporting my wedding couples who have had to postpone their weddings and am delighted that I have been able to accomodate every single couple’s chosen new date and can not wait to capture their weddings later in the year or in 2021!   And finally I have been preparing for the time I could reopen by preparing a Covid-19 Health and Safety procedure.

Being back in the studio for these last 2 weeks has been amazing and I have met so many beautiful babies and clients.   Many of the babies I have met since re-opening are babies that were born during lockdown and so their newborn sessons had been postponed.  I have captured baby photos for little ones at 12 days old and the oldest newborn was photographed at 10 weeks old.  All the sessions were amazing and the covid-19 procedures I have implimented worked well for everyone.  On arrival at the studio all parents for baby photoshoots have been given the choice of me maintaining the social distance of 2 metres and guiding them with posing and then me stepping in to capture the images before guiding them on the next pose or for me to wear PPE and carry out the session in my normal manner but wearing a mask and santatising my hands regularly.  All parents have so far opted for the second option which has been truely wonderful.  It means so much to me that families trust me with their precious bundles.  

Aside from the need to social distance it has been necessary to remove so of the harder to clean props from the studio temporairily.  Lily’s Mum was desperate to have an image of her little girl in my hot air ballon to go alongside their world map!  Unfortunately it is a prop that i have had to remove for now but not wanting to disappoint we succesfully posed Lily in the required pose and with the same fluff layer but on my beanbag and I then later used my editing skills to create a compostion and placed Lilly in to a previous picture of the ballon!  I can’t wait to see what it looks like up on the wall in their home. 

Aside from creating lots of beautiful baby photos  I have had the lovely Zak and Ellis visit for their final milestone session, their first birthday cake smash photoshoot!  Cake smash photohshoots are carried out with full social distancing being maintained and whilst this did take a little juggling at times we were able to complete the full session safely.

It really has been a true pleasure to be back doing what I love,  photography is a true passion for me and I whole heartedly believe in the importance of capturing memories for this and future generations to enjoy. 

Marie

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