A woman and a young child standing on a sandy beach facing the ocean, with the woman closer to the water and the child in the foreground. The woman is holding a red object, and the child is wearing a green shirt and a hat.

About Me

Hello!

“Fiona listened to all of our requests and then added her own ‘magic sparkling’ over it all. Our children adored her.”
— Jon

I’m Fiona, a newborn baby and family photographer from Devon (but you’ve probably figured that much out already, right?)

A woman sitting on green grass, smiling and laughing, in front of pink and purple flowers, wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers.
A woman and a young boy sitting on a yellow bench outdoors, looking at something with interest, against a rural landscape background.

So, what else am I?

I’m obsessed with the colour blue - the ocean, the sky on a summer day (or bright winter day for that matter), my favourite jeans and comfy jumper, my son’s amazing eyes. There is way too much blue in our house.

As a child I desperately wanted to be able to draw and paint but I’m shocking at both…..’grown up colouring in’ is my consolation

I love a good winter storm but bury my head under the pillow in a thunderstorm.

I always drink my coffee black and wine white, unless it’s 2°c or below when I switch to red - I don’t know why, it just makes sense to me.

Dogs win over cats, always. 

Close-up of a spiderweb with dew drops, set among green grass, illuminated by warm sunlight.

The smell of the sea and sun-dried bedsheets or seeing cows wander a field in the evening light make me nostalgic for my childhood.

I hate spiders but cobwebs in morning dew are one of life’s simple beauties.

So this is all very well but why would I want to take photographers of other people’s families for a living?

Well, to be honest, I didn’t realise I did for a long time. I’ve always loved my camera (possibly back to the thing about being rubbish at painting?) but as I hated the prospect of having my own picture taken I assumed the same about taking pictures of other people.

Then my nieces and nephews started to come along and I was the one responsible for taking the pictures (well, when you are in the thick of being a new parent, you don’t really have the spare hands, right?). It was then that I realised that not only could I put my photography knowledge into action but that I loved doing it. It was also when I realised that portrait photography didn’t have to be the excruciating ‘say cheese’ experience that I’d always hated. I guess it was a bit of a light bulb moment and I’ve never looked back. I still love the landscapes and garden photography that I started with but its the ability to capture something unique for a family that motivates me.

If you can relate to any of this and you think we might get along, drop me a line - it doesn’t obligate you in any way, I promise!

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