What a great honour it was to photograph the patriarch of the Hanna family. The main constant throughout their young lives, he means the world to his three granddaughters and their deep love and respect for him is palpable.

It was a blindingly bright and very hot morning but it’s not every day you can have four generations of one family all together in one place.

As our family members age it becomes even more important to capture lasting memories of our time with them… especially when they start to forget.

It was so lovely to catch up with my younger cousins, who I haven’t seen much of since they were toddlers. That’s what happens when you live at opposite ends of the country.

Now they are all adults with partners, it was time for some grown-up photos 😉 In the midst of a 21st, they were quick shots and the two sisters missed out but getting the three handsome brothers was special.

What a day we had! The weather had us guessing all day and turned on all its negativity for us. Wind, rain, heavy black clouds… I felt as though I spent half my day looking up at the sky.

But as luck would have it, both the wind and the rain stopped just as our shoot was scheduled to start. The sky was still dark and dull, but the sun finally poked its lovely face through for about ten minutes… before the rain started again.

We may have only had 30 minutes, but that is all you need when your models are as accommodating and obliging as these two lovely teenagers. The brief from their mum was for portraits that leaned more towards formal than fun and also for photographs that would look great in black and white.

With their laughter bubbling beneath the surface, I think we nailed it.