Spring… A most favourite time of the year! The bluebells were high and abundant at Badbury clumps this year. The Baileys organised an Openspace portrait session as a present for their parents. It was my first ever time taking a large groups pictures, 10 people in all!

We all had great fun, as you can see below.


When you get to Badbury Clumps you need to find the rope swing… It is mainly for adults!


A simple image to create and one that is now hanging in their dining room.


Both of these images are a little different to what I normally photograph on a portrait session i.e. not natural photography. But the subjects were more than willing for me to try out my new Lensbaby 3G!

Tags: family portraits, bluebells, spring portraits, lens baby 3g, childrens portraits, badbury clumps, fun

Another glorious day for an Openspace Portrait just outside Swindon, Wiltshire. Roves Farm is such a great place to photograph in as there are so many different places to go.


The wild flower meadows are the perfect place to run through and capture some fun images.


No setup here, just a straight simple capture. This is what a natural portrait session is like at Openspace Photography.

Tags: roves farm, family portraits, fun, fields, wild Flower Meadow, trees, summer

The Simpkins were looking to update their walls with something other than white studio shots that everybody seems to have. An Openspace Portrait session is full of the colours of nature.



It was a baking hot June, so once we had some great pictures in the wild flower meadows at Roves Farm, we moved to the woods and I captured some magical images in the shade of the two sisters.


I used my famous Lens Baby to capture this natural portrait. No photoshop here!

Tags: childrens portraits, outdoor portraits, summer, lens baby 3g, fun, woods, fields, flowers, sisters, roves farm, wild Flower Meadow

The Hamiltons asked me to come across to Kington St Michael to photograph their Children in the Garden. This was my first experience with one of those Gazillion Bubble machines, they are brilliant! But right at the start the machine fell over the and the bubble mixture went everywhere, the bubbles then blew straight into my left eye! The thing is, I use my left eye to look through the viewfinder. So from the start of the Portrait Session I couldn’t really see! I am amazed that my photographs were in focus…


What you don’t see here is his mum to the left waiting with tissues because of teething dribble! A great fun image nonetheless.


This is a lovely image of their daughter in the garden. It just proves you don’t need a huge space to create great images, but you do need a professional lens.


I love images like this. What is he thinking?

Tags: garden portrait, childrens portraits, fun, bubbles, Kington St Michael, bubble machine, left eye blues, chippenham, wiltshire

Photographing your friends is hard and there is an extra added pressure of getting it completely right! Guy & Tamsin agreed to meet me at Buscot weir. I had never done a Portrait Session at Buscot before, but what a place. Lots of grass area to run around, water, a willow dome and lots of shade if the sun is really bright. As you can see we got lots of lovely shots!


This is a classic Openspace Portrait image from one of my favourite lenses.


A lovely wide angle family shot and one of my favourite images of the day.



Black & White definitely suits a certain capture, this is one of them.

Tags: gloucestershire, family portraits, fun, lechlade, buscot, outdoor portraits

I love taking photographs and in this garden portrait session everything seemed to come together. Sometimes it just clicks… Lara’s parents had just come over to England for a holiday and all 6 of us met up at her Aunts house in Cirencester. She had a glorious garden full of neat little places to photograph in. We played games and generally ran around having a good time while I took pictures.


This is one of my favourite images. Both parent looking towards me and not even knowing they are in shot, perfect!


Beards hold such fascination with young children.


Another image full of fun and laughter.


You cannot beat a nice Black & White image.

Tags: family portraits, garden portraits, fun, childrens portraits, outdoor portraits, cirencester

17th June is my Birthday and Nicole decided to book a family portrait session at Roves Farm - another of my favourite photography places! It was an emigrating present for both sets of parents and a reminder of England for Steve & Nicole. We had a such a fun time climbing the old trees, blowing bubbles and hitting them with a bat. Something you just cannot do in a studio, which is why my clients and I love the outdoors!


Who is having more fun here then!



We finished off the shoot with a simple family portrait under the shade of the old oak. What better way to encapsulate England. All the best downunder!

Tags: family portraits, fun, woods, fields, childrens portraits, bubbles, trees, roves farm

Three cousins taken at Roves Farm during the school summer holidays. They were brilliant and as you can see we all had so much fun. Lot’s of running around and jumping onto each other!


Catch me if you can…


Every portrait session with Openspace Photography has a special moment, this is one of them. I was photographing the two sisters by themselves and their cousin decided he wanted some of the limelight, so jumped on them. The resulting picture is a natural image full of smiles.

Tags: natural, outdoors, portraits, wiltshire, childrens portraits, fun, family portraits, roves farm

Another favourite location of mine is the woods. Badbury clumps was the perfect place for three brothers to let off some energy and give me a chance to capture some perfect natural moments. The bluebells were out in full as well so we couldn’t go wrong really.


This is a typical gorgeous natural portrait that Openspace Photography produce.


A bit of sitting and a bit of running, they all make for a great image.

Tags: spring, spring portraits, childrens portraits, fun, leaves, bluebells, badbury clumps