Best family photography images: some of my 2018 favourites

Photographing families is one of my absolute favourite things to do. I obviously capture a lot of weddings too, and I also adore that. But there is something a bit different about family photography. With a wedding day, you are expected to have a photographer; you expect to have wonderful images of the whole event, that’s pretty much a given, however spectacular those wedding photos are. But this is just not the case with normal family life. The every day wonder that is the love and relationships between the members of your family. That incredible thing, that is constantly evolving and growing, and will never again be quite like it is right now. So this is why I feel so strongly about creating images that capture this. What could possibly be more precious than an image or set of photographs that sums up the awesomeness of your family right now; that contains all the feelings that you get from being together with your favourite people; that captures the love between you, the feeling in one of those hugs, and the wonder in a newborn’s face as it looks up at a parent. So that, as your family grows bigger and changes, and maybe spreads out and away from you, you will have this permanent record of what it was like, right at this moment in time. 

I have loved photographing families over this past year. Families in Devon, and around the south west, but I’ve also travelled to London and Bristol to catch up with clients from further away, and it has been such a huge pleasure every time. It’s amazing to see many of my previous wedding couples now with growing families, and to return to other families that I have photographed in previous years. I’ve loved photographing families at home, but also out enjoying beaches, woodland and other areas. I’ve captured newborn babies and older teenagers, grandparents with extended families and of course the family pets! Always the family pets. If you’d like some more information about booking a shoot for your own family then I’d love to hear from you – don’t keep putting it off, this bit of your lives is only here now. Here is a selection of some of my favourites from across the past year – I hope that you enjoy them!  

  • A family laughing together on a sofa in their home
  • A father cuddling his baby daughter
  • A woman kissing a newborn baby by a window
  • New parents with a baby, sitting underneath a large tree
  • A man, woman and young child walking on a beach together
  • A family of four all cuddling together on a beach
  • Mother father and two young daughters sitting on a bed with their cat
  • A mother cuddling with her newborn baby and daughter
  • A father tickling a laughing toddler
  • A mother sitting by the window with her baby
  • Two young children smiling at each other and reading a book
  • A mother and baby smiling at each other
  • Brother and sister walking through a stream together
  • A young boy holding hands with an adult
  • A baby in a stripey outfit, yawning
  • A family sitting together on a log
  • A young boy laughing with outstretched hands
  • A mother smiling at a baby
  • A young girl throwing a ball in the air
  • A mother cuddling a newborn baby
  • A mother cuddling a toddler and smiling
  • A young girl smiling in front of a mural
  • Man and woman smiling at each other, holding a baby
  • A young girl with bunches smiling in her home
  • A baby sleeping in its mother's arms
  • A family on a sofa together
  • Close up of an adult hand holding a baby's hand
  • A family reading together on a sofa
  • A mother cuddling a young girl
  • A boy kicking a ball into a football goal
  • A mother cuddling two daughters by a window
  • Two sisters smiling at each other on a beach
  • Mother and father lifting up a smiling young boy
  • Baby photography session with the baby lying on a bed and looking at the camera
  • A mother and father holding a newborn baby in front of a window
  • A woman lifting a child out of the sea
  • A father and baby making faces at each other
  • Mother laughing with her daughter and holding a baby
  • A young girl bouncing down a staircase
  • A sleeping baby
  • A young toddler chasing his parents
  • A father cuddling his daughter on a beach
  • A family laughing together on a sofa
  • A father kissing a newborn baby
  • A family together in front of some pink flowers
  • A baby lying asleep on a bed
  • Mother, father and two children walking through a field together
  • A newborn baby
  • A toddler in a yellow jumper, standing by some heather
  • Two children reading together on a sofa
  • A baby lying on an adult's lap
  • A family sitting together in a nursery
  • A Shiba Inu dog looking at a baby
  • A cat sitting on a bed, with a mother and baby behind
  • A mother smiling at her baby
  • A King Charles spaniel sleeping on a bed with a family behind
  • Two siblings jumping by a river
  • A toddler peeping through the bars of a cot
  • A young boy smiling with his tongue out
  • Mother and father with newborn baby on a bed
  • Mother kissing her young daughter
  • A baby with huge blue eyes
  • Two sisters laughing together on a beach
  • A young boy climbing on a cot
  • Mother and son cuddling together in the sunshine
  • A young girl climbing on a tree
  • A toddler boy lying on the floor laughing
  • A family standing together beneath some blossom
  • A young girl laughing on the beach
  • A family looking at leaves together
  • A young baby looking at its father
  • A toddler boy sitting in a nursery
  • Brother and sister playing doctors and nurses
  • A young girl playing with threading beads
  • Mother sitting with her children in some daffodils
  • A family laughing together on a beach
  • A young girl with a dog and cat
  • Parents with a young baby sitting on their bed together
  • A mother laughing with her young daughter
  • A baby's hand, holding his mother's finger
  • A mother and father laughing with their young son on a beach
  • A baby lying on a geometric rug
  • Two children running through a tunnel of trees
  • A father kissing his young daughter
  • A newborn baby looking at its mother
  • A mother with a newborn baby in front of a window
  • Mother with a newborn baby, sitting on a bed with a cat
  • A young girl holding her mother's hand
  • King Charles spaniels on a bed with a father and new baby
  • A family walking on a beach together
  • Mother and baby standing by a window together
  • A young boy playing peepo behind a tree
  • A family on a beach together
  • A young boy playing with a train set
  • A small boy's hands reading Dear Zoo
  • A family in some blossom together
  • A baby lying on a bed and yawning
  • A father cuddling his young son
  • Parents with a new baby and cat and dogs sitting on a bed
  • A young boy curled up with a drink on a sofa
  • Parents with a young boy sitting in a camper van by the beach
  • A small girl walking through a lane with trees above

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