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Outdoor family portraits · Salisbury Plain

Put mum back
in the picture.

Relaxed outdoor sessions across Bulford, Tidworth, Durrington and Amesbury. Less standing still and saying cheese, more of an afternoon out that happens to end with photographs you will actually want on the wall.

Sessions from£60
Gallery ready in10 days
Shot on locationWiltshire
Family portrait on Salisbury Plain in late afternoon light
Close family moment
Mother and child together
Packages

Everything is priced up front. No hard sell afterwards.

Every package includes the session, the editing, and a private online gallery. The difference is how long we have together, how many finished images you get, and how much is already paid for before you even open the gallery.

  BronzeMini shoot£75 Most popular SilverFull shoot£130 GoldFull shoot£170 BusinessBrand & productOn application
Time together 20 minutes 1 to 2 hours 1 to 2 hours Half or full day
Finished images 5 to 10 20 to 25 30 to 40 Agreed to your brief
Digitals included 5 high resolution 10 high resolution 20 high resolution All approved images
Prints included Two 5×7
One 10×8
Five 5×7
Three 10×8
Eight 5×7
Four 10×8
One fine art 10×8
By arrangement
Fine art print – – ✓ 100% cotton, archival –
Private gallery ✓ 3 months ✓ 3 months ✓ 3 months ✓ 12 months
Right to print and share ✓ ✓ ✓ Commercial licence, scope agreed
Digitals and prints included are worth £61.00
Bought separately after the shoot
£130.50
The session is effectively free
£263.50
£93.50 more than you pay
Quoted per project Priced on scope, usage and licence term, not on a package
  Choose Bronze Choose Silver Choose Gold Request a quote

Worth is calculated at the same prices you would pay in the gallery: digitals at £10, 5×7 prints at £2.50, 10×8 prints at £6.00, fine art 10×8 at £19.50. Extra prints and digitals can be added at any time. Business work is quoted individually, since price depends on the shoot length, the number of finished images and how widely you need to use them.

No package

Shoot only £60

A 45 minute session with 15 to 20 finished images in your gallery, and nothing included beyond that. Perfect if you want the experience first and would rather decide about prints and digitals once you have seen the pictures. Digitals from £10, prints from £1.50.

Choose shoot only
A short candid family session

Bronze

Mini shoot · £75

Short and sweet, and perfect for capturing a candid moment with the whole family. You will walk away with a handful of gorgeous edited images, digital downloads to keep and share, plus some prints ready to pop in a frame.

A full family session outdoors

Silver

Full shoot · £130

A full family session with plenty of time to relax, connect, and have some fun in front of the lens. You will receive a generous gallery of edited images, a good number of free digitals, and a lovely set of prints to display around your home.

A relaxed family session in the countryside

Gold

Full shoot · £170

The most complete family experience, with lots of time to capture every smile. Our largest gallery, the most free digitals, a beautiful collection of prints, and a fine art print on ultra smooth 100% cotton archival paper for an heirloom finish that lasts.

Prints and digitals

Printed properly, by a lab, on paper worth keeping.

Your digitals are yours, and you are welcome to print them anywhere you like. What you get here is colour managed printing on archival stock, matched to how the image was edited, with nothing to set up and nothing to guess at.

How it works

Six steps, no surprises.

You will always know what happens next and what it costs. Here is the whole thing, start to finish.

01

Book your session

Choose your date

02

Consultation

Tell me what you have in mind

03

Day of shoot

Real moments, fun and time together

04

Invoice sent

Payment for your chosen package

05

Gallery delivered

Preview and select your favourites

06

Order prints and digitals

Choose what you would like to receive

DigitalsDelivered immediately
PrintsSent in the post
Book a session

Tell me about your family.

This takes about three minutes. Nothing is confirmed until we have spoken, so answer what you can and leave the rest to the consultation.

01 · Your details

So I know who I am talking to, and roughly where you are.

02 · Getting hold of you

Choose as many as suit. I will start with your first preference.

03 · Your session

A rough idea is plenty. We can change any of this later.

04 · Who is coming

Names as you use them on the day. If everyone calls her Nan, put Nan. It helps enormously when I am trying to get seven people to look the same way at once.

05 · Terms and permissions

The formal bit, kept as short as it can be.

Nothing is charged now. I will be in touch to confirm before anything is booked in.

Questions

The things everyone asks.

Can I just print the digitals myself?

Yes, and you should if you want to. Your digitals come with full rights to print and share, so there is nothing stopping you popping them on a high street machine. What you get by ordering here is a lab print on archival paper, colour matched to the edit, with no cropping surprises. Small prints cost pennies more. Large ones and fine art papers are where the difference really shows.

What should we wear?

Wear what you would actually wear. The pictures date badly when everyone is in something bought for the occasion and nobody looks quite like themselves.

A few things that genuinely help: pick two or three soft colours and let everyone work within them, rather than matching exactly. Creams, sage, denim, dusty pinks and warm greys all sit well against fields and woodland. Avoid big logos, slogans and tight stripes or small checks, which can shimmer oddly in the camera. Layers are useful because a cardigan or a jacket changes the look halfway through without anyone getting changed.

Comfort matters more than any of that, especially for the children. If a dress is itchy or the shoes are new, it will show on their faces in every frame. Bring wellies, we will almost certainly end up somewhere muddy, and a hairbrush for the walk back from the car.

If you are stuck, send me a photograph of what you are thinking of and I will tell you honestly whether it will work.

What if my children will not cooperate?

They will not, and that is entirely fine. The best images almost never come from a child sitting still. We walk, we play, we let them be four years old, and I photograph what actually happens. If someone needs a snack and a sulk halfway through, we take a break.

What happens if it rains?

Light drizzle and moody skies are often lovely to shoot in. If the weather is genuinely against us we move the session to another date at no charge. I will be in touch the day before if it is looking doubtful.

How long until I see the photographs?

Your private gallery arrives within ten working days of the shoot. Digitals are delivered immediately once ordered, and prints are posted directly to you.

How long do I have to order?

Your gallery stays open for at least three months. If you need longer, just ask.

Do I have to be in the photographs?

No, but this is rather the point. Most families arrive with a thousand pictures of the children and almost none with both parents in the frame. Being in the picture is what these sessions are for.

Family together in the Wiltshire countryside
Let's capture your story

Today is the version of your family you will miss.

Whether it is a mini session on a Tuesday afternoon or a proper hour out on the Plain, let's get you all in the same photograph while they are still this size.