I spent the afternoon photographing babies today.

My wife ran her fund-raising afternoon at her favourite beauty salon locally. She raises funds for the Breastfeeding Network to assist with her voluntary work as a breastfeeding supporter assisting local mums. The idea was that women who have used Jane’s breastfeeding drop-in could turn up & have a beauty treatment & spend some money on items for sale some of which would boost funds. Most people attending brought their children who ranged from 10 weeks to about 7 or 8 years old.

I set up my studio equipment in one corner of the room. I ended up taking nearly 600 shots, mostly of babies. It was fun but blimey, it was tiring!

I took the shots, loaded them onto a laptop via Lightroom & let the mums view the shots & order any copies they wanted. All money raised from the event goes straight to the BfN. I could really have done with an assistant to load the shots off the memory cards & then show people how to view them, & take orders, something to bare in mind the next time I do something similar. By the end of the day I was shattered, but it was great fun.

Several mums asked whether the shots would be available online, so I agreed to put them on a website for them to view. If you are one of the mums hoping to see your photos, please check back for instructions on how to access them, as soon as I can load them onto the website, I’ll put the link on this blog but you will need to email me for password details as most shots will be available to the parents only. I will put a few select ones up on this blog later.

It was really great to hear some of the comments whilst the mums were reviewing the photos on the laptop & even better to get a couple of enquiries for further work (which I’m happy to undertake where possible!!)