Sympathy Pains

My wife falls over

There’s a misconception that women are great at multitasking and my wife is proof of that. I’m not suggesting that men are better at dealing with more than one task at a time either, I’m writing this article on a train and I’ve just missed my stop. This is going to sound like a wife beater in A&E but my wife is pretty clumsy. She walks into trees, lamp posts and door…
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Baby Playlist

A few weeks ago all of my wife’s pregnancy apps started telling us that baby can hear now. The general consensus from all of these apps are that we should sing to our unborn child. Strangely there’s nothing about discouraging parents from reading the Daily Mail out loud but I guess that’s just common sense. I’m by no stretch of the imagination a vocalist but in my twenties…
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1st time dad at The Baby Show

Last weekend I attended The Baby Show at London’s Excel Exhibition centre. If you’ve been following my Sympathy Pains articles you’ll know that my wife and I are expecting our first child this summer so my reasons for attending the show weren’t all work related. Obviously I had my London Mums press hat on and my Baby Photographer sunglasses but I was wrapped firmly in a…
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So what are you having?

That is the first question that people ask you when you announce that you are having a baby. That or “Do you know what you’re having having?” I especially like the second question as it implies that I might be the sort of person that finds out the sex of my future child but decides to keep it a secret…..for some reason. I’ve since realised that “So do you know…
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Shopping for buggies in Harrods

This phrase terrifies me as it should any expectant father regardless of income. It’s a sign of things to come. If one were to regard Marijuana as a gateway drug then Harrods isn’t exactly a gateway shop. You might consider a gateway buggy shop something like Mothercare, Kiddiecare or ToysRUs. After a while you dabble in the John Lewis sales and perhaps even spend a forgotten…
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Struggling with Empathy

This article is going to make me sound like the worst man ever but I have a feeling I’m not alone. Firstly I should make it clear that I’m am very excited about having a new life coming to join us and live with us for a while. I’ve been a baby photographer for the past four years which has been a bit like being the world biggest movie fan who sells tickets at a cinema…
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How long does the pregnancy sickness last?

So to update you we are at week 17 of our pregnancy and Emma is still feeling sick. Luckily it’s only in the mornings, mid mornings afternoons and evenings. At lunch she’s fine. Although I did get this email from her the other day. How is your day going? I’m doing everything in my power to not puke on my desk. Here’s the list of things I can no…
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The most photographed baby in the world?

This last week I have been in attendance and speaking at The Societies photography convention here in London which is always a highlight in my calendar. Not only do I get to meet up with some old friends but there’s a huge trade show which gives me the chance to check out the latest gear and products. As we have just opened up a new studio our walls are still very plain so we were…
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New Beginnings and Sympathy Pains

So let me start at the beginning, well perhaps not the complete beginning but at some point not so long ago. October was a busy month for me and one that changed my business completely. At the start of the month we discussed the possibility of opening a portrait studio in a soft play centre with its owners, by the second week of the month we had hired builders and were busy knocking down…
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Photo Challenge

Light Trails | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout. Don’t…
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