Honest photographs of the traditions, rituals, and connections that make your Christmas yours.
Christmas can feel full. Busy. Noisy. Magical. Overwhelming. Often all at once.
But within all of that are the moments you’ll miss one day. The flour-covered kitchen counters, the tangled lights, the serious concentration while hanging a bauble, the way your child insists on placing the star slightly wonky at the top of the tree.
These fun and relaxed Christmas photo sessions are about holding onto what makes Christmas truly yours.
They aren’t styled studio setups, and you won’t need to force smiles or stage moments for the sake of a photo.
Instead, they’re about photographing your real Christmas. Whatever that looks like in your home, however your family celebrates.
These sessions are 1 hour long, shorter than my usual 3-hour documentary sessions, but created with the same thoughtful, unobtrusive approach.
An hour is often more than enough to capture the heart of a tradition. You don’t need to prepare anything elaborate. Simply choose something that already feels meaningful to your family. It might be picking out your Christmas tree, decorating it together at home, baking cookies or mince pies in a flour-covered kitchen, or making Christmas cards and decorations around the table. Perhaps it’s reading festive stories under a blanket, sharing hot chocolate after school, or any small ritual that feels like yours.
Only £250!
My husband had reservations about it, but really enjoyed himself and didn’t find it awkward at all, which he had been worried about. The photos are absolutely stunning, relaxed, informal and tell a story, just what we wanted. Thoroughly recommend her!
You choose your preferred time slot and secure your booking with payment. Shortly afterwards, a contract will be sent to your email for you to sign.
Once everything is confirmed, you’ll receive a short questionnaire so I can begin to understand your family and what Christmas looks like in your home. We’ll then arrange a relaxed 10–15 minute call to shape a session that reflects your traditions, routines, and the moments that matter most to you at this time of year.
When I arrive, I’ll quickly put everyone at ease and remind you that this is meant to feel enjoyable, not stressful. I’m simply there to witness how wonderful your family already is during this season and to create photographs that reflect it.
Your session will feel relaxed and unhurried, with you decorating, baking, crafting or simply being together just as you normally would at Christmas — no performances, no pressure, just your family as you are.
Within six weeks, your gallery will be ready and presented in a beautiful slideshow set to music. Make a little moment of it. Sit together, press play on your slideshow, and revisit this Christmas just as it felt.
You’ll have five digital images included in your package, along with £25 print credit to use in the gallery store for prints or albums. Take your time choosing your favourites, and if you find it too hard to narrow them down (which often happens), you’ll have the option to upgrade and purchase additional images or the full gallery.
You’ll never get the same feeling looking at your photos on a screen as you will seeing them on your wall or flipping through the pages of an album. With your print credit, you choose how your images live in your home, whether thats on your walls, in albums, or as gifts for the people you love.
I especially recommend creating a small album of your Christmas story. Something you can bring out each year, place beside the decorations, and revisit together as the seasons pass. Over time, it becomes part of the tradition itself.
I’m offering just 9 Christmas Mini Sessions this year, across three dates: Saturday 5th December, Saturday 12th December and Saturday 19th December 2026. Once they’re booked, they’re gone for this season.
Sessions are available within approximately one hour of BR2 0SD (Bromley) by public transport, including Bromley, Beckenham, Chislehurst, Dulwich, Crystal Palace and surrounding South-East London areas.
If you’re further than an hour away, you’re very welcome to book a full documentary family session on an alternative date instead.
You can book your mini Christmas session by choosing the timeslot you want and paying for your session:
Booking a photographer or filmmaker can bring up questions. Here are a few I’m often asked.
Yes, of course! These sessions are about documenting your real traditions, and if that includes grandparents visiting, or a dog weaving between legs while you decorate the tree, that’s absolutely part of the story.
Your session includes £25 print credit, which can be used within your private gallery store. You can apply it towards professional prints, framed pieces or albums. Many families choose to put it towards a small Christmas album, something that becomes part of the decoration box and is brought out year after year.
You’re not limited to the credit amount; it simply gives you a starting point if you’d like to create something tangible.
Because these Christmas mini sessions are limited and seasonal, bookings are non-refundable. However, you’re very welcome to reschedule your session if you can no longer make your original date, subject to availability.
If you need to move your session, just get in touch as soon as possible, and I’ll do my best to find you another suitable slot.
That said, with documentary photography, you don’t have to let illness or bad weather stop you. There’s still so much beauty to capture: the care you show for your child, the ways you support each other. If bad weather affects an outdoor session (for example, heavy rain at a tree farm), we’ll adapt by moving indoors and adjusting the plan. Christmas doesn’t need perfect weather to be meaningful.
There’s no such thing as “behaving” in my world.
Children are allowed to be excited, overwhelmed, shy, noisy, grumpy or loud. Those emotions are part of life, including Christmas.
Because these sessions are documentary, no one is being asked to sit still or smile at the camera. Your child is free to be themselves. This means a child will feel more comfortable, and I guarantee I will capture many emotions, including joy, fun, and silliness, within the hour I spend with you.
Absolutely. Real homes are meant to be lived in, especially in December. I don’t need large spaces or perfectly tidy rooms. I look for light, connection, and moments, not square footage.
Your home is also an important part of your child’s story. It’s their safe space, the backdrop to their everyday memories, and the place where Christmas unfold and traditions take shape. Capturing it as it is now becomes part of what they’ll one day look back on and recognise as home.
This is very common and completely understandable.
My approach is relaxed and unobtrusive. There’s no pressure to pose or “perform.” Most partners who start the session feeling unsure end up forgetting I’m even holding a camera, because the focus is simply on being together as a family. Often, they’re the even ones who later say they’re most grateful the photos were taken.
Documentary photography captures how your Christmas actually feels, not just how it looks.
Instead of styled backdrops and posed portraits, you receive photographs of your real traditions — the things that make your Christmas yours. I’m also paying attention to personalities, relationships, and the subtle dynamics between you.
Years from now, these images won’t simply show what you wore or how the tree was decorated. They’ll bring back the atmosphere, the rituals you returned to each December, the connection between you, and the stage of life you were in at the time.
Yes. Your mini session includes 5 digital images and £25 print credit, and you’re very welcome to upgrade once you’ve seen your gallery.
You can choose from the following options:
10 images + £75 print credit
(5 additional images and £50 extra print credit)
£150 upgrade
Full gallery (20+ images) + £150 print credit
(15+ additional images and £125 extra print credit)
£250 upgrade
You can also purchase individual digital files if you prefer, though the upgrade collections are usually more cost-effective.
If you have a question that isn’t answered here, feel free to get in touch — I’m always happy to chat things through.
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