ABOUT ME

I’m Emma and I love capturing life. I studied photography at University but started my professional life as a primary school Teaching Assistant, specialising in early years. I loved working with children, but in all honesty working in a school setting took a toll on my mental health. So I quit and had some time to breathe, getting creative again. That's when my career as a wedding and family photographer started; the autumn of 2017. It's been an amazing journey and I've met so many wonderful people along the way.

I’m married to a wonderful man called Graham and together we have a beautiful little lockdown baby girl, and a wonderful home birth (water birth) baby boy. We also used to have a pet hedgehog named Sonic (he was a real cutie with his own insta - just search sonic_bettes). Both my husband and I were born in Reading and, other than going away to university, we have lived here our whole lives. We are also both christians but my husband only got baptised after both our children were born which feels incredibly special that they were there to witness it. I think the biggest lessons I have learned since becoming a mother is that God is much kinder to me than I gave him credit for as a young adult, and also that slowing down is an incredible gift.

My Style:

I love capturing natural moments with natural light and beautiful locations. I particularly love locations that have sentimental value to the couple or family that I am photographing. That could be a walk that you often go on, a field that you like to picnic in or a wooded area you’ve built dens in. Equally, it could just be your ‘happy place’ – for me that’s the beach, for my husband it’s anywhere there is a puppy (or a glass of red) and for our children, it's anywhere with snack and their grandparents.