My latest photo shoots in and around Hertfordshire featuring bumps, babies, children and family’s of all sizes.
Nina Mace Photography launches Outdoor photo session dates for 2014
I will be running Group family portrait days in and around Hemel Hempstead, Aylesbury, Harpenden, Reading & Basingstoke in 2014. Dates for the first half of this year are shown below, including some information on the locations themselves. Please note these dates...
Natural light baby photo shoot in London
I know this family pretty well you can say - I grew up with Rob (and his sister Karen who is one of my best friends) as they lived 5 doors down from me in a village just outside of Basingstoke. I was so pleased that they asked me to come and take photos of their new...
Outdoor family photo session in Bushy Park, London
As you know I am a big fan of outdoor photography and when I was asked to go to Bushy Park in London, I jumped at the chance. Bushy Park has an incredible mix of beautifully manicured garden areas and lots of areas which have been left to just grow naturally. For a...
Heartwood Forest competition winner 🙂
I love photographing outdoors and one of the places I like to visit with customers is Heartwood Forest which is just outside of St Albans. The site itself is 858 acres and is part of a project which started many years ago to transform the site into the largest new...
Outdoor family photo session in Tadley, Hampshire
Boy did I enjoy this session! I'm originally from Tadley and small village (think its a town now) between Reading and Basinsgstoke. My parents still live there so I am back and forth all the time. My dad suggested this location and I met with my friend and her family...
Outdoor Christmas photo sessions in Hemel Hempstead
Outdoor Christmas photo sessions in Hemel Hempstead; In October and November I run a number of outdoor days as I get a lot of requests for images for Christmas gifts and cards. This year I met with a record 18 families!! So rather than blog every single session I...
Bump to baby photo session in Hemel Hempstead
Bump to baby photo session in Hemel Hempstead. Last year I photographed M whilst she was pregnant with her 3rd child and last month I was lucky enough to go back and meet the latest edition!! The last time I had photographed this family I had a really fun time with...
Nina Mace Photography wins National Portrait competition 🙂
What a great end to the year! The Guild of Photographers www.photoguild.co.uk, ran a portrait competition in November. All of my customers who were photographed in November were entered into the competition and 3 independent judges were selected to choose one of my...
Outdoor Christmas mini session in Hampshire
Along with the outdoor sessions I run in Hemel Hempstead, I also ran a few photo sessions near to Basingstoke in Hampshire. My dads a keen walker and took me to this nature reserve a few months ago and it seemed perfect for a family photo shoot. It has some beautiful...
October Image of the Month with the Guild of Professional Photographers
I was really pleased to have won another 2 Silver Bars with the Guild of Photographers (www.photoguild.co.uk) this month. Both of these images were taken on my outdoor Christmas mini sessions at one of my favourite locations in Hemel Hempstead.
Maternity session in High Wycombe
I've been looking forward to blogging this session. There's nothing I love more than photographing outdoors on a sunny Autumn day. A&J wanted to document their first pregnancy in a natural way, making sure that all their animals were included in the session too...
My annual photo shoot with Laura and her family….
One of the best parts of being a photographer is you get to meet families and see them grow up. I met Laura when I very first started my business, and I photographed her youngest daughter who had just been born. She had this brilliant mop of hair which stood up like a...
Family photo session at The Vyne, Basingstoke
This is the second time I have been lucky enough to photograph Julie and her family. This time her mum and dad came along so they could have some photos taken with their grandson. We went along to The Vyne in Basingstoke, a gorgeous National Trust property. We took...
My trip to Paris part 2 – Nina Mace Hemel Hempstead photographer
If you are reading on from my Paris trip part 1 blog, you will know that I have been very excited about going to Paris, learning more about lighting, and working with models. On the morning of Day 1 of the course (http://training.andrewappleton.com/) we met in a café...
My trip to Paris with the Guild of Photographers Part 1
For those of you that follow my website, facebook page or blog, you will know I have been talking for months about going on a trip to Paris. It was organised by Andrew Appleton (see Andrews training website here) through the Guild of Photographers. I am predominantly...
Outdoor family photo session in Hertfordshire
Last month I ran a day of outdoor sessions in Hemel Hempstead and Elizabeth contacted me for a session for her, and her extended, family. The family included her sons and daughters and it was also an opportunity to get photos of the 5 grand children. It had been...
Home from down under 🙂
My friends Gwen and Steve left the UK a few years ago to pursue their dreams of living in Australia. Every year they come back in the Summer and we all meet in a pub for the afternoon to catch up. Gwen had just had her little girl so I was really excited to meet her,...
Huge family photo session in Wraysbury
I've known Sarah and Steve for years (19 actually..boy that has made me feel old!) as we went to University together in North London and I was her bridesmaid. Sarah is a great friend and pretty much got me through Uni so I am forever in her debt! Sarah is NOT keen...
Our holiday in Holland Part 2
As I mentioned in my previous blog post this year we holidayed in Holland, and as we travelled by boat, I managed to take all my (very heavy) camera equipment with me. As the country is so flat, and the sun doesn't set until around 10pm, they have the most gorgeous...
Our 2013 family holiday in Holland Part 1
My husband grew up holidaying in Holland so this year we thought we would do the same. We booked to go to a park, very similar to Center Parcs, called Hof Van Saksen http://www.hofvansaksen.com/gb-en/holiday-park/the-netherlands/drenthe/hof-van-saksen. We planned to...