I finally get to blog some of my outdoor sessions 🙂 Family photo session in Hampshire
What is going on with the weather in this country? 🙂 I had to cancel my March outdoor sessions because of torrential rain and snow and move them into April in the hope of getting some sun. Luckily the weather was gorgeous - all blue skys and blossom. I met up with...
Wedding reception in Basingstoke at Sheffield Oaks Golf Club
One of my favourite things about being a photographer is I often get requests from old friends to photograph their familys or weddings. I used to go to college with Amanda and she asked if I would photographer her evening reception at Sheffield Oaks Golf club a week...
Engagement photo session in Shepherds Bush, London
I've been looking forward to this session for a while but dreading the weather and I was right to...it POURED!!! 🙂 Ray and Katy were so great, totally up for anything and we ventured in and around Sheperds Bush (including down the back of Shepherds Bush Empire) for...
Nina Mace Photography features on www.bellebebes.co.uk 🙂
Its always lovely to find that my work features on other peoples blog's and this week one of my sessions is being shown on www.bellebebes.co.uk. To see the full post please visit here. Debs and Verity run Belle and as they say "This baby-oriented blog is not about...
Day out in Greenwich with my photographer friends and their kids 🙂 Hemel Hempstead photographer
I've been looking forward to this date for a while...I have a few very good friends, which I have made through my photography, and we decided to go down to Greenwich for the day to get together and take some photos of the kids. We had 6 kids with us in total...
Spring wedding in Hemel Hempstead & St Michaels Manor, St Albans
I like to consider myself a baby, children and family photographer but on occasion a wedding opportunity comes along that I can't say no to 🙂 Another local photographer, who is due to have a baby very soon, reccommended me to her friends and after chatting to them...
Very excited to announce I have become a Qualified member of the Guild of Professional Photographers…
I am very excited to announce I have become a Qualified member of The Guild of Professional Photographers (www.photoguild.co.uk) and that I now have letters after my name!! - Nina Mace QGPP I like the sound of that 🙂 Qualification involves rigorous assessment of a...
Family photo session in Hitchin
This week I had the pleasure of photographing Susan and her family. Their son is 8 months old and I must say I love photographing babies this age. They can sit up and stand up if holding onto something and they also have some great expressions. You can also play peek...
Nina Mace Photography wins its first National Award!
What an exciting month - along with all the announcement of my annual competition and launch of my outdoor photo sessions https://www.ninamacephotography.com/outdoor-dates/ I've just found out I've won 2 National Awards! I have received Bronze Bars for 2 portraits in...
Lifestyle family photo session in St Albans
This has to go down as one of my favourite sessions - firstly because I forget how much fun photographing toddlers are, and secondly because the family wanted photos of their daughter just after she'd woken from her nap just playing in her house. I photographed this...
Maternity session in Hemel Hempstead
I had an email from M saying that she would like a photo session to remember her 3rd pregnancy and would also like some shots with her son and daughter. Just before I left for my half term holiday we had the session and Im really pleased with the images we managed...
Photographing on the beach – half term fun
This half term we braved the cold weather and headed down to Butlins for the week. It was freezing but for one day it was just cold (rather than artic) so we headed down to the beach for a while. The kids had a great time jumping off the barriers, collecting stones...
Love mixing images and graphics…
I've always been interested in integrating graphics and images - alongside my photography I also design graphical family frames. Some images, especially baby images, work really well with graphics and here are some of my favourite exmaples below.. ...
Baby photo session in Hertfordshire
This week I had the pleasure of meeting Sarah and her family who work at a company I used to work at many moons ago :-). The have a baby girl and she was at that great age where she could push up onto her tummy and was very interactive. She didn't cry at all and...
Everyday moments in St Albans Cathedral
Its been an exciting month for me - I finally saved up enough for my new camera, a Canon 5D Mark iii, and Ive launched a competition (www.ninamacephotography.com/competition) and published my outdoor calendar for 2013 (www.ninamacephotography.com/outdoor-dates). My...
Family photo session, Hemel Hempstead photographer
This week I had the pleasure of photographing a family in Reading with a 1 year old girl and a 3 year old boy. There were lots of really interesting pockets of light around the house and the kids were so good and I was really pleased with the mixture of potraits and...
Snow day 🙂
Hooray a snow day!! There is a LOT of snow today and schools are out - my son is very happy about this and spent as long as he could stand it out in the snow in the garden. Great opportunity to get the macro lens out and after a lot of trying I managed to get a shot...
Baby photo session in Broxbourne
Charlotte got in touch a few weeks ago and was looking for some natural photos of her new baby daughter and was pleased to here that I travelled to her to have photos taken rather that go to a studio. This little girl was such a pleasure to photograph so smiley for...
Family photos in Hemel Hempstead
This weekend has been freezing but for some reason the colder it gets the prettier the evening light. I ventured out with Sarah and her family to get a shot of them all together and also I wanted to get some of Sarah and her husband. I've known Sarah for years and she...
I blinked and now he’s 6 🙂 Hemel Hempstead photographer
I can't believe my son turned 6 this week - its gone so quickly and dosen't seem like yesterday that I bought him home from the hospital. To keep a record of how my kids really are around each birthday I take them out on their own for half an hour and tell them just...
Baby photo session in Hemel Hempstead
Its a busy month for me with Xmas mini sessions, my sons birthday and a lot of work happening in my house at the moment (we decided to knock walls down and put a new kitchen in just before Xmas we must be crazy) but when a lady just around the corner from me called...
Family photos on the beach 🙂
Over half term I went to Butlins with 4 other families. The kids had the best time and loved their bedroom in the new Wave Hotel, themed as a submarine :-). We all went down to Bognor beach for a walk one evening and I managed to get some family photos in as the sun...
Baby photos in Hemel Hempstead
[blogshow id=bc91 player=1 autoplay=1 toolbar=1]Its always lovely to get a call from someone I used to work with in my Marketing life who has seen my photos. Claire asked if I would come to her house and take some baby photos. She's just around the corner from me in...
Playing with light
[blogshow id=bcb5 player=1 autoplay=1 toolbar=1]Great photographs are all about great light and over the last 12 months I've been taking as many photos of my children as possible in interesting light. This can be indoors where you close down the light source, or...
Stunning sunset in Hemel Hempstead 🙂
On Saturday night the sky turned the most amazing colour so even though I was half way through getting ready to go out (wet hair 🙂 ) I had to get in the car, drive to the nearest field and try and get a picture of it. This is pretty much straight out of camera - the...
I ♥ Autumn 🙂
I ♥ Autumn when the leaves start to change colour and its still warm enough to get outside with the kids for the day. We went up to Ashridge last weekend and walked one of the routes we hadnt tried before. The plan was to go 3 miles and we made it to about a mile and...
Family photo session in Reading, Hampshire
Kathy had come across my work through a friend and asked if I could come along and do a family photo session in Reading when I was travelling down that way (my friends and family live around the area). She had a lovely Victorian house and was moving in the following...
Outdoor family photography Hemel Hempstead
I've photographed this family quite a few times now and the girls are always great fun and do such a great job smiling. We went up to Boxmoor Trust in Hemel Hempstead and treked around until we found a gorgeous tree to plot up in front of. The mum specifically wanted...
Maternity photos North London
Its always lovely to catch up with people you havent seen in years and I havent seen Emma in 15 since we left university. She asked if I could come over to take some photos of her, her partner, her daughter and her bump. I really enjoy taking maternity photos as it...
My girl is 3 (Personal post) Nina Mace Photography Blog
How time flies it dosent seem that long ago my daughter was born! On each birthday I like to take my kids out and take photos so I can remember exactly how they were at that age. My daughter chose her own accessories and prop (a balloon we had to go and buy) and we...
St Albans baby photo session
A few weeks ago, I met up with this family in St Albans. Baby L is just over 3 months and was so good at smiling for the camera. We even managed to get outdoors to take advantage of some of the fantastic autumnal colours 🙂 St Albans baby photo...
Playing in the Summer sun
We didnt have many great days this Summer but on the ones we did we managed to get the pool up in the garden and let the kids get soaked. Its so much fun watching them play, with the bbq on, and a drink or too. I only wish we had more of a Summer...how much would I...
Day out at Butterfly World – Childrens photography Hertfordshire
[blogshow id=bcd5 player=1 autoplay=1 toolbar=1]We are lucky to live just around the corner from Butterfly world in St Albans and we visit quite often. Its got a great butterfly house and the kids can let the butteflys land on them, along with some great outdoor...
Family photography Hemel Hempstead
I was asked by Anita if I could take some photos of her girls and their new puppy as a gift for Fathers day. We went up to Boxmoor Trust in Hemel Hempstead and even though it was cold we managed to get some nice shots. We even managed one with the puppy in which I...
7 Tips for a Successful Period Piece Photo Shoot
7 Tips for a Successful Period Piece Photo Shoot A period piece photoshoot is a complex endeavour designed to transport viewers back in time through themed photographs. These shoots typically involve detailed setups including intricate costumes, props, and thematic...