23/01/2012 by Anna.

I love any excuse for a trip to London and so was very happy to be asked to photograph Isobel’s christening in Wimbledon in early January.

She was so happy and well behaved the whole day.

What a beautiful line up of shoes!

There is never much natural light in January but we were lucky with the weather and it was bright enough for me not to have to use flash for these first pictures.

Big brother, whose christening I did  in 2010, was not keen to join in with this photo session.

Aaahh!

Here she is all ready dressed in her christening gown.

During the service I quietly took a few pictures without flash to be as unobtrusive as possible.

We finally managed to get one with Harry in! This time I set up my off camera flash to give me the flexibility to take pictures wherever I wanted. It is balanced with the ambient light.

It was lovely to see the growing family and to once again meet up with other family members and friends.

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20/08/2010 by Anna.

This christening was a lovely excuse to have a weekend in London! It was a lovely sunny summer’s day (maybe a little too bright for photography… we’re never happy!).

I took some pictures in the bedroom using some lovely window light just before Harry was getting dressed up.

He is such a photogenic little chap…

… and is also very smiley.

All dressed up in his finery.

With his proud mother.

The ceremony was in the local Catholic Church in Wimbledon - St. Winefride’s Church - a very impressive building with lovely light inside.

A nice record shot of all the guests.

Cousin Anabelle was fascinated by all the candles…

… and on the walk home she was happy to show off her scooter skills!

We used the only bit of shade in the garden to take some family group pictures.

Three young cousins - the mothers were very close at hand in case one of the little ones decided to leave the bench!

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03/05/2010 by Anna.

Apart from the fact that the weather was awful, with non stop cold rain, and that the baby being christened was ill, it was a lovely christening!

I arrived at the house at 8.15am to get some pictures of Georgia and her big sister before the service and while the house was still quiet.

Georgia was at her best being allowed to kick around on the sheepskin rug that I brought along.

Big sister Anabelle was much happier and easy to photograph.

The baptism

The ‘children’s corner’ at the back of the church

Georgia was asleep by this time which was the best thing for her.

This is grandfather with one of his other grandchildren

Because of the rain all the family pictures had to be taken indoors, which was such a shame as the garden looked so beautiful. I brought lighting with me and ended up bouncing my flash gun off the ceiling for most of the group shots, which made them look more natural than direct flash.

Anabelle refused to be in most of the group pictures but I got some lovely pictures of her absorbed in a book.

Isn’t this just the best thing to do when you feel unwell?!

Nearly forgot to get a picture of the cake, made by one of the grandmothers.

I hope you are better now, Georgia, and are back to your normal smiley self!

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