Portrait and Wedding Photographer - Susie Lawrence Photography » Golden Acre Park

First birthday deja vu!

susie — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:23:21 +0000

Over the Easter holidays I revisited another portrait client family to photograph them with their new addition. Big brother Rohan was first photographed on his first birthday (you can see that post here), so what better way to celebrate than to record his little brother Eassar on his first birthday too! We spent some time in their lovely garden, which had the most amazing 1920′s railway carriage hidden in a corner (I really coveted that as a studio), then we had a wander in Golden Acre Park. Once again I felt so honoured to go back and make images that show how a family is growing up.

The art of striking a pose (portrait photographer Leeds)

susie — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:47:34 +0000

Wow. I love all my photography. But this portrait session in particular had all the elements of a perfect shoot – beautiful lively children, lovely weather, great location and indeed ducks. Alexandra and Freya (and their mum!) were brilliant at knowing instinctively what to do in front of the camera and I hardly had to suggest anything. We went for a walk around Golden Acre Park, admired the bird-life and the woodlands and finished with a well-deserved ice-cream in the cafe. Bliss!

They are really sweet sisters and clearly adore each other:

Practising some moves among the geese:

Adorable shoes:

Work it girls, work it! And the cuddly dog…

Grandparent portrait present number two

susie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:43:06 +0000

I was back at Golden Acre the very next day after the last family for another present for a proud grandfather. The difference this time was that he was in on the act, having been told about the present on his birthday. So he came along to have his portrait with the whole family – his daughters and son and the children Alice, Molly, Annie and Sam and a fun time was had by all, especially when it came to the ice-creams…

Surprise present portrait

susie — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:44:19 +0000

Big family group portraits as presents for grandparents is currently my most popular kind of shoot and I did two last weekend alone. My good friend Suzie, who runs fabulous baby massage classes in Leeds called Jelly Babies www.jellybabies.org.uk, wanted a surprise present for her Dad’s 70th birthday. Her half-sister suggested a family portrait so Catherine brought her husband and gorgeous little girl along to be photographed alongside her brother David and all of Suzie’s family – Alice, Joshua and her husband Stephen. We had a great time in Golden Acre Park and even though Emily wasn’t for keeping still, I think that adds to the effect and we’ve got some images that will make granddad happy.

Golden afternoon

susie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:05:02 +0000

Sam and Gary won the top prize of a portrait shoot and lovely big framed print at Richmond House School’s Spring Ball, where I took the red carpet photos (see earlier post). We went to Golden Acre Park in North Leeds with Gary’s girls Sally and Katie and Sam’s daughters Emily and Polly to get a group shot of everyone for the prize image. As usual I got carried away and couldn’t stop myself photographing everyone individually as well. They were great fun to shoot and it was a beautiful afternoon with lots of super light.