Cake Smash Photography Orpington | Ashleigh Shea Photography

The Messiest Session We Do — And Absolutely Worth Every Crumb I'll be honest with you: cake smash sessions are my favourite kind of chaos. There's something about watching a one-year-old encounter a cake for the very first time — the confusion, the cautious first...

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Newborn Photography Orpington | Ashleigh Shea Photography

There's No Such Thing as "We'll Do It Later" With a Newborn If you're reading this with a newborn on your chest, or a due date circled on your calendar, I want to say something gently but honestly — this season moves faster than any other. I've been offering newborn...

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Outdoor Family Photography Orpington | Ashleigh Shea Photography

Summer Won't Wait — And Neither Should Your Family Photos There's a particular kind of light that happens in summer — that warm, golden, late-evening glow that makes everything look like a memory even while you're still in it. It's my favourite light to shoot in, and...

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Maternity Photography Offer Orpington | Ashleigh Shea Photography

A Little Gift for the In-Between Time — Maternity Sessions This Summer Before the sleepless nights. Before the first feed and the first cry and the first time they curl into you and your whole world rearranges itself. There's this extraordinary in-between time — the...

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What Happens After Your Photo Session | Ashleigh Shea Photography

What Actually Happens After Your Photo Session You've booked. You've turned up, the kids have (mostly) behaved, and you've had a brilliant session. You drive home glowing — and then you wonder: so what happens now? It's one of the questions I get asked most, and I...

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Family Photography Bromley | This Is What 6 Months Looks Like

This Is What 6 Months Looks Like My grandson Jaxie turned 6 months old this month — and as someone who has spent years doing family photography in Bromley, and like every parent, grandparent, and person who has ever watched someone they love grow up, I can only say:...

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Last-Minute Newborn Session Availability This April – Special Offer!

Last-Minute Newborn Session Availability This April – Special Offer! If you've recently welcomed a little one or are expecting in the coming days, we have exciting news! Ashleigh Shea Photography has a rare, last-minute opening for a newborn session this April – and...

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What to Expect: Behind the Scenes of a Newborn Session with Ashleigh Shea Photography

Behind the Scenes of a Newborn Session with Ashleigh Shea Photography So, you're considering a newborn photography session—what an exciting time! Whether you’ve done your research, browsed styles, products, and pricing for a Bromley newborn photographer, or you’ve...

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Maternity Photography; A Photographers Perspective

Crafting Unforgettable Maternity Photos: Celebrating the Journey Maternity photography transcends mere images; it's a profound art capturing the essence of expectation and joy. As a professional maternity photographer, I'm privileged to document this transformative...

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Back To School Sessions

BackCapture the Back-to-School Excitement with Our Special Uniform Sessions! As the summer holidays come to a close and the excitement of a new school year builds, there’s no better time to capture those precious back-to-school moments. At Ashleigh Shea Photography in...

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Homeschooling during Covid19

Homeschooling during Covid19 Homeschooling during Covid19 - rather feels you with dread a little doesn't it... It's no secret that we all have tough and trying times ahead. Social distancing alone is very difficult pair that with the kids off school and it's down...

Little Mermaid, Miss Sirena

Little Mermaid, Miss Sirena It's not often I share a babies name however I have asked this gorgeous girls mumma as the meaning is beautiful. Sirena meaning Mermaid in Italian, is the daughter of my wonderful baker Luciana of Tiers and Teacups. Those that know Luciana...

Gender Reveal Ideas

You've found out the sex of your baby and want to let your loved ones know in a unique way. Here you will find some the best Gender Reveal Ideas I've seen. 1. Balloons In a Box - I think this is one of the most popular ones I've seen. This was the 'trend' when they...

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Do all babies sleep during their newborn session?

Baby Photography, Baby Pictures, BANPAS Member, Bromley, Bromley Photographer, Chislehurst, Family Photography, Kent, London Photographer, Newborn Photography, Petts Wood

Do all babies sleep during their newborn session? The answer is no not always! Thats totally fine though. Beautiful Miss F came in with her mum for her newborn session. She decided at the start that sleeping wasn’t her thing. So I started by wrapping her to keep her from being wriggly & got some stunning […]

Our Last Summer

Baby Photography, BANPAS Member, Bromley, Bromley Photographer, Child Photography, Child Portraiture, Chislehurst, Family Photography, Kent, Life, Living Arrows, London Photographer, Petts Wood

Afternoon all! {Big Wave} This past year a lot has gone on & has been happening for us all & it suddenly hit me the other day that Leah will soon be heading off to secondary school & that this summer would effectively be ‘our last summer’ with her, as we all know once secondary […]

Big C, The Journey | Finished at last…. well almost!

Bromley, Bromley Photographer, Chislehurst, Family Photography, Kent, Life, London Photographer, Petts Wood

It’s been a while since I’ve managed to get on and post anything to my blog & I’ve just seen how many I’ve saved as I’m partway through writing them!! So again I promise myself to keep on top of it & post when I start writing as opposed to saving midway! So with that […]

Little Sitters | Bromley, Kent Photographer

Baby Photography, Baby Pictures, BANPAS Member, Bromley, Bromley Photographer, Child Photography, Child Portraiture, Chislehurst, Family Photography, Kent, Life, London Photographer, Newborn Photography, Petts Wood

For those of you that may be wondering what a little sitters session is heres the DL… its a session celebrating your little ones next milestone, Sitting Up!! Although they don’t have to be able to sit up to have the little sitters session some prefer to come in & get shots of them being […]

Big C, the Journey | Cancer is s*^t!

Bromley, Bromley Photographer, Chislehurst, Family Photography, Kent, Life, London Photographer, Petts Wood

Cancer is s*^t! Morning all! I realise its been a fair while since I gave you an update on mums journey through her cancer & chemo. From when I last posted she has had a hick line fitted due to the chemo causing blood clots in her arm so she can no longer have the […]

Living Arrows | 3|52

Baby Photography, Baby Pictures, BANPAS Member, Bromley, Bromley Photographer, Cake Smash, Child Photography, Child Portraiture, Chislehurst, Family Photography, Fine Art Photography, Kent, Life, Living Arrows, London Photographer, Newborn Photography, Petts Wood

So its week 3 of Living Arrows & we have had another hectic week we started with a bit of shopping on Saturday to get Freya some boots & from there headed over to mums to give her a hand as she had a crap chemo week, Leah bathed Ralph & then stayed to keep […]