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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Master L | Monster Cake Smash Bromley

Master L here had a delayed start to his monster cake smash due to being unwell. We rearranged & he came in a little shy at first but otherwise full of beans! It took a little while to warm up & get used to being in the studio, his best friend helped him 😉 If […]

Chocolate Making | Truly Chocolicious

Last week Freya and I went to a chocolate making workshop at Truly Chocolicious. I had originally booked it for Leah and Freya but Leah decided that she didn’t want to do it so I took part instead. We had so much fun, admittedly Leah would have been the oldest there so may not have […]

Meet Your Photographer

Meet Your Photographer… Hi and welcome to those of you who haven’t yet met me. To all my wonderful clients whom I’ve had the pleasure of photographing thank you all. I’m Ashleigh, tea drinker, loud laugher, mum of two, owner of Ashleigh Shea Photography & all round crazy gal 😉 Ok so I’m not crazy […]

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Emma’s first Birthday Family Session | Petts Wood Studio

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Emma is a total s w e e t i e!!!! I first me her & her lovely big brother Joseph at my gorgeous triplets first birthday party. Joseph & I had a chat a few times whilst at the party, he’s such a great kid. Emma wasn’t too keen on being in the studio […]

Lovely Taliah 12 Days New | Petts Wood Studio

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I met Taliah’s mum & dad at the Mothercare Baby & Me event in October & spent a long while chatting with them, found out daddy is a videographer!! Got the call when Taliah was born asking if I had space for her to have a session & in she came at just 12 days […]

Toyah & Pete Maternity Session | Petts Wood Studio

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Toyah contacted me for her maternity & newborn session. Well we’ve just had her maternity session & we had such a laugh. I don’t think I’ve laughed more at a maternity session, from the melon to Pete’s smile Toyah was trying to get him to change to a sing teddy Pete knew all the words!! […]

Pretty Little Sienna 12 Days New | Petts Wood Studio

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I met Stephanie & Kieron at the Mothercare baby show in October last year & spent some time congratulating & chatting with them about what I do & the benefits of a newborn session & the best age etc. I was so happy to get an email from Stephanie saying she’d met me at the […]

Award winning photographer | The Guild of Photographers

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I’m now a part of the Guild of Photographers which is a network full of advice, guidance & awards!!! The Guild hold monthly Image of the Month awards & although I’ve been a part of it for a while now I only entered my first images into the January IOM. I entered 3 images into […]

Happy Birthday Teddy | Petts Wood Studio

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It’s a very sad day for me as my little baby planner Teddy graduated from my Goodbye Tummy, Hello Mummy plan 🙁 I have absolutely LOVED watching Teddy grow this past year & I’m sad I won’t be seeing him every 6 months now. Here is Teddy’s 1 year session, Happy Birthday my little Graduate […]