I have two daughters – Grace and Alice, Alice is 18 and has just finished a two-year Level 3 course in Photography at Bath College, because it turns out she loves photography just as much as her Mum does! Since completing this course, she has started a one-year apprenticeship with me before hopefully heading off to University next year to continue her photography studies. 

As daughters go, I would say she is a fairly typical 18-year-old who runs rings round me and is definitely in charge when we’re not working together. She’s inherited my long legs and can be quite shy at first, but she’s really friendly which makes her perfect at weddings. I’ve posted an image or two of her here, so you may spot her at your wedding in future.

Currently Alice is ‘training on the job’ so I don’t charge for her services. She accompanies me to my larger weddings and acts as a supervised second shooter, so she doesn’t cover parts of the wedding alone (such as groom prep) just yet but she does take some different vantage points from me when we’re working together, in order to capture a different perspective of your day. Basically, she acts as a second pair of hands for me, which is wonderful. She’s more than qualified enough for me to trust her with capturing shots of the groom waiting at the front of the church, for example, while I’m waiting outside for the bride to arrive, so those all-important moments don’t get missed. 

Alice uses similar equipment to me. We both shoot Canon (like mother, like daughter!) which really helps me with editing afterwards and keeps your images consistent all the way through. And, as an added bonus, she’ll hopefully be passing her driving test soon so she can drop me off at locations where parking is difficult, allowing me to dash inside and start shooting while she searches for somewhere to park. This will make me even more efficient and will gain valuable minutes for me to shoot, which is always a bonus!