For Photographers

Training & Mentoring

Organic, prop-free newborn photography — taught one to one in my Cambridge studio, or in small group workshops.

A mother kissing her newborn's foot, in black and white

A different way of looking at it.

I have photographed newborns since 2010, and what I teach is what I actually do: no props, no headbands, no baskets. Light, the baby, and the people holding them.

If that is the direction you want your own work to take, this is what I can show you.

Papworth Everard · Cambridge

One to One Mentoring

Built around you, not around a syllabus

The difference between a one to one day and a group workshop is simple: you decide what we cover.

In a workshop my attention is divided between five or six photographers. In a one to one it is on you alone, and the day is built from your questions rather than from a fixed programme.

Newborn, baby, maternity, family, lighting, post-production — or any combination of them. When you book, I send you a questionnaire, and we plan the day from your answers.

Sessions are held in my studio near Cambridge. A limited number are available in Italy each year.

One to One · 1 day

£850
  • About 8 hours, in the Cambridge studio
  • Topics chosen entirely by you
  • Planned in advance from your questionnaire
  • £900 for sessions in Italy
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One to One · 2 days

£1,200
  • Two days, 8 hours each
  • Day one I lead. Day two you do everything
  • You talk to the clients, choose the settings, direct the session
  • I am beside you throughout
  • £1,300 for sessions in Italy
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Group Workshop · Caserta

€1,250
  • Two days, 7–8 October 2026, in Italy
  • Three families photographed across the two days
  • Natural posing, video and editing
  • Lunch, snacks and certificate included
  • Taught in Italian
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Why two days rather than one

Because watching someone work and then doing it yourself are different skills, and the gap between them is where most photographers get stuck.

On the second day you run the session: you meet the clients, you choose the set-ups, you make the decisions. I am next to you the whole time, and anything that goes wrong we solve together — which is a far better way to learn it than being told about it the day before.

Paying in instalments

Both courses can be paid in stages:

Extreme close-up of a sleeping newborn's closed eye, nose and lips
Newborn wrapped in white, small within a bright empty frame, in black and white
Extreme close-up of a newborn's navel with the healing cord stump, in black and white
Extreme close-up of a newborn's toes
Newborn curled on one side with both hands held together at the chin
Newborn asleep in a cream wrap on a warm cream backdrop
Extreme close-up of a newborn's curled fingers in black and white
Newborn asleep in a cream wrap on a cream backdrop, cradled by a heavily tattooed arm
A newborn's feet resting in cupped adult hands, in black and white

Group workshops

I run two day newborn and maternity workshops for small groups — usually five or six photographers, which is the largest number where everyone still gets looked after properly.

They are held in my studio and, from time to time, elsewhere in Europe. Past workshops have run in Lugano and in Rome, and both sold out.

Dates are announced when they open and places go quickly. If you would like to know about the next one, send me a message and I will tell you when it is scheduled.

Something I wrote for other photographers

If you would like a sense of how I work before committing to anything, this is a full set of my working notes on a stage most newborn photographers find awkward — babies who have passed the sleepy fortnight:

How to photograph 6 week old babies — ten things I have learned about the oldborn session.

Both parents looking down at their swaddled newborn held between them, in black and white

Ready?

Tell me where you are with your photography and what you would like the day to cover. I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it.

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See my newborn work