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Family Urchins

13th September 2021 By Mike Barrett

This gorgeous pair of urchins are my sister’s kids. I’ve not seen them for about three years. I don’t get to see them that often at all to be honest, as they live so far away. That coupled with the crazy epidemic that we have all been living through, it has made it all the more difficult to get together. Anyway, recently they all sprung a massive surprise on me and turned up quite out of the blue. My wife and daughter were in on the secret and had help plan it, but it was a delightful and unexpected surprise. They spent a few days with us and it was great to catch up. It was so good to spend time with my sister also. We laughed, cried, sung songs, ate great food and played hard to make up for lost time. My daughter gets on with her cousins so well, you’d think they were family. (“,)

It’s good to hug the people you love and to have regular contact with them. It’s always a lot harder when they live in a different country. I thought I would take some portrait shot of the kids in the studio while I had them with me. Children change and grow up so fast that it was nice to capture these lovely souls as they are right now. The portrait photograph is such a beautiful medium for making and keeping memories. These photos will always remind me of the time that this crazy bunch sprung the most awesome surprise on me. One that I will never forget.

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Smash The Cake

21st August 2018 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

This was a super little shoot where this little fellow got to smash up a big cake for the photo shoot. Everyone involved had an enormous amount of fun and a lot of squashed yummy cake. Awesome.

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When days are like this!

21st October 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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Tiger Tiger

1st October 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Post Party Blues

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Spring Family Shoot Offer – 2017

29th March 2017 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Spring is here and it is such a wonderful time of year. Everything new and bursting with life. The nights are getting lighter, the weather is warming up. Life is generally buzzing and there is an air of excitement in the atmosphere.

Why not celebrate this spring by treating yourself and your family to a photo shoot? Capture those precious moments at this wonderful time of year and keep them for an eternity.

My family photo shoots are a nice and relaxed affair. I look to capture the magic of your family in a nice and informal way. Real photographs out there in the big wide world, not cooped up in a stuffy clinical studio. You will get all your digital images on a USB stick and two beautiful images of your choice as quality 12″ by 8″ prints.

Please get in touch for more information. This is a Limited Time Offer, Subject to Availability.

World Photo Day 2016

19th August 2016 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

I take thousands of photographs. I love what I do and never tire of looking at life through a lens. I never tire of that anticipation and excitement I feel knowing that I may capture something incredible or perhaps something simple and beautiful. Today is world photo day. My favourite subject matter of late is my little girl. It is a delight to watch her grow and explore the world around her. I often wonder what her major passions will be as she matures. It will be a pleasure to find out with her I’m sure. Here is my photograph for world photo day.

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Siblings

15th January 2016 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

A quick shot of my friends children. I love this shot. Brother and sister. Great pair of kids too!

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Little Red Devil

8th October 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

Little Red Devil

My wife has been known to have a word in my ‘shell-like’ on the odd occasion concerning the combination of clothing items that I sometimes dress our daughter in. To be honest, it’s actually not that frequent that she has to have words, so I have to assume that she approves most of the time when it’s my turn to select our daughter’s attire. Frankly, I think my daughter looks pretty funky when I dress her.

Today, my little girl and I decided to bake a white loaf. For some time now I have wanted to start making my own bread. Having been a devoted fan of the Great British Bake Off right from the first series and having sat through all the triumphs and disasters that the contestants have served up; I got to thinking that at least I ought to have a go. Upon seeing Nadiya win series 6 last night and take the crown with humility, stating that she will never doubt herself in going forwards again; she showed that anyone can do anything that they put their minds to. All you need is guts, gusto and determination. So I decided that it was time to get the baking tins out. I thought I would start simple, a crusty white cob loaf.

What does any of this have to do with what my daughter wears, or indeed photography?  A good question.

Bear with me!

I was recently looking through our fancy dress box when I came across this red devil wig with horns attached. I think my wife bought it some years ago for a Halloween bash that we went to, long before our daughter arrived. Anyway, it gave me an idea for a mini photo shoot I could do with my little girl. She is at that age now where she flatly refuses to pose for the camera any more. Daddy nearly always has a camera in his hand and for the longest time she would play up to it without hesitation or ever getting bored. Lately though, when she sees a camera (not just mine but any pointing her way) she swiftly turns her head almost 180 degrees and refuses to look back, regardless of our patient pleading or any amount of persuasive bribery. That said, I guess I will have to consider myself privileged today, as we have had a devilishly good time getting these photos.

So, to explain! My daughter and I needed something fun to do while our bread dough was proving. She had been hugely supportive in the kitchen, helping me with the mixing and throwing flour absolutely everywhere. So when I suggested that she could dress up in the red wig and polka dot attire, she was giddy and on this occasion, more than happy to play along. We took a few snaps and returned to the kitchen in time to put the bread in the oven; after which we made odd characters out of pink and blue Plasticine while waiting for our bread to bake. Today turned out to be a lot of fun. The house has an amazing smell of freshly baked bread and we got some lovely photos. The bread tasted amazing too.
I’m now on the hunt for the next bread recipe.

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In the Sticks

24th February 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

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Went out at the weekend with the family and we found an amazing field of tall grass stems. Couldn’t pass up the chance of a bit of a photo shoot. My daughter loved them. It’s fabulous being out and about in the great outdoors. Nature is so beautiful at times. Even in the middle of winter.

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Victoria

15th February 2015 By Mike Barrett Leave a Comment

This is Victoria.

I love it when children are at first a little shy, then a little inquisitive, and then eventually start striking a pose in front of a camera. This is my friends little girl. She’s roughly the same age as my daughter. Both very strong characters.

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