Autumn family photoshoot, St Andrews

October is here, my favourite time of the year. Autumn has been giving us subtle signs of its arrival for a while already - with bright spots of colour appearing here and there, dew on the grass, apples and rowan berries. And the light - it almost feels different in autumn!

This session was partly at home and partly outside, and the key thing was to avoid posing and anything artificial. So we went for a walk together in the woods surrounding their home and made sure everything happens naturally. Little Luna was the main guiding force here. I love photographing toddlers and young children, how expressive they are, how they show their personalities and little quirks, just doing their thing and being themselves - it's wonderful to capture it all and to get unique, unposed and natural photos! Parents just have to keep up - and this was not a problem either :-)

Luna picked some pine cones with her dad, gave hugs and kisses to mom, took a ride on daddy's shoulders and played peek-a-boo with him. Doing all this on the wood trail close to their home, where they regularly go for walks together, helped to create beautiful and meaningful record of this age for Luna, and this period in their family's life.

At home there was more play time, snack and stories - which resulted in candid portraits and simple moments of family life. Luna was so expressive, and she did not want to sit still - so this session is a great example of how diverse and unique your family photos can be, especially if you do not pose and your kids don't want to be still for taking a classic portrait (we did not even try that). So many favourites here - moments of Luna bossing her dolls, serving tea to mom and dad, snacking, her books (we had to read them all, and it was good fun!), their cat who joined us in her special sunny spot. Beautiful memories for the years to come.