I remember, aged about ten, heading off with my family to a photography studio above a Savacentre, sporting a never-fashionable bowl hair cut. Dressed in my 'nice clothes', I stood where I was told and smiled at the camera. The resulting photos weren't bad; we look very respectable (despite the haircuts). But we could be any family - you can't tell that we laughed a lot together or that we would tease each other mercilessly. You can't tell that we spent most of our childhood tearing around outside because we grew up living in a boarding school. 

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Therefore,  for your family photoshoot, we choose somewhere that reflects you - you might want the photos in your house, you might want them in a local park or you might want them a few miles away in a place that you love to visit. I want the photos to represent you - who you are, your relationships, how you spend time and I want the children to be themselves. Those are the pictures that I would like from my childhood and so I won't be asking you all to stand still and smile at the camera. Instead, I'll give you a few prompts, give you some games to play or just stand back and let you hang out together while I snap away. It's fun, I promise!