Barbara Leatham Photography

Taking Better Photos of Your Children

February 14, 2021

Do you ever get frustrated and want to take better photos of your children? One of the most common photography related questions I’m asked is by parents desperate to know how take better photos of their children. We’ve all been in that situation where we see our children doing something that we know should make a great photo but somehow the image...

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Visual Style: Consistency Between Photoshoots

January 04, 2021

This blog post is the third and final in a mini series on the theme of visual style, you can find the other posts here and here. In the previous post I explained how I help my photography clients to identify their visual style. Typically my clients will have a specific reason that prompts them to book a photoshoot, it might be the launch of a new...

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Visual Style: How I Can Help Discover Your Style

December 16, 2020

This post is the second in a mini series on the theme of visual style, you can find the first post in the series here. In the first post I explored what visual style is and my own issues with having a consistent style, in this post we are going to look at how I help my clients define their own visual style, a task that might initially seem dauntin...

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Visual Style: Why Your Style is Also Mine

December 08, 2020

This post is the first in a mini series themed around visual style, but what exactly is visual style? Well if you turn to Google for a definition you’ll get a whole variety of answers but I like to think of it as the values and ethos of your business represented visually through a consistent use of colours, typography, logos, graphics and photograp...

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Photography for Children

November 29, 2020

I’m often asked whether I think photography is a suitable hobby for children and the answer is always a resounding Yes! Of course I’m biased since photography is not only my business but also my favourite way to unwind, it’s a perfect distraction from everything that’s going on around us. Providing an escape from everyday life is one of the many b...

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