Claire Roads

If you have followed me for a while, you’ll know that there are two major driving forces behind my photography...    Helping and encouraging Mums to exist in their family photographs…   …and supporting other local Mums in business.    We have so  many businesses here in Kent which are owned and run by incredible local Mums and I think that should be celebrated.    So, each month (or as close to that as I can get – this year has been a little hit and miss!) I have the absolute

I have to say that a photography session was the LAST thing on my mind after having a baby…Quite honestly, I felt as though I had been hit by a bus for quite some time.   But everywhere I looked, I read that if I didn’t book newborn photos within the first two weeks, I’d “miss the boat.” The Myth of the 7–10 Day Window In traditional studio newborn photography , many of the classic ‘posed’ images rely on babies being sleepy and curled up (which is why photographers often reco

What do you think of when you hear the term ‘Family Photography’? Chances are you are transported back to your childhood, to the dreaded Family Photo Day. Your Mum would dress you and your siblings up in your finest matching outfits (my Brother and I had rather fetching sailor suits, I bet you can just picture it – oh, the 80’s, how we miss you) You would march down to the local photography studio where you would spend the best part of an hour being bribed with sweets to ‘sit

I couldn’t get to the end of another month without introducing you to another one of our incredible Kent Mums in Business.   There really are so many wonderful businesses right on our doorstep which are owned and run by local Mums and you all know by now how happy it makes me to celebrate that (and them) This month, I want to introduce you to a very unique (and utterly adorable) business, owned by the wonderful Siobhan Sharp – Kent Mum of Two and the proud owner of Little Duc

This is for the Mums whose little one is already here. The Mums who are just coming up for air and worrying that they missed their chance to have newborn photos because everything they've read has told them that the ‘ideal’ time is within those first couple of weeks… I am here to reassure you... It is not too late. This gorgeous little man was 4 months old when I met him. I spent the most wonderful morning with him and his beautiful Mummy & Daddy at their home in Kent. He de

Back in 2022 I decided to start a personal project. As I looked around, I could see *so* many beautiful businesses here in Kent that were...

Ahhh, that got your attention didn’t it?!?! It is that time again; almost the end of another month and it would usually be time for me to...

My Husband turned to me the other day and said “Claire, you feel guilty about EVERYTHING don’t you?” And it struck me that yes, I really...

Its fair to say that my memory these days is pretty terrible. I can walk into a room and forget why I went in there in the first place;...