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Award-Winning Newborn Photographer London

Award-winning newborn photographer? That’s pretty exciting!

I know right? I was very excited when I got this news!

In fact, today I received great news from the SWPP,  Societies of Wedding and Portrait Photographers. The SWPP is one of the world’s largest and most important organisations for photographers.

This is a monthly competition and as a member of this association, I can submit one image per category.  For me of course, it would be newborn or maternity. The competition is judged by some of the most esteemed Fellow, Master and Grand Master photographers in the UK and across the world. They look for composition, impact, lighting, creativity, photographic technique, and storytelling . . . and it’s not always easy to please the panel as the standard is quite high!

Of course, no need to say I am over the moon about this result!

It’s a photo inspired by nature and in particular by flowers. The idea is to create a little series of similar photos, this is already the second one. The first one also received an award, a Gold Award! Click here to see it.

This one I called it little calla lily flower.

Baby posed and sleeping during a newborn photography session with award winning newborn photographer Clapham London

Plus, to make this week better,  I received another award for a newborn image I recently submitted on another completion!

Photography by Valentina | Award-winning Newborn Photographer SW London

if you want to see my recent work, the best place is Instagram and if you are interested in having a photoshoot with me just get in touch. I’ll be happy to serve you.

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    This is the photo of the woman you were, right before.

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    Nobody tells you that the last weeks of pregnancy are also the last weeks of being just you. You’re not quite a mother, yet. But you’re not quite yourself anymore either. Somewhere in between, carrying a whole person you haven’t met. This is the photo of the woman you were, right before. Before the sleepless nights. Before you start disappearing, just a little, into someone else’s story for a while. If you’re in it right now, I’d love to capture it for you.

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    Nobody posts the days that just get survived. The just-getting-through ones. Some days, surviving is the whole job. This one is for those, wherever you are with that today, could be personal, could be work, could be everything at once. No advice today. Just, I see it. Keep going if you can.

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    And that image becomes a print. Something to hold, not to just scroll past. A different mirror.

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    Before her shoot, she wrote something I haven’t stopped thinking about. She said seeing herself differently might help her realise that parts of her are seen and accepted, maybe even liked, for what they are, despite the internal narrative she tells herself about them. And you know what? She is not the only one. We see ourselves so differently than others see us. That gap is where this work lives. I’m not trying to make anyone look like someone else. I’m showing them what was already there, just from outside their own head. And that image becomes a print. Something to hold, not to just scroll past. A different mirror. If you’ve never seen yourself the way others do, this is your invitation.
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    07577 978246

    LONDON NEWBORN & MATERNITY PHOTOGRAPHER

    Based in Richmond, I work with families across London to capture life’s most meaningful milestones through portrait photography.