I have recently discovered Chatbooks. They offer a book-printing service that automatically sucks your photos from Instagram and/or other sources, and creates a regular series of books. Because I'm terrible at culling my phone's camera roll, I've set up a private Instagram account for my...

Before you've experienced a studio newborn session, it may be hard to picture how baby photos can take three hours. Often about half an hour into a session, parents have an "aha" moment. The feeds, the snuggles, the settling, the posing and setting up. It...

After 8 years, the time has come to say goodbye to Gerty Photography. When I started this business I was single (but optimistic about eventually finding a husband!), and didn't want to use my maiden name for my new venture. My nickname as a kid was Giggling...

In the trenches, it’s sometimes hard to see past the piles of washing, the endless homework, the sibling squabbles (or all-out wars). It seems like this time will last forever. Surely we’re not missing anything, because it’s Groundhog Day everyday!! How could we ever forget!?!...