I'm a natural light photographer based in Bromley, SE London — and photographing mamas and their families is, without question, the thing I love most in the world.
My style is unhurried, relaxed and real. I'm not about perfectly posed, stiff portraits. I'm about the tiny details — a newborn's curled fingers, the way a toddler tucks into their mum, a family laughing together without a care for the camera. Those are the moments that matter. Those are the photographs you'll reach for again and again.
My Oma and her identical twin sister, with their parents, my great grandparents. Taken almost 100 years ago.
Why photography matters so deeply to me
Every summer of my childhood, I'd travel to Germany to stay with my Oma. And every year, without fail, we'd gather around the table and ask her to bring out the photos.
Out would come the wooden boxes — hundreds of prints, stories behind every face, memories stretching back nearly a century. I'd listen for hours. I never got tired of it. Those photographs — and the stories they unlocked — are among the most treasured things our family has.
My Oma has since passed those photos down to us. I look at them now and I feel the weight of what a photograph really means. Not just a frozen moment — but a thread connecting generations. A voice that keeps speaking long after we're gone.
That's why I do this. I want to do for your family what those wooden boxes did for mine.
A bit more about me
I've been passionate about photography since before I could really hold a camera properly — my first was a Fisher Price, aged two. I shot everything I could get my lens near. When my parents surprised me with my first DSLR, that was it. There was no going back.
Today I work with natural light — either at your home or outdoors in the gorgeous parks and countryside around Bromley, South East London and Kent. I love the golden warmth of a sunrise or sunset, and I find the real magic always happens when everyone stops worrying about the camera and just... is.
Sessions are relaxed, low-pressure and genuinely fun. By the end, most families forget I'm even there — and that's exactly where the best photographs come from.
Working with me
• Natural light sessions at home or outdoors
• Based in Bromley — shooting across SE London, Kent and beyond
• Specialising in newborn, maternity, baby and family photography
• 15 hand-edited fine art digital images included in every package
• 10 complimentary 6x4" luxury silk prints with every session
• Private online gallery
"Elena was such great company, she instantly felt like a friend which put us at ease and made us so comfortable. Even my camera-shy partner doesn't mind being photographed by Elena!"
— Emma, SE London