When Patsy and Joe booked me to photograph their beautiful little daughter’s Baptism, I could not have been more pleased.

For most of 2021 I have been booked up with Personal Brand photography photoshoots and Wedding photography, so it was lovely to get the chance to photograph a lovely family and young baby again, celebrating their special Baptism day.

First of all there was a Baptism service held at the Roman Catholic Holy Rood Church in Watford. The light inside the church was lovely so I did not need to use my flash inside the church, but we were all asked to wear our masks, which of course we were happy to to comply. After the short service and prayers, and a few photographs of the families and friends around the font, we then left Watford for Gerrards Cross.

The celebration and Reception was held at Di Paolo’s Italian Restaurant in Gerrards Cross. It was a lovely restaurant with plenty of windows and very spacious and Paolo and his wife and team made us all feel very welcome (the coffee and food was delicious too!). Everybody enjoyed mingling and chatting before being called through for their meal in the main restaurant.

I photographed family groups, friends, and plenty of candid photos of the guests all chatting and enjoying being together again after so long. Rather than guests moving around too much, Patsy decided it was better to take the baby to each table for photographs! Many babies may not have been quite so happy about being passed around from cuddle to cuddle, but this little baby just laughed and gurgled at everyone, she was such a happy baby and was in top form!

Her beautiful christening gown was a family heirloom of the prettiest silk with a matching bonnet, very pretty, and the baby was later changed into a more practical party dress which looked equally pretty and special.

We had a lovely day, and everyone enjoyed being together, good company, great food, to celebrate the baptism of the dear baby.

I had a lovely time, and captured some fabulous photos which you can see in the slide show here. Best viewed on a larger screen, with the sound on!