Cristina Barton Contemporary Portraiture – Lifestyle children and family photographer, Basingstoke, Hampshire – The Blog bio picture
  • Welcome to my blog!

    My name is Cristina and I am a professional children and family photographer based in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. I specialise in bespoke portraits of newborns, babies, children, teenagers and families. My passion is working outdoors, on location - whether in the beautiful English countryside, or in rugged urban spots. With younger babies, shoots usually take place at home, just being themselves in the surroundings they know best!

    I cover North Hampshire and West Berkshire, including Basingstoke, Bramley, Andover, Hook, Fleet, Farnborough, Winchester, Alton, Aldershot, Kingsclere, Old Basing, Harley Wintney, Reading, Newbury and surrounding areas. I will also travel further afield - please contact me for details!

    Please bear with me while I refresh the look & feel of my blog. All work should be completed in just a few days' time!

Two Weeks New
Southampton, Basingstoke, Reading Newborn Photographer

Gorgeous baby J turned two weeks new just a few hours before our session yesterday. This handsome little fellow was as good as gold for me – a peaceful sleeper for most of our shoot, and contented and alert during his wakeful time. What an absolute pleasure to meet you, baby J – and Mummy and Daddy, enjoy your sneak peek! I can’t wait to show you all the other precious shots we got in a week’s time!

Easy peasy storyboards!
Reading, Basingstoke, Winchester Child and Family Photographer

Yesterday I got some great news – I won a copy of the Moirai Compositor, through a giveaway on the Two Photogs blog. The Moirai Compositor is a Photoshop script that allows you to put together collages and composites on the fly.  I love experimenting with many different layouts for my album pages and storyboards, and I love it even more now that I can do it so effortlessly! And this means more layout choices for my clients too:)

I also like the look for blog posts;) Here’s one I made earlier (and it took me just a few seconds – the hardest thing was to choose which photos to include!).

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February Promotion!
Reading, Basingstoke, Winchester Child and Family Photographer

My spring calendar is now open! Get first dibs on my early spring outdoors lifestyle session dates with this fab promotion. Book by 1/3/10 and receive 50% of your session fee as a print credit. Contact me to book!

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Four becomes five
Basingstoke, Winchester, Romsey Lifestyle Photographer

S and G are expecting a bouncy baby boy in early February, and they are thrilled to bits! Before little L makes his grand entrance, they wanted to celebrate this very special moment in their lives with the ‘boys’, their two gorgeous huskies, with a lifestyle portrait shoot in this beautiful countryside location close to their home.

Enjoy these, guys – I can’t wait to meet J at his newborn shoot!
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And just one at home… hello bump:)

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January cuteness
Basingstoke, Fleet, Hartley Wintney Child and Family Photographer

Happy 2010 one and all!

As I haven’t updated my blog  in a while, I thought I’d bring you some post-holiday cheer with some new portraits of two very special little people:)

Look forward to more updates and announcements in the next few days!

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