“How loved were we”.

Karen, a mother of five herself, is a baby whisperer, and feels most at home nurturing babies, and families in her dreamy Boho style studio. Because of her knack of keeping the small people so calm, and at ease during her sessions, there have been many parents that have wanted to take Karen home – perhaps you will too!

Karen has been photographing since she was sixteen, when she was gifted her father’s film camera. She often took it to her workplace, as a Mothercraft Nurse, where she would photograph the small people in her care. The families absolutely loved seeing their children’s faces on the walls at the centre and soon after began hiring Karen to photograph their whole families. This was the beginning of Karen’s photography career and the moment where Shot from the Heart Photography was born – the name simply because Karen’s photos were always noticed as having been Shot from the Heart.

Ell grew up watching Karen take photos, and although at first was determined to march to the beat of her own drum, she will admit to begging her mother to allow her to play with her cameras. It was during that time that Ell discovered her passion was for the Love Stories of life, and capturing the unique magic that can only be found in a Wedding Day.

Ell is most inspired by the stories of humans  – finding and falling in love with their particular person. She loves to capture the truth of a matter, where two hearts set the frame for the story of new beginnings.

Ell is now a mother herself and is loving capturing all of life’s adventures with her own tiny human…