A loved up family | Stockholm children's photographer

As a photographer, being intuitive and having an ability to read energy can be a big advantage, especially as you only have a short amount of time to connect with people.  As soon as I entered this family's homely apartment, I could feel the positive energy immediately.  Mom, dad and their two beautiful brown-eyed daughters were so relaxed together.  The more laid-back the parents are at a photo session, the easier it is for me to connect with the children, and this mom and dad knew how to have fun with their kids!  Jolly times :)

Finnish fun | Stockholm child photographer

Not all shoots are created equally.  With some shoots I have to use every trick in the book (you need quite a few when photographing kids!), with other shoots the fun and joviality unfolds naturally right in front of me and all I have to do is click the shutter.  This was one such shoot.  Easy peasy.  Not only were the laid-back parents happy to hang back and entrust me with their children, but these two gorgeous sisters were just SO. FULL. OF. LIFE!  Their energy and enthusiam was so infectious, I found myself skipping all the way back to the car-park hand in hand with the youngest sister!  When she turned to me and asked me if I was a teenager, I think my smile could have been seen from space :)

Sandra Jolly Photography is back!

I'm offically back in the office today after a couple weeks' holiday!  I say 'holiday', but what I really mean is I had a big learning curve in separating business time from family time.  Photographers need holidays, too, you know ;).  I now realise I need to plan my time off well in advance and then switch off my computer and close the office door once my kids are on holiday.  It's definitely not easy balancing family life with running a business, but I do my best.  That is until my computer dies five days into my holidays and we have to hire an expert to drill holes in the walls and install a brand new system.  A tired two year old at a photo session, I can handle, but a technical crisis right before the next busy season begins is enough to push me over the edge!  Let's just say, chocolate consumption went WAY up in the Jolly house-hold the last couple weeks!  There's still a few glitches in the new system, but for the most part I'm up and running.  I look forward to sharing lots of new pictures with you in the coming weeks, but for now I'll leave you with a recent favourite moody black and white :)