The Dishart Family {Lifestyle Portrait} shoot at Hidcote Manor in the Cotswolds

Today I’d like to feature a shoot that I did with the delightful Dishart family back in July at Hidcote Manor.

It was a sweltering hot summers day with not a cloud in sight and although most people think you want sunshine on the day of your photoshoot, it is actually more of a hindrance to your photographer. Lots of squinting, dark shadows under the eyes and being hot and sticky is not really an ideal look for photographs, so we tried to stay in the shade as far as possible.

The kids were full of beans, but so much fun to be around. It took some manoeuvring to get 4 children to all cooperate at the same time and in the same place, but I’m glad to say we finally managed to get them all looking at me for a couple of different shots. For the rest of the time I concentrated on photographing them each individually in a variety of different locations so that we could get a good selection of images for their Mum and Dad to choose from later.

It was not all work and no play either. We ran races, spotted newts, explored the woodland and ended up with a well deserved ice-cream. I really enjoyed my day with this gorgeous family, and I hope you like the selection of images below.

[Cotswold Family Photographer]