When Noelle contacted me a few weeks ago to take photos of her kids at St John’s College I got quite excited.  I’d seen wedding and bridal photos taken at the school, and I knew the setting would be good… but I wasn’t prepared for just how good it was!

It’s the most magnificent school in Houghton and was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. Noelle wanted the photos taken there as her eldest son is in his last year at the school and she wanted photos of him in his school uniform with his first team rugby cap, as well as general family photos.  I had an absolute ball, and I could have stayed there exploring with them for another hour or so at least, but the rain was about start again (we had arrived there in a HUGE downpour but thankfully the heavens cleared for an hour and the photoshoot could go ahead).

We started in the corridors as it was raining.

Murray was quite a character with all his posing

Then we went outside to the stone steps leading to the sports fields

I don’t think Lauren quite knew what to make of all the things I was trying to get them to do

Noelle told me the story about this pathway, and I just HAD to find some way to incorporate it in the photos.  The pathway runs almost the length of the school, and was laid by the school pupils having detention over the years.  The brick is not exactly the same down the length of the path, as I’m guessing they would have had to find different suppliers over the years.

It’s a huge pity the gardens were so wet, I would have really liked to have taken more photos of Lauren against some pretty flowers, but the only place I managed to find a spot relatively dry was under this HUGE jacaranda tree

And a couple of the many photos I took of John…

And last one… one of the photos I took of him in his prefects uniform and first team rugby cap.

Thanks so much for asking me to take the photos, I really enjoyed the experience, and I hope you like the sneak peak.

I’ve been following a whole load of photographers overseas who do senior photography, and I was dying to try it out, and I loved it… I think it should become more of a trend in South Africa.  Not many people do it here yet.

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