Kind words from wonderful clients. Everything they loved about their family photography shoot. Read their reviews here.
Helen Bartlett has been photographing families, newborns, babies and children in London and across the UK since 2003. These are reviews from her clients – many of whom return year after year, building up a photographic record of their family growing up. What you’ll find here isn’t a single session and goodbye; it’s a long-term relationship with a photographer who becomes part of the family.
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Helen makes you feel completely at ease which result in truly natural photographs.
We have been fortunate to work with Helen on a number of occasions. The relationship started when Helen was mine and Susie’s wedding photographer. The photos were amazing and a number of our guests have also used her as their photographer. We have since used Helen a number of times to record our children and us as a family. We love the photo shoots and the photographs capture the moment precisely. Helen makes you feel completely at ease which result in truly natural photographs. We can’t recommend her enough.
– Stuart
Helen is not only a superb photographer, but she understands kids and how they work.
Truly fabulous. Helen spent the morning with us capturing my two-year-old daughter’s first experience of snow. The photos are fantastic and we treasure them. Helen is not only a superb photographer, but she understands kids and how they work which was evident when she asked about sleep times etc and scheduled around what would work best. This resulted in not only fab photos but a really enjoyable shoot.
– Dawn
Helen always produces stunning pictures that take your breath away.
Helen makes capturing family moments so easy with her natural style. She covered our wedding, our first and second sons’ early days and now has flown out to capture our latest adventure in Switzerland. We have so many amazing memories down on paper in great photos thanks to Helen and I look forward to many more! Helen always produces stunning pictures that take your breath away, they are so different with such original framing.
– Fran
An ability to create a calm and fun atmosphere to get the most out of everyone involved.
Helen has an incredible talent. She came to our home on a rainy October Friday and captured the most stunning and entertaining pictures of our four-month-old baby. Not only does Helen have an amazing eye for capturing photographs, she has an ability to create a calm and fun atmosphere to get the most out of everyone involved.
We are very lucky to have been able to have a session with Helen and now we have the most amazing album to treasure until the time comes to pass it on to our daughter. We couldn’t recommend Helen highly enough.
– Beth
Helen was great at putting us at ease and genuinely didn’t mind that I had to disappear to do extra-long feeds. It was all so relaxing.
Helen took photos of us with our new baby daughter when she was just seven days old. We had a fantastic experience and have the most wonderful photographs to treasure for always. Helen was ever so accommodating – my daughter was two weeks overdue so we had to be fluid with the date we had the pictures taken – which was no problem.
On the day, Helen was great at putting us at ease and genuinely didn’t mind that I had to disappear to do extra-long feeds. It was all so relaxing.
We had a great experience choosing the photos (although we wanted all of them, they were so great!)
We can’t wait to have more photos taken once our little girl is older!
– Kate
Helen and her team are exceptional.
Truly amazing results. Helen and her team are exceptional. Thank you!
– Matthew
She somehow manages to capture amazing moments that are seemingly invisible to the naked eye.
We have never been anything less than thrilled with Helen’s photographs. She somehow manages to capture amazing moments that are seemingly invisible to the naked eye. A delight to work with, I couldn’t rate or recommend Helen more highly.
– Jane
Helen was flexible, professional and super friendly and made the whole experience (one that we were slightly nervous about) a total pleasure.
Our morning with Helen was fabulous. Having met briefly when Helen took beautiful pictures at our nephew’s birthday party, Helen arrived at our flat and was instantly a hit with our daughter. Helen was flexible, professional and super friendly and made the whole experience (one that we were slightly nervous about) a total pleasure.
Pre and post shoot admin has been easy and efficient, and going through the finished photos with Helen’s assistant was lovely. Our only problem was choosing which ones to keep!
We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the end-to-end service to anyone considering taking the plunge.
– Penny and Mike
Helen has a great sense of fun. She’s up for capturing your family being your family.
I cannot recommend Helen highly enough. Her approach is just so lovely. On the days of both the family shoots that Helen has done, she has made us feel totally at ease and taken away all the stress of catching that perfect moment. All the behind the scenes stuff is executed very fast and efficiently too.
Helen really does have an unbelievably considerate approach, from arriving early to catch children before they are tired, and when the moment comes noticing that family members young or old need a break. She is a brilliant judge of personalities and had a knack of working with everyone in a very friendly and personal way, ensuring she captures the best in all the family.
Very importantly, Helen has a great sense of fun. She’s up for capturing your family being your family. Be it climbing trees, cuddling the dog or falling in a pond! She takes it all in her stride and allows you to be natural and un-self-conscious. The results speak for themselves, stunning images of a moment in time. I would not hesitate to recommend booking Helen.
– Charlotte
We have a house covered with extraordinary, striking, unique and beautiful images of our family.
Helen has been taking photographs of our children for many years now and I can’t imagine ever asking her to stop. Not only is she wonderful with the children but the results are always truly outstanding. We have a house covered with extraordinary, striking, unique and beautiful images of our family thanks to Helen. I could not recommend her more highly.
– Adam
Helen manages to take phenomenal photos of you and your family in your everyday environment.
Helen has photographed our family on a number of occasions, and the experience has always been fantastic. Not only is the time that she spends with us very enjoyable, it is also a very relaxed experience as Helen manages to take phenomenal photos of you and your family in your everyday environment. Therefore, the photos always look very natural and relaxed.
I still don’t know how Helen manages to capture such great photos with such ease and aplomb, but she does it every time and our friends always comment on how great they are. I would recommend Helen to anyone.
– Agnes
The premier family photographer in London.
Helen Bartlett is an outstanding artist and the premier family photographer in London. Her work is both surprising and timeless. Over the years we have had the pleasure of spending several mornings with her and the images she captures have a spontaneous quality that often eludes other photographers. Helen is one of the sweetest people we have ever met, a quality that translates into an empathetic relationship with our children who are happy to spend hours being photographed by her.
Every photo book we have as a result of our mornings with Helen are a cherished memento of our growing family and we are grateful to have them. The books are of outstanding quality and can easily withstand a child handling them over and over and even after five years they still look as new. We couldn’t recommend Helen more.
– Jennifer
