Child Photography Tips – How To Get Good Expressions From Your Child

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In this guest post professional baby and child photographer Mui Tsun shares her tips on how to improve your family snaps. To me, child photography is not just about cute faces and big smiles; it is about capturing a little person's unique personality. To do this, we need to capture a child's natural expressions, which is easier said than done. Let's face it. Telling your child to look at the camera and smile naturally doesn't always work. You will likely end up with a cheesy fake smile. … [Continue Reading...]

Child Photography Tips – How To Get Good Expressions From Your Child

mui-tsun-photography

In this guest post professional baby and child photographer Mui Tsun shares her tips on how to improve your family snaps. To me, child photography is not just about cute faces and big smiles; it is about capturing a little person's unique personality. To do this, we need to capture a child's natural expressions, which is easier said than done. Let's face it. Telling your child to look at the camera and smile naturally doesn't always work. You will likely end up with a cheesy fake smile. … [Continue Reading...]

Tips for Coping With Losing Your Blogging Mojo

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So, you've got a blog and it's meant to be helping you build your brand and your credibility - but instead it's starting to feel like a millstone around your neck because you've run out of time and ideas.  Well don't despair, because the Queen of Blogging, Natalie Lue, has some tips to help you rediscover your blogging mojo! 1. Don't dwell on it While some people can sit there until something flows, others can't and the more you think about or even analyse it, is the more your mojo will … [Continue Reading...]

Freebie Friday: Win Bananagrams games for the family

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Bananagrams  was named as Toy Fairs 2009’s “Game of the Year” and was created by a word game obsessed family. It  is a fast and fun anagram game game that can be played anywhere as it requires no pen, paper or board – just the fun banana shaped pouch filled with letters.  Now an international success available in several languages, the Bananagram family has expanded to include a range of other games which we have been testing out with our own families. Pair in Pears is a word … [Continue Reading...]

Film to watch: Big Miracle

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If you are looking at what to go and watch at the cinema this half term I would highly recommend Big Miracle. It is an endearing tale about 3  grey whales trapped in the ice in the Arctic and one woman's unending campaign to mobilise anybody and everybody - including the Russians and the Americans to set them free. Although the film is probably better suited to 8 or 9 year olds, I went with my 6 year old who loved it as he is an animal lover. As much as I am a fan of animations (and … [Continue Reading...]

Meet the Team: Andrea & Leigh – MTB Coventry

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We are delighted to welcome cousins Leigh Ashby and Andrea Daly, owners of Two Cousins Bakery, as our new group leaders for MTB Coventry which will be launching on 6th March.  Having both worked in Further Education for a number of years, Andrea as a lecturer in Holistic Therapies and Leigh as a Policy Manager for the Learning & Skills Council, they both felt frustrated and disillusioned working for other people and wanted to focus on their passion....baking. Two Cousins Bakery comes from … [Continue Reading...]

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Child Photography Tips – How To Get Good Expressions From Your Child

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Film to watch: Big Miracle

If you are looking at what to go and watch at the cinema this half term I would highly recommend Big Miracle. It is an endearing tale about 3  grey whales trapped in the ice in the Arctic and … [Read More...]