London Portrait Photography with teenagers – Kinley and Maguire visiting London’s landmarks

I spent a beautifully warm and sunny bank holiday morning with this lovely family visiting from Florida. Our goal was to capture candid family photos around some of the iconic London sights such as Westminster, Embankment Bridge, Trafalgar Square, St-Katherine’s Docks and Tower Bridge. We started the day very early – London is one of the world’s most visited cities and there are loads of tourists around all the main landmarks. The majority of visitors arrive a bit later, so an early start allows more time to snap those beautiful family portraits.

Kinley, Maguire and their lovely parents were amazing – it was such a fun and relaxed morning, it didn’t feel like work at all! Photographing older children can be a bit challenging, but I always try to engage them and to capture their personality. Maguire practices different sports back home in Jacksonville and he was keen to climb every structure or sculpture we found along the way: the lions in Trafalgar Square, the sun dial near Tower Bridge, and the wood structures on the playground near Jubilee Gardens. I took advantage of his enthusiasm and captured portraits from interesting creative angles. And Kinley is such a charming and well-read young lady, it was a pleasure capturing her smile in natural candid portraits.

As a London-based portrait photographer, I am truly lucky with the families I meet and I am thrilled to show off my favorites from this children and family photography session around London sights: