Just a little wee peek of what is coming in the next blog!

A lot of people when they look at my website may be inclined to think that I only photograph babies!  Baby photography is my specialty but portrait photography is my passion and I love family photo shoots with grown ups too!  It is such a different experience, filled with jokes and good craic. You can have some banter and it shows, like with the Fennell family: Keith, Shirley, Laura, Sharon and Michelle. They were great, with good spirits , even though poor Sharon had a problem with her car. The girls played jokes on Keith, calling him Mister Blinky Man , apparently he usually closes his eyes when in front of a camera. but I have to say did not happen in the studio, Keith was fantastic!


I loved this session and I hope you do too! If you would like to arrange a portrait session with your family, please get in touch.


Nuria x

Thanks a million to the Fennell family for such a great session!

Love is in the air and Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I love this time of year, as I am a typical passionate Catalan and Valentine's Day is a great excuse to indulge my love of all things romantic. (whether my husband likes it or not!)

Growing up in Barcelona, we celebrate our own version of Valentine's Day, in our own special style. We call it Sant Jordi Day or “La Diada de Sant Jordi”and it takes place on April 23rd each year. Sant. Jordi Day is like Valentine's Day on steroids!

Saint Jordi is the patron saint of Catalonia (and of Chivalry) and every year we celebrate his life on the anniversary of his death. It's a celebration that has a lot in common with Valentine's Day but for us, it's bigger and better. Just like us Catalans, the celebrations are chaotic and loud and passionate and usually spill out onto the streets of the city. The Catalan tradition is to give your female partner roses and give your male partner a book. The booksellers of Barcelona move their stores onto the footpaths for the day and we have a real carnival atmosphere. It is the Catalan tradition of giving books on Sant Jordi Day that is the origin of the World Book Day celebrations that take place wordwide every year. (1st March in Ireland & UK and 23rd April in the rest of the World).

Even though Sant. Jordi Day has nothing in common with the English, St. Georges Day, it does have something to do with Dragons and Princesses and Knights in Shining Armour. I've never been a girly girl and I've always preferred to receive a book instead of roses on St. Jordis Day but for some reason, at this time of year, as Valentine's approaches, my inner princess comes out. And do you know what? I let her.

For the rest of the year, I am a hard working mother, wife and business woman. For just one day, (St Jordis Day when I am in Barcelona and on Valentine's Day now that I live in Kildare), ok maybe two days, I want to be a princess and swept off my feet and romanced. To my darling husband, if you're reading this, indulge me and sweep me off my feet on February 14th. I don't expect you to slay a Dragon for me, but a single rose a good book, and your company would be perfect.  xxx



One of the joys of being a photographer is photographing amazing couples, isn't it amazing how love shines through?

Darragh is four months old, a lovely, happy baby with a very cheeky smile. This little fellow came to the studio with his Mum and Dad, Colette and Brian. This wonderful family were so relaxed and so easy to photograph that I kept screaming with joy at every second picture! There were so many that is been difficult just to pick a few ones for this blog!

See for yourselves!

Thanks so much to the Murphy family for such a fun and special session.

Little Calvin was born just four weeks ago down in Portloise and his parents and big brother could not be happier. Calvin is beautiful, quiet , a good sleeper and all in all a very, very cute baby.
I'm delighted to have been able to photograph him and if you look down you will understand why!

Thanks to Catherine, Damien and Barry for letting me share little Calvin with the rest of the world.

I'm delighted to announce that in 2012 we are offering free business headshort portraits for Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter or other networking purposes to those who are unemployed or new to the jobs market. 

Getting back to work if you have been made redundant or laid off can be a daunting prospect at the moment, with the market flooded with qualified candidates. As a local business we hope to make the task a bit easier by offering free business portraits to the unemployed to help members of the local community develop their online appearance and improve their job prospects. 

'With the current job market so competitive, many employers are now looking at social media networks as an extension to job applicant's CVs, and the problem is most people don't have a professionally composed portrait. Searching for a job today often involves social media sites like Linkedin and Facebook for networking with potential employers. In order to make a good impression you really need to use a decent professional headshot for your profile photo. Nuria will photograph clients at her studio near Kildare Village who can then download their portraits for free. Their headshots can be used on CVs, Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.  
“A good picture can have an impact on people searching for work. People get so many first impressions from what they see online. We're a local business and we want to give back to our local community. I think that everyone should have an equal opportunity to compete for an open position, If a simple headshot is going to do that then everyone should have the chance to get one done.” 

We will be taking appointments for shoots on the following dates in our studio and we hope to add more dates during the year.

Friday 27th January
Friday 10th February

Places are limited to 50 initially so contact us soon to confirm an appointment.  Places are on a first come first served basis but once each date is booked up we will keep you informed of future dates as they are confirmed.  Click here to register your interest.

2011 has been a very challenging year; a wonderful and busy one! My baby daughter was born in March (only for that I can say that it was fantastic).
I met new friends and great new clients and I'm really looking foward to 2012.

Ona-my beautiful baby girl

Thank you so much to all my clients of 2011 and a warm welcome to all the new ones!