Stowe Landscape Gardens

If anybody is looking for a place to take some shots of beautiful scenery, I thoroughly recommend
Stowe Landscape Gardens in Buckingham owned by the National Trust. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe/  which has undergone a big refurbishment recently.   It has lakes, temples, woodland to name but a few highlights.   It is a really enjoyable walk and a wonderful place to have a picnic if the weather is nice and the children have their own trail they can follow which can include playing pooh sticks on one of the bridges.     I believe they even run some photography courses for National Trust members.

I took some photographs there recently.  Here are some examples

Beautiful Children's Photography

As my interest is in Children's photography I was looking for some inspiration and came across 

http://www.mattpereira.co.uk 

His baby portraits are beautiful in their simplicity.   It's all in the eyes.   Also take a look at his family portraiture.  They are wonderfully heart warming, a mother kissing her daughter, a father crouching down to look at whatever it is his toddler son has in his hand.   There's some fun ones too,   I particularly like the one of the mother and her three daughters during a family baking session with all of them licking the spoon!    He seems to capture all that is good about family life and the characters of his subjects shine through in every image.    He is certainly someone to aspire to.