I’m tori
Maternity, Newborn & Family Photography in Oxfordshire. Honest, emotive photography for mothers who want to remember how this season truly felt.
It started the moment I became a mother. However, it took me another moment to realise it.
In those precious early weeks I realised I wanted to slow down, I needed to be fully present in the moment as my child grew and experienced so many firsts.
Going back to work at my corporate job made me realise just how fundamentally motherhood had changed me. All of a sudden, working so many hours didn’t feel worth it for what I was leaving at home. And the workplace I returned to? It wasn’t built for the shift in my priorities. I felt the weight of the motherhood penalty - suddenly treated differently, valued less, expected to carry on as though nothing had changed. So I left.
I chose myself; made a deliberate decision to put aside what society might deem as ‘success’ and chose presence, meaning, love, and the opportunity to explore parts of me that had been quietly waiting.
I found photography - or maybe it found me.
Mother | Photographer | Storyteller.
“I know how quickly these moments pass. Being trusted to preserve them forever is a privilege I do not take lightly.”
I quickly found my love for family photography - the real kind, not the perfectly curated family portraits, but the raw moments that unfold naturally.
The way a newborn curls instinctively into their parent’s chest. The quiet exhaustion on a new mother’s face that somehow carries as much love as any smile could. The small hands, the evidence of sleepless nights, the way you look at your baby like you can’t quite believe they exist for you to hold.
Family photography became my way of documenting life as it’s lived, honest yet extraordinary.
I’VE BEEN IN YOUR SHOES
My work means so much to me because I get to work with women I know. We may never have met before but we have so much in common. I know the mum who pours herself into everyone else and wonders when she last truly felt seen. I know the mum lying awake at night with the quiet fear that this chapter is passing undocumented. I know the mum who dismisses the idea of family photographs because she ‘has a good camera on her phone’, or because she doesn’t feel photogenic enough, or it feels self-indulgent to spend money on something frivolous.
I want to say this gently, and clearly: you are not self-indulgent for wanting to be seen. You are not vain for wanting images of your family that include you. You’re not asking for too much. You’re in the middle of something truly extraordinary; a fundamental chapter in your story. And you deserve to savour it, to capture proof of it. To write your legacy.
Family, Maternity & Newborn Photography in the heart of Oxfordshire.
For mums who want something honest and lasting to hold onto. Not posed. Not rushed. Not another session that didn’t quite feel like them - but something real, unhurried, and truthful.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
Thank you for being here
I know that choosing a photographer comes down to a lot more than liking someone’s style. It’s an act of trust when you invite someone into one of the most precious chapters of your life, and you deserve to feel certain about who that person is and how they’ll hold space for you.
I hope you now have a sense not just of what I do, but of how and why I do it. I care deeply about the mums I work with and the families I capture, so if something here has resonated, I would love to hear from you.
Tell me about your family, your vision, the moments you most want to hold on to. There’s no obligation, no pressure, just a conversation.
