Flavia Catena

Family and Couples

A London Family Photographer who captures real life

Couple photographs are not only those you take before your wedding day or when you get engaged. You can gift them to your loved one for a special occasion, or just because you want to enjoy an hour with your special person: to take the time to feel that hand holding yours, to look at each other, while you walk on a familiar street or discover together a new area of the city.

With families, it’s the same idea. Babies who quietly sleep in their mother’s arms, toddlers running around the house looking for their favourite toy or their next snack, and me being there to observe and let you and your children express their happiness.

A typical session happens either in the tranquility of your home, or outdoors: in your favourite park, your neighbourhood, the café where you meet for weekend breakfasts, or the garden where you enjoy a book and a picnic together. I am there to help you put everything else on hold, and just be present.

Wherever we go, my aim is to give you an hour (or more) that feels like yours alone, and photographs that remind you of exactly how it felt to be together.

Father holding his sleeping newborn in the crook of his arm
Close portrait of a couple leaning together against a stone column, black and white photograph
Toddler in a floral top sitting on a stone path
Mother and small child holding hands on a cobbled London street in autumn
Woman resting her head against her partner's shoulder, seen from behind, black and white photograph
Parents kissing on their bedroom floor while their small daughter leans against them
Toddler playing on playground equipment surrounded by floating bubbles
Mother carrying her small daughter down a leafy autumn lane
Couple in evening dress embracing on a college lawn
Couple embracing among cherry blossom in spring
Parents kneeling on the grass on either side of their toddler
Couple standing close beside a stone balustrade, black and white photograph
Couple standing against a stone wall, looking away from each other, black and white photograph
Couple in near darkness beside a tall window, lit only by the light from outside
Mother reaching into a hospital crib to touch her newborn
Couple facing each other between a blue and a red front door on a London terrace
Family of four laughing together on an autumn walk
Small girl spinning in a party dress in her bedroom
Newborn baby asleep in a white blanket
Couple embracing in a brick archway with the street beyond
Family of five sitting on the front steps of a brick London house
Girl in a woolly hat holding her father's face in her hands, black and white photograph
Couple holding hands across a café table, seen through the window
Close portrait of two sisters leaning together, black and white photograph
Pregnant woman standing in a meadow at golden hour, black and white photograph
Couple standing small against the front of a Gothic college building
Parents sitting together on a sofa with their newborn between them
Girl in a polka-dot dress standing against carved stonework
Couple standing together at a street market stall in the late afternoon sun
Couple sitting together on stone steps between two columns
Newborn baby held against a parent's chest, black and white photograph
Young girl leaning over her newborn sibling on a bed
Couple smiling at each other across two brightly painted London doorways
Parents holding their newborn between them, foreheads touching
Mother holding her daughter against a dark background
Father holding his newborn in a green-panelled kitchen
Couple walking away down a London street with their arms around each other, black and white photograph
Mother nursing her baby in a nursery armchair by the window
Girl reaching up to a wall fountain, black and white photograph
Couple walking through a covered street market, black and white photograph
Expectant couple and their small daughter under a tree at sunset
Family lying together on a blanket, seen from above
Couple holding hands under a magnolia tree in full blossom
Girl running along a path with her arms in the air, black and white photograph
Parents and their small daughter lying on a bed beside the new baby
Expectant couple standing close beside a tree in a meadow
Expectant mother holding her bump in front of a camellia bush in flower
Expectant mother holding her bump in a park at golden hour
Small girl in a floral dress looking down amid tall summer grass
Couple expecting a baby standing together in a London courtyard garden with roses
Mother and small daughter walking hand in hand through a meadow at dusk
Mother and son wrapped together in a blanket, laughing
Couple walking a canal towpath past a moored narrowboat, black and white photograph
Newborn baby curled in a parent's cupped hands, black and white photograph
Mother leaning over her baby, both laughing
Two sisters laughing together, seen through a window with the street reflected in the glass
Newborn baby lying awake on a bed
Expectant couple holding her bump together under an autumn tree
Baby lying on a blanket beside a knitted deer toy
Mother and daughter leaning on a windowsill, chins in hands, black and white photograph
Mother lying beside her sleeping newborn, black and white photograph
Parents on a sofa feeding their baby a bottle