Memories to treasure with beautiful, natural family and newborn photography.
A River & Pear lifestyle session is as individual as your family are; capturing precious, natural and relaxed moments in time. Lifestyle sessions can take place either indoor or outdoor, at a location of your choice. All photography packages include your high-resolution digital images on a USB stick, photo gallery app and a beautifully mounted photo.
Take a look around my website and please contact me with any queries.
I’m a natural Family and Newborn Photographer based in Cockermouth in Cumbria.
Time is precious, and photographs are an amazing and beautiful way to look back on a certain point, or time in our lives. They take us back, make us feel, and are a little window to a memory now past.
Creating images that make me feel something is so important to me, and capturing real connections and emotions is a key element in this process. I love to capture families just as they are; real, true and unposed.
Hi I’m Beth!
"real, true and unposed."

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Mere Glass – Jewellery & Glass Art
I recently had the pleasure of working with Hannah, and the gang, from Mere Glass. They are based just 2 minutes down the road from me in Cockermouth, so it was great to finally meet them, and visit their beautiful garden studio. Each piece created by Hannah, is made with great care and attention to detail, with inspiration coming largely from nature and the Lake District. Mere Glass is a family run business with a friendly, caring ethos, which we really wanted to portray in the brand images. We had a really lovely few hours together, creating content, drinking coffee, and I was even persuaded to get in front of the camera myself!

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Quirky Pear Brand Photography
Three 3 years ago, after an increase in people setting up their own businesses after the COVID pandemic, I decided I wanted to start working with small brands, and help them to tell their stories. Juggling work, life, and having a lively toddler at home has meant it’s been a bit of a slow process to get to where I want to be. But 2025 is the year! There will be a lot more coming from Quirky Pear Brand Photography over the next few months, including exciting collaborations and it’s very own website. Watch this space!

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When Three Becomes Four
This beautiful session was my first of 2024, so I thought that was a good place to start after not blogging for so long! Like every session, this one was very relaxed, so even with a newborn and a toddler, it was a lot of fun! During a session like this, I will very much take your lead, and let the session flow along with you and your little people. No pressure at all to get a perfect image. Newborn babies and toddlers will very much do what they want! But keeping things very relaxed means that natural moments will happen, and together we can capture some beautiful memories for you to treasure. What are you waiting for? I'd love to chat!
Read my blog
For an insight into the life and musings of a family & newborn photographer, take a look at my recent blog posts (and a few more photos!)…
"Beth is so professional and great at putting the kids at ease. She is very patient and it was such a pleasure to have her in our home. I would thoroughly recommend her to anyone looking for something extra special."
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