Emma Shaw
Family Photographer and child-wrangler
Emma is a professional photographer with 18 years’ experience, specialising in studio-based portrait photography. She runs a busy portrait studio just outside Milton Keynes, and is also a passionate educator, mentor, and trainer for photographers at every stage of their journey, from those using studio lights for the first time, through to established professionals looking to grow with confidence.
Alongside her photography work, Emma regularly teaches newborn photography, studio techniques and business and marketing workshops, sharing her own insight into what it actually takes to run a successful photography business and keep it going through the inevitable ups, downs, and rollercoaster of life!
Emma is known for her open, honest, no-nonsense approach. She doesn’t gatekeep, doesn’t gloss over the hard bits, and genuinely wants photographers to leave her sessions feeling more confident, capable, and inspired to try things for themselves
Alongside her photography work, Emma regularly teaches newborn photography, studio techniques and business and marketing workshops, sharing her own insight into what it actually takes to run a successful photography business and keep it going through the inevitable ups, downs, and rollercoaster of life!
Emma is known for her open, honest, no-nonsense approach. She doesn’t gatekeep, doesn’t gloss over the hard bits, and genuinely wants photographers to leave her sessions feeling more confident, capable, and inspired to try things for themselves
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Have you mastered the one-light portrait? What's next?17-Mar-2026Photo Live Stage