Timeless Portraits | Stockholm Photographer

Growing up, I absolutely loved looking at all the photographs my grandmother had on the walls of her home. I especially loved the images that had a timeless, classic feel to them. Those photographs must have influenced me quite a bit because, to this day, I try to have a timeless element in my own work.

Feel free to press the play button to see some of those timeless images. And if you would like to book a photo session with Sandra Jolly Photography, send me a mail and we can chat.

Peace and love xoxo

Best of Jolly Portraits | Portrait Photographer in Stockholm

I’ve been meaning to create this post for a while now and I’ve finally put it together! :) This is a collection of the best of Jolly portraits. After years of photographing people (my favourite subject to have in front of my camera!), these are some of my very favourite portraits of wonderful souls, ranging from three days old to 88 years old. You’ll see my preference for close-up portraits, incorporating the great outdoors and nature, a strong focus on the eyes, and a natural, classic, and timeless feel to each photograph.

Hopefully, you’ll enjoy this fast slideshow. It’s only taken me a day and a bit to go back through the Jolly archives and find these portraits! ;) Do please let me know what you think and if you would like to book your very own Jolly portrait session, just mail me at sandra@sandrajolly.com.

Peace and love xoxo

2021 Favourite Images And The Need for Craic | Stockholm Portrait Photographer

Hello and happy new year! :) I hope you have all had a jolly good Christmas! We stayed in Sweden this year and I gotta say, there’s an awful lot to be said for not travelling at the busiest time of year! There’s something about chilling in your own home, in front of your own Christmas tree, in your favourite Christmas pj’s, not having a conniption fit about airport queues or missing luggage, or breaking your neck racing around your old hometown trying to meet up with everyone, and buying a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates for all the 17 households you visit on your trip home!

All that being said, it was a very tame Christmas. As we would say in Ireland, it was no craic, meaning not a whole lot of fun. And I’m a woman that needs fun in my life. The baking and the walking and the afternoon teas, and Indiana Jones movies are all well and good, but they’re NO CRAIC, dammit! I’ve pre-warned my husband it will be my last Christmas without craic. I just can’t cope with social activities being planned six months in advance and everyone being booked up during the holidays, and there being no room for SPONTANITETY! There was a couple of evenings when the cabin fever really got to me, and I was pacing the living room, declaring THERE’S NO CRAIC HERE!! I NEED TO HAVE SOME CRAIC BEFORE I CRACK UP!! I live in hope that 2022 will bring LOTS of craic, lots of spontaneity, and a whole lot less pacing in frustration at the lack of craic and spontaneity, haha! ;)

God, feels good to get all that out of my system! Thanks for being there for me! ;) Meanwhile, here are my favourite images of 2021. It’s always exciting for a photographer when a new year begins and you wonder what images you will create during it, so do please watch this space, say hi/hej/hola/howya, and if you would like to book a craic-filled jolly session, mail sandra@sandrajolly.com.

I’ll leave you with this old Irish blessing for 2022…

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face;

The rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Peace and love xoxo

Gorgeous Autumn Family Session in Stockholm | Stockholm Family Photographer

Greetings, beautiful people! How are you all? I know I say this every time, but how the heck are we in December already?! Has 2021 not been the fastest year on record! It really feels that way to me. It’s been an incredibly busy few months for me here at Jolly HQ. Lots of sessions, family and event work, lots of orders to process, wrap, send out, taking bookings for next year, family life, and now prepping for Christmas! Can someone please book me a holiday to Hawaii! ;) First, though, I have to share this absolutely GORGEOUS autumn family session!

This was my third time to photograph this beautiful family, who had flown in from Switzerland (yes, I have lots of great repeat clients), and I LOVED every second of meeting and photographing them. We had the session in my local park and created gorgeous, natural, and FUN images before going for afternoon tea together :) See the kind of memories of a family that can be captured in just ONE hour? Photo sessions are the kind of thing people always put off or don’t prioritize, but when you do have a family photo session, you have those beautiful memories for LIFE!

If you would like to book a Jolly portrait session, either for yourself or your family, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Go to the Contact page above or mail sandra@sandrajolly.com

Peace and love xoxo