This week our team spent an hour with Molly and her awesome family, as they count down to her special Bat Mitzvah weekend. We rolled out the studio lighting and had a lot of fun with our shoot, Molly’s brilliant parents and sister shouting jokes from the sidelines.

We love doing a portrait shoot before photographing a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, spending that little bit of time together in advance really allows everyone to be as relaxed as possible on the day itself – it also produces informal photographs to enjoy for many years to come.

Here are some of our favourite images…