Mamzenko Ltd (trading as Antonina Mamzenko)

Antonina Mamzenko is a Hampton-based family photographer who treats family photography as storytelling and preservation. With a practice founded on curiosity, care and a belief that real life is more beautiful than perfection, she specialises in documentary family photography that honours the little, messy, tender moments that make a life. Her approach is gentle, collaborative and deliberately unposed. Before a session Antonina takes time to learn about your family — what you want to remember, what matters in this season of life — and then designs an experience around that. Whether we’re spending a morning at home, exploring a local park, or creating The Unconventional Family Portrait in your garden, the aim is the same: to create a visual diary that feels honest, warm and recognisable years from now. Antonina’s eye is drawn to the beauty in the mundane — a small hand reaching for toast, a bedtime yawn, or a laugh shared over a spilled bowl of cereal. She blends documentary instincts with a contemporary sensibility to produce images that feel timeless rather than trendy. Her background as an artist and book-maker informs how she sequences and frames images, always thinking about how photographs will live in albums, on walls and in family memories. Inclusivity, safety and care are central to how Antonina works. Everyone is welcome in her spaces; she builds trust with children and adults alike so that personalities shine through naturally. Her clients often say that they forgot the photographer was there — and that the resulting photographs capture genuine affection and character in a way posed sessions rarely do. Choosing Antonina means choosing a photographer who values legacy over staged perfection: a practitioner who documents your life with empathy, imagination and patience. Her work sits between personal documentary practice and family portraiture, resulting in collections of images that read as stories — intimate, meaningful and built to be returned to again and again. If you’d like a family photoshoot in Hampton that feels thoughtful, unforced and distinctly yours, Antonina offers tailored sessions designed around your life, your rhythms and what you most want to remember.