09/02/2025
Important news from Bella Photography
Hi, this is Kirsty’s husband Phil. I’m writing to share the incredibly sad news that Kirsty passed away unexpectedly on Sunday 2nd February 2025. I believe that she was asleep and went peacefully. We don’t know any further details at this point in time. We all miss her so much.
I want to express my gratitude to all of Kirsty’s clients over the last 15 years. She adored doing this job and felt so proud to be entrusted with capturing all of your precious memories.
I’m proud of Kirsty too. She pursued her passion for photography and built it into a successful career, with hundreds of delighted customers. She also spent many years offering her time and talents volunteering for Remember My Baby and the Butterfly Wishes Network. This was typical of Kirsty: always kind and generous, always thinking of others and trying to lift everyone up.
Even in recent years, when her own chronic health struggles made it so difficult for her, she didn’t want to give up her dream job. She battled constant pain during sometimes long shoots and all-night editing sessions. She had a fantastic support network of fellow photographers always willing to help out. Someone who deserves very special thanks is Ashley for being such a fantastic assistant these last few years. Your help was invaluable. She loved working and having fun in the studio with you. Also Lou, who made all the awesome cakes for the cake smash sessions. You always went out of your way to help.
I believe the images from Kirsty’s most recent shoots have all been delivered or will be soon (thanks again Ashley). If there is anything still outstanding, or if you want to ask about images from a past session, please do get in touch and I will try my very best to help. I have access to all of Kirsty’s files and as far as I know, she still had copies of everything. Her online galleries will remain up for at least a while, but I’m not sure if this can be guaranteed long-term. Please, please download your images and keep backup copies.
At some point, I would like to find a way of memorialising and celebrating all the fantastic work Kirsty did. However, for now, we are just trying to process this heartbreaking loss. If you do need to get in touch about anything, please be patient with us.
Thank you very much for reading.
