Whenever I am photographing families, one of the first things I say to the parents is ‘Please don’t ask your children to smile’. I think we’ve all been so pre-conditioned to smile as soon as we see a camera, so we consider that to be the ‘proper’ way to behave once a camera is there….
The imagination of children is an amazing thing, I love to hear my children’s interpretation of the world around them and lately when I’ve been taking photos my eldest son has been looking at them and adding his own story to the image. With this one he said “I want to hear the secrets of…
I love photos that capture real personalities but in a fine art style. I wanted to capture his thoughtful style, when he climbed this tree and I saw this light filtering through the tree behind him I knew this captured the emotion of him at that moment. A child lost in his creative imagination, an imagination…
I’ve been a bit slow at posting here lately and quiet on social media, not because I’ve stopped taking photos but because I needed to escape the online world for a while. I find the constant distractions and influences challenging after a while. Everything seems to morph into one thing, what is my photographic style, is…
I can’t tell you how much I love summer rain. As soon as those warm droplets start my heart sings. I know most of you will think I’m mad, but when the days stretch on, hot and dry, I yearn for a break in the sky. There is something romantic about summer rain, the way it…
It was so much fun to photograph this lovely brother and sister on their children’s portrait photoshoot. They live in the idyllic village of Finchingfield and with spring well upon us we were able to get some beautiful photographs of them in their garden and playing at home. I was amazed by how confident they…