The studio
Photo: George Milton / PexelsThe workPhotographs of people being themselves
The best pictures from any day are the ones nobody posed for: somebody laughing at a joke you cannot hear, a child who has forgotten the camera is there.
So I work quietly, direct when it helps, and stay out of the way when it does not. What you get afterwards is the day as it felt rather than a set of arrangements.
Booking a shoot
From the first message to the finished pictures.
- Step 1
Tell me the plan
What it is for, where, and the feel you want.
- Step 2
The date is held
A deposit holds it and comes off the price. What is covered and for how long is written down.
- Step 3
We plan it together
The place, the time of day and a list of the people who must be in a photograph.
- Step 4
The shoot
Relaxed, with direction when you need it and none when you do not.
- Step 5
Your gallery
Edited pictures in an online gallery, ready to download and print, by the date agreed.
In a few words
- 01
Said in advance
How many pictures, how many hours of coverage, in what form and by what date — in writing.
- 02
A relaxed day
Directed enough that you know what to do, left alone enough that it looks like you.
- 03
Backed up twice
Everything copied to two places the same day. Nothing has ever been lost that way.
- 04
Yours to print
Files you can actually use, with permission to print them wherever you like.
Before the day
Send a rough timeline and the names of the people who must be in a photograph — the grandmother who will leave at nine, the friend who has come a long way. Lists like that are worth more than any shot list of poses.
For portraits, wear what you actually wear. You will like the pictures more, and so will everybody who knows you.