More about me
I’ve always wanted to change the world.
Big statements, I know... strap in... but its true! I've always, always believed that one person can make a difference, that you just need to show up and stand up for what is right, or just take small steps towards change just as long as you're moving. That's me.
So where does photography fit into that?
I realised a little while ago that when clients were coming back to me and saying that the photos I have taken are the ones on their wall, their favourite family photos, or that they see their real selves in those pictures, that I had cracked it. It may not be big, it may not be showy, but if for every person in front of my lens I can give them memories to treasure, freeze the most important moments of their lives for them to look back on and hand down to their children and grandchildren, make sure that people come away from a photoshoot with me feeling good, and perhaps for someone to look at a photo and remember what a hug felt like, just by looking at it and that that actually I've made a little change in their lives, a little injection of positive energy and love that makes their worlds a little bit brighter.
That is what its about for me. If in my own way, I can bring a bit of joy into your lives and and ensure that joy stays a while after through my images, then I've done my job... and I don't apologise for the reciprocal joy it gives me to do that.
(Fun?!) facts about me
- I'm a mum to three children (who I sometimes refer to as my womb fruits), wife to James, and keeper of an interminable Labrador called Winston
- I have adored photography since forever, originally training in biological photography before really investing my time and love in photographing people
- I have lived and worked all over the world including Australia, Estonia, Egypt, Oman… travel is a huge love in my life, so when work and travel passions come together its an absolute bonus (destination wedding anyone? lets chat!)
- I still do another job alongside my photography and I love the balance of this being my creative space, whilst that side of life uses my thinking, science-loving brain a little more!
- My happy place is outdoors – I love to explore the amazing countryside in the UK, from the beaches to woodlands to moorland and everything in between. Creatively I come alive outside. (PS - I'm a bit of a twitcher, so you get the occasional added bonus of me identifying birdsong as we go about our photoshoot. I promise never to do this in the middle of your wedding vows though...!)
Your story, told together