Sunday night confessionals

Ahhh I’ve been exploring…this morning I made my way up to Chelsea Physic Garden after seeing it in the ‘Green London’ book produced by the Hoxton mini press.

It was a real treasure trove of delights with 2 guided tours led at 11am and 12pm - these sounded wonderful, alas I wasn’t able to join them. The morning was crisp and fresh w a smattering of cold fingers and frost bite, I wound my way through the grounds. Some plants hibernating for winter, some in full delicious glory against the sunshine rising over the river (the gardens are south ish facing and must be a joy in fine weather)

Sunday morning confessionals

I can’t believe this time last week I was a bag of nerves preparing to hang my photo show at The Allen Gallery.

I’d been to a hot yoga class to help find some calm/grounding/balance + it worked but I was also a mixture of excitement to be displaying images in a different way (tacked to the walls) + nervous as to how it would look and be received.

A week on and its been pretty intense. The volunteers at the gallery, Mick and Josie were soooo helpful and encouraging and Tony gave the seal of approval when it was all in place and between them they were such a tonic :-).

International Women’s Day 2023

Celebrating International Women’s Day, 2023

 What’s your ‘Wish or Hope’ for the future? 

This photography project began with Ivy, then 5, in 2021. I was curious at that time to understand what people were thinking and I loved the idea of using audio and visual references to record each sitter's response. The project lay dormant until last year when I picked it up again as part of my masters programme and began asking girls and women in our community if they’d like to participate. 

Photographing in the garden at The Allen Gallery (which is beautiful) and around Alton, it was my vision to create a variety of images, at differing distances from each sitter with a mixture of quiet moments, reflections and laughter in order to begin building a collective visual.

 

I am incredibly grateful to all the sitters who shared their time and stories with me, it has highlighted just how much of a rich tapestry of inspiring, creative, generous and kind women we are surrounded by here in Alton.



Friday night confessionals…first one of 2023

This week I've taken time to rest , Reset and breathe ready for the year ahead and whatever it brings. I'm super grateful for a busy and productive 2022 but I needed to take some time as this new year began to get organised.

That sounds lofty lol I've been to hot yoga classes, walked deeply in nature, visited Wisley, Brighton, caught up with friends, eaten vegan chocolate brownie and been humbled by The Wildlife Photographer of the year exhibition - what part can we play in limiting our destruction of the planet and the harm we are inflicting on nature?????

never ending questions on the part we play…..

Friday night confessionals

Post photo shoot meanderings through town

After a wonderful proposal photo session along the South Bank, I wandered up to Trafalgar Square and through Soho to The Photographers Gallery - did you know its free entry after 5pm Friday!!!???

Two fantastic exhibitions are on right now here, Chris Killip and An Alternative History of Photography

I LOVED both - both absolute tonics for the soul and Chris's work really landed within my heart. His connection with his sitters/friends/places he encountered was breath taking, thought provoking, warm and worth another visit or two :-)

Check them out if you can x

Friday night confessionals…..

So happy to share this cute surprise proposal! Soft tones of beach time in late August/early September in Dorset

There were SO many special, thoughtful touches in the lead up to this moment - I've known Danni and Mark for a couple years, and so when March asked me to photograph this moment I was smiling from ear to ear and so excited! Although keeping it a secret from our friendship group was tough!!!

Danni has special childhood memories of Dorset and her favourite place to be is right here on Portland so it was Marks first choice when deciding where to pop the question and get down on one knee.

The weather was perfect, it was also Dannis birthday and I was hiding behind rocks to avoid being seen!

Tuesday morning reflections

The joy in the morning walk, time spent in nature and new magical discoveries

Gosh what a few sunny autumn days it’s been, back at luscious long morning walks, research visits to Wisley + 3 exhibitions at The Victoria & Albert Museum!!

This summer…….

September has rolled around and autumn is nipping slightly at the days beginnings and ends, whilst the glow of August lingers a little.

I gleefully always seem to be on catch up, on the back foot when it comes to sharing and posting photo work and jobs and berating myself for not posting in a timely manner or at all.

Its not that i dont want to, often i am caught between waiting for clients to post first then i share OR another reality which happened last night. I got home from a fabulous full days shoot, downloaded my images, checked them over, imported them to Lightroom and fell into bed. Knowing I had to drive 3 hours to a glorious destination today for a photo session tomorrow.

I'd love to pretend I have all these people, all these teams doing all the things that ensure smooth sailing of a small business but it's not, it's all me and if I'm knackered and dribbling then it's best I step away from a screen, put myself to bed and gear up for the next day. I'm certain you understand and it really helps saying it out loud.

So a snippet, shared from the gram of a recent epic 2.5 hour session in London with wonderful Lisa Berkovitz. Finding the light, the joy and the moments, laughter, positivity and connection….more on the gram, or here or both. Here's to a happy September x

Soo excited to share this gorgeous session

Courtney + Heather flew to London from NYC and got engaged during their visit!!

We had the best time capturing their engagement pictures around the pretty streets of Notting Hill.

Still....here!!! :-)

I finally discovered that my Mac operating system isn’t supporting square space anymore and that’s the reason I haven’t been able to see my images and so post anything…..I have circumnavigated the problem and things will change!! More images incoming :-)

When film processing…..

goes wrong, get’s caught BUT produces some interesting effects.

As an interim measure I’m sharing this fail of film photography which I actually feel is quite beautiful despite being chewed up through the processing machine!!

So as I leave you with this………know they’ll be more posts and updates coming sooN! HURRAH

Happy Summer Solstice everyone xx