Family Days

Family photography - visual story telling and holding on to the memories

Whatever I am photographing, I tend to favour a documentary approach to my work. Rather than intervening directly and setting up events for a posed photograph, my aim is to capture a moment in a narrative fashion. For some subjects, this is the only way to work. Young children and camera shy adults are often very resistant to any kind of formal direction and once the camera has been spotted, the natural flow of events may be lost! Spontaneity, fun and uninhibited, relaxed behaviours are the source for many beautiful, authentic memories . To capture this side of life, success is more likely if I sit back, watch unobtrusively, wait and anticipate events with my camera(s) ready. Working in this way requires a lot of patience and trust. I often “shoot through the moment”. When things are happening, everyone is relaxed, my presence as a photographer forgotten, I lift up my camera and start taking photos.