What kind of portrait photographer am I?
 
I hope the portraits that you have seen here show you that I can be very diverse in my style. All my photos use natural light without flash... natural light is simply the best. Even though I have access to a professional make-up person who can be with us on the day, I must stress from the outset that this is not a make-over service. It is very easy to cake someone in make -up, point a dozen lights in their face, soft focus everything and hey presto!...the only trouble being (apart from the money and time that this approach takes) that if you are not careful you end up with pictures that really don't look like you at all.
My aim is to give you pictures that you can look at and you say 'that is really me' but I also know how to make someone look their best without completely changing them in order to do so.

    What kind of portraits?
   
As I said earlier, any kind that you want. There are a hundred reasons to want a good photo of yourself or someone you love. They can be entirely informal, black and white for people who really hate the idea of having to keep still and pose, or they can be structured a little. You can appear entirely as you are naturally or you can be shot like a cover model...whatever you want. The idea is that the day is fun and you end up with some priceless pictures that you can keep forever. The majority of people I photograph want the photos not just for themselves but for other people too...they make great presents. They might be pictures of just yourself or they might be group pictures - it is really whatever you want. It might be a picture of the latest addition to the family or it might be a picture of the Grandparents.
All the portraits are shot on a 6 x 7 camera, professional, medium format. It produces stunning pictures though I should add that some of the images on the portrait pages are 35mm.

    "But I'm no oil painting..."
 
I have to write this bit for all the people that feel awkward because they think by saying they want some pictures taken that they are saying they look fantastic. In the end of the day it doesn't matter at all how you look but I do believe (and I thought this long before I became a photographer) that absolutely everyone should have at least one great photograph of themselves. I should also add that often, the people that I photograph are not used to having their pictures and may well feel awkward at first. That is absolutely natural and I will work with you until you feel entirely relaxed. As we start shooting I will be able also to show you polaroids so you will get a very good idea of how you are looking. Once you see how well they are coming out you will feel 100 times better - promise.

    Where?
 
99% per cent of the time, the portraits are taken at your house. It is a good idea if you can change your clothes at least once during the shoot and being in your own home is so much easier for this. Also you will feel much more comfortable in your own place. I am very good at disguising where the picture has been taken so it doesn't just end up as a picture of you in your front room unless it is decided that that is what you want.

    More?
 
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