“At the centre of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.” — Lao Tzu
New Year's Day...
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.” ― Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Bringing nature home
I believe in God, only I spell it nature” Frank Lloyd Wright.
Bringing nature home with my bespoke floral prints. Pls DM to start the conversation on immortalising your favourite flower…
Bringing nature home
The Very Dark Month
“Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.” — David Almond
The Very Dark Month — prints available to purchase..
Delighting in you..
“Your life is your life.
Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch.
There are ways out.
There is light somewhere.
It may not be much light but it beats the darkness.
Be on the watch.
The gods will offer you chances.
Know them.
Take them.
You can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes.
And the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be.
Your life is your life.
Know it while you have it.
You are marvelous.
The gods wait to delight in you." — Charles Bukowski
Delighting in you — portrait sessions with me in south east London…
Self love...
“A consequence of female self-love is that the woman grows convinced of social worth. Her love for her body will be unqualified, which is the basis of female identification. If a woman loves her own body, she doesn't grudge what other women do with theirs; if she loves femaleness, she champions its rights. It's true what they say about women: Women are insatiable. We are greedy. Our appetites do need to be controlled if things are to stay in place. If the world were ours too, if we believed we could get away with it, we would ask for more love, more sex, more money, more commitment to children, more food, more care. These sexual, emotional, and physical demands would begin to extend to social demands: payment for care of the elderly, parental leave, childcare, etc. The force of female desire would be so great that society would truly have to reckon with what women want, in bed and in the world.”
― Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
Impossible is nothing...
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ― Muhammad Ali
Portrait of Nicolas Hamilton #drivetoinspire.
Nicolas Hamilton was told he would never walk due to his cerebral palsy and would spend his life reliant on a wheelchair. Not one to be told he cannot do things, with determination and gruelling training he not only walked unaided, but he started to realise his dream: to be a racing driver.
I heard his story last month at a London event and had the opportunity to photograph him - his ‘anything is possible’ attitude inspires anyone and everyone that hears it.
True seeing...
“After all, the true seeing is within.” ― George Eliot, Middlemarch
The whole of the moon..
I spoke about wings
You just flew
I wondered, I guessed and I tried
You just knew
I sighed
But you swooned, I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon… // The Waterboys
The invisible web of stories...
“The universe is one being.
Everything and everyone is interconnected through an invisible web of stories.
Whether we are aware of it or not, we are all in a silent conversation.
Do no harm.
Practise compassion.
And do not gossip behind anyone's back - not even seemingly innocent remark!
The words that come out of our mouth do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.
One man's pain will hurt us all.
One man's joy will make everyone smile.” —Elif Safak
Flower power...
Living a beautiful life with fewer things // bespoke floral Christmas gifts // immortalising your favourite flower with me // giclée printed on fine art paper 325gsm hahnemuhle photo rag...♡
Being human...
There are truths that last because there are aspects of the human condition which remain constant… portrait sessions with me in south east London ♡
Who are we?
What are portraits made of? To find out please get in touch…♡
Start where you are...
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” C S Lewis
Our planet...
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children…” Anon.
...creating bespoke images for you to tell your story… pls DM to find out more #ecowarrior #portraitandbranding
Turning you into pictures...
A set of photos created for a local singer/songwriter/therapist who needed a set of photos that bridged the gap between the corporate world and the ‘feeling’ world of being an artist and therapist….
Human hearts ♡
“The human heart...tells us that we are more alike than we are unalike.” ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter.
Baby portrait sessions with me in your home // pls DM me to find out more
human hearts
Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature...
Look one of three from a recent personal branding photo session with local singer/songwriter/therapist who was looking to update her website… pls DM me to find out more about about creating bespoke images for your business…♡
Your story...
“One can’t write directly about the soul. Looked at, it vanishes.” — Virginia Woolf.
Capturing your story with me in south east London // local portrait photographer
Begin at the beginning...
“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell a story... Make some light.” — Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux.
Portrait sessions with me this September — letting pictures tell your story — pls DM me to find out more... ♡
begin at the beginning…