Standing between the light and the canvas,
The low morning sun casting shadow
And the wintery smell of burnt leaves
You and flower portrait sessions
The bliss...
…of being
Poppies...
enchanted with the curse of eternal sleep
Blooming splendour...
.. pairing you with flower and colour
Bluet
“We love to contemplate the colour blue” Goethe
Knowing...
The fragile loveliness of knowing who we are…
Tracy Worcester, environmental activist of Farms Not Factories.
Starring you...
Newly framed images giclée printed on photo rag from a recent local family portrait session. The matt finish of Hahnemüle Photorag gives muted blacks with even colour reproduction. The surface has minimal texture with a chalky smooth cotton feel which creates smooth colour gradients. Images can be mounted and framed to your taste. These images show an off white mount and black matt frame.
Alexandra Dao is a local family portrait photographer based in Greenwich, south east London
And the day came...
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ― Anais Nin
Portrait session with Diana Thomas, writer and journalist; author of ‘my transgender diary’.
Telling the world...
Tell me what you want to tell the world and together in my studio we can create images for your business.
These samples are from a set of photos I created this week for an IVF counsellor. She wanted bespoke images for her new website to say uplifting, optimism, spring, connection and approachability. Personal branding photography plays a powerful role in attracting the right clients to your business. How you are perceived by your ideal clients is essential.
We spent 2 hours creating a range of shots. Pls DM me to find out more and start the conversation…
Singularity
(after Stephen Hawking)
Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity
we once were?
so compact nobody
needed a bed, or food or money—
nobody hiding in the school bathroom
or home alone
pulling open the drawer
where the pills are kept.
For every atom belonging to me as good
Belongs to you. Remember?
There was no Nature. No
them. No tests
to determine if the elephant
grieves her calf or if
the coral reef feels pain. Trashed
oceans don’t speak English or Farsi or French;
would that we could wake up to what we were
— when we were ocean and before that
to when sky was earth, and animal was energy, and rock was
liquid and stars were space and space was not
at all — nothing
before we came to believe humans were so important
before this awful loneliness.
Can molecules recall it?
what once was? before anything happened?
No I, no We, no one. No was
No verb no noun
only a tiny tiny dot brimming with
is is is is is
All everything home
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…
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.
Who are we?
What are portraits made of? To find out please get in touch…♡
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…
Lean into the memory...
“She leans into the memory. She stares. She concentrates. What IS it that's she's looking for, trying to get straight at last?” ― Vivian Gornick, The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
Your life is a story — please DM to find out more about how i can document it through my photography and turn your sentiments into pictures ♡
Moondance
“One more moondance with you in the moonlight
On a magic night
La, la, la, la in the moonlight
On a magic night
Can't I just have one more dance with you my love” — Van Morrison
Summer photo sessions with me #southeastlondon // how would you like to be photographed?
Moondance — self portrait.
Rain Dance
It's looking like a perfect storm
Waiting for the clouds to open
Don't get wet and don't get caught
When it rains it pours — The Lions, When It Rains
Raindance — self portrait
Your story
Whether you are an author, an artist, a musician, a dancer, an entrepreneur, or you need a photo for your 'about me' page on your website, or simply a new Linkedin photo. I would love to hear from you.
Sessions start at £250
Portrait sessions
“All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.’ — Jack Kerouac
Seeing you // portrait photography with me... High Tribe Records // Callum
Whether you are an artist, a musician, a dancer, an entrepreneur, or you need a photo for your 'about me' page on your website, or simply a new Linkedin photo. I would love to hear from you.
Sessions start at £250
