Lockdown has made everyone realise the value of family, and what’s the first thing people do when they miss their loved ones or someone passes away? We start to look at all of our photographs.

Over the past few weeks I have received so many beautiful letters from my clients to tell me how they have been going through their wedding albums or are so appreciative of the family portraits that I have taken of them, as they are now all split up and unable to see each other.

This has really lifted my spirits because here in South Africa a wedding or portrait photographer is not allowed to work until level one which is basically when the virus is “over” and this can make one feel rather “non essential” to say the least. Hearing how people are valuing the family portraits that I have made them has touched my heart in such a profound way.

As a celebration of this I put this post together because whilst I may not be allowed to work right now, I will be back and I look forward to making you something very special that you can treasure and hang on your walls as art.

I don’t often advertise my family portraiture work as I’ve concentrated on weddings over the last decade but I have in fact photographed so many different families in between all of the I do’s. I particularly love catching up with past wedding clients and seeing how they have grown in their lives. Being able to record all their milestones and the way that we change and evolve as humans is a driving force behind me picking up my camera. I’m also kind of obsessed with capturing human connection and being creative. I always approach these family portrait sessions in the same way that I approach weddings. I ask you to tell me a bit about yourselves and then I tell your story, I capture emotion, I make something unique for each assignment and I aim to make something creative and beautiful that is not that typical sausage factory style of photography that you can get from any ol photographer.

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