While it is hard to compartmentalise my work as a photographer as I feel it is something that evolves with every shoot that I do, the majority of my work is contemporary and based on a fresh approach to portraiture, usually called lifestyle portraiture.
Lifestyle photography is about being less posed, less stiff and having more natural expressions and movement. Your kids will be asked to play without worrying about hitting a certain pose or getting their clothes dirty. We all interact and the result are natural responses and genuine reactions. I use natural light and work on location exclusively which is also a large part of lifestyle portraiture. The images are rich and vibrant in colour and black and whites are deep and usually colour tinted slightly.
Ultimately lifestyle photography is about anticipating the coming moments and capturing genuine emotion. I am always letting my clients know that I aim to capture them and their personalities rather than simply what they look like.
The other component of this style of photography is in the displaying of it. Lifestyle portraiture is about storytelling and when you have just one single image it doesn’t tell the story as well as a series of images does. Sure there are times when one single image is a great impact but I am always so pleased when my clients order a book, a series of images to display or as of lately, a storyboard portrait as it helps to tell their story and better document their relationships and connections from the session.
I thought I would share a couple of storyboards created (note the web address is simply for copyright here and is not on the actual storyboards).
One of my favourites from Olivia and Mark’s session (you’ll notice I said “one of”, there were so many)
A small storyboard I created for our own wall display from Phoebe’s conceptual session last year.
A sequence series from a recent family session
Lastly, a favourite from Rodney’s collection. Rodney’s mum actually ordered this recently and I can’t wait to see it in print.
Ultimately
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