These days are strange for many of us. We stay at home and try to be creative. We sometimes worry about what it’s going to be like when it all comes back to normal and, in many cases, who will be around to continue with. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a change many of us will be shaped by for the years to come. The businesses, the individuals, adults and children alike. However, looking at the future I can’t stop but to try and think positive. At the end of the day, how far can we push the planet until it starts responding in ways we cannot ignore any more? 

Change is a much-required answer and a reminder that we need to re-evaluate our lifestyles and approach to life on so many different levels.
As I observe my children who tackle this problem at their own level of understanding, I learn from them. I learn a little bit of ignorance and take the opportunity to get to know them better since normally we don’t get to spend so much time together. I have found out so many things already and I’m eager to learn more. And this is just one of the ways I try to stay positive, strong, even appreciate the situation a little bit if it’s even alright to say so…
I hope all keep safe, stay strong and appreciate each other. Keep living! And remember you are not alone!

Standing in front of some of the most magnificent locations our planet has to offer makes us appreciate how lucky we are as human beings to be spoilt with such mesmerising and powerful wonders. It’s been no different during my second trip to Iceland, the land of violent and powerful volcanic activity, crashing waterfalls and shooting geysers set alongside calm and open plains gently covered by snow. This, set in the elements you’re constantly trying to tame both photographically and physically, gives you a certain type of experience only Iceland and the Arctic circle lands can provide. You’re knocked out at every stop and definitely at the end of the day yet you couldn’t be happier. Go figure… 

During this year’s trip to Iceland I travelled whilst still desperately trying to clear a bug that has been battering us this season (, thank you winter:) but also grieving my father’s death at the end of the last month. Inevitably, I think this added to the way I approached nature and photography on location as the output turned out to be very different from my last trip’s photographs. Yet I think it worked and also helped me just for a moment meditate on the scenes and the state of mind. Many of these images will be printed and proudly hung on walls around my house with a book to follow. I didn’t think when planning it that it’d be a requiem to many things but that’s exactly what happened and, at the end of the day, I’m counting myself very lucky to have experienced it. Well, minus the northern lights, which one day I must return to Iceland to capture. But that’s a story to tell on another day… 

Collaborating with great people brings joy, fulfilment and satisfaction. Especially when you’re eaten by January colds and touches of flu no jabs seem to prevent you from having.
My recent assignment brought together Anna Bialous-Griffiths, personal coach, therapist, counsellor and book author, as well as Glen McKenna, one of my favourite photographers and a friend in one.

 Set in a business environment the ideas kept on buzzing as the shoot progressed and I couldn’t help but think how amazing it is to work with people who ultimately crave the same outcome.
Below there are just some of the photographs produced from a photoshoot I’ll be coming back to in my mind over and over again. 

Huge thanks again to Anna B-G and Glen for an amazing day!
To find out more about Anna’s work click here, and Glen’s here. 

It’s not for everyone… It’s cold, sometimes damp and even dangerous but boy is it exciting! I love morning photo shoots and especially the winter ones as they provide the opportunity to take advantage of that special kind of winter light. They’re also very different in another way as our skin reacts differently to the cold than to the warmth and therefore provides a different texture, which I find truer to the subject, more real and less hidden by its normal state. This presents a great occasion to connect the audience with the subject and I love how the muted and low-toned environment blends in to provide the canvas for portraiture. 

For this morning photo shoot at the Union Warf in Market Harborough, I went with the very brave Kamila, who did a fantastic job posing and enjoying time together. Hope this wasn’t the last time! :) 

Well, it’s been a good one! During this year I’ve met some of the most amazing couples who tied the knot and dedicated their love to one another for years to come. New friends have been made and I’m looking forward to 2020 and everything it brings.
So here’s to 2019 AND to 2020! 

I wish everyone a fantastic new year full of love, new adventures and experiences and memories worth keeping!
Have a great 2020!