The approach
You bring the people.
We make a little space.
A good session leaves room to get comfortable. We give enough direction to help, then pay attention to what happens between the poses.
Clear plans.
Room to be yourself.
We talk first about who is coming, what the photographs are for, and what would make the day easier. The location, time, and price are agreed before the session.
During the session, small prompts help you settle in. You can ask for a pause, tell us what feels awkward, or bring an idea of your own.
A few ways to prepareThe portrait notebook
Some things
stay familiar.
Old family photographs keep bringing us back to the same details: an expression, a gesture, the space between people. Our notebook starts with a public-domain glass-plate portrait from the archives.
A family, held in a frame.
Look at the hands, the shoulders, and the way everyone fits around the chair. That sense of belonging is worth noticing in any century.
Make a photograph for your own album.
Family, headshot, or small event: we start by listening.