Some Inspiration: Beauty, Brokenness, and Japanese Pottery

Seeing ThingsHave you ever been blindly in love? So blind that you only saw your lover’s best side? An idealised version of themselves that totally missed all their faults.Japanese PotteryI’ve been reading ‘How to be a free range human’ by Marianne Cantwell and loving it. She writes about how to create the career that you […]

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Ballet, Bunnies and Buzz – a family shoot

There’s something about creating a family shoot. For me it’s about knowing that I’m capturing a magical time in a family’s life and helping them to remember the wonder of it all (which gets lost so easily in the drudge of daily life). I like to think that the photos on the wall will inspire […]

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Personal Work: Flamingo Lake

So, I was a bit surprised when everyone went mad for my instagram snaps of flamingoes. And then a Californian singer starlet wanted prints for her house, which instagrams don’t really stretch to. Luckily the light held for three days, so I was able to go back and create this. And if you listen to […]

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Gong and I; an interview with Gong Li in Beijing

Gong Li and I met at the Hilton in Paris. I arrived to find the actress and her translator waiting for me, together with hundreds of baby chicks cheeping in the bar – it was Easter and the Hilton had laid this on to celebrate. It was all part of the surreal experience. Gong Li […]

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One Day and Night in Paris

The lovely Maggie and her adorable Michael celebrated their engagement in Paris, along with some bunny friends of theirs. I love these two because they embrace everything so whole heartedly. Maggie is a fashion addict so she was in her element in the chic Marais, where we spent the morning. And being from Hong Kong […]

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Weddings, Peace and Creativity

Did you know that the word Bride derives from the Medieval practice of knights calling their sweethearts after St Brigid? And another surprising fact, St Brigid is the patron saint of Creativity http://www.saintbrigid-canton.com/SBAboutStBrigid.html. I’ve written before about the fascinating pagan and Christian origins of the word bride, but it does strike me as interesting that […]

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Alexandra and Yaser’s First Look

Alexandra and Yaser met at university, and it was love. Alexandra comes from Russia, Yaser from Iraq, and their families couldn’t be at the wedding. By arranging a First Look photoshoot they were able to send poignant photos to their families and in that way include them in the ceremony.If you don’t know what a […]

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Into the Magic Forest (a personal project)

The forest is a strange place. Magical, enchanted, and alive with the unexpected. I found a mermaid bride…Come down to the woods with me today… “On seashore far a green oak towers… What marvels there! A mermaid sitting High in a tree, a sprite, a trail Where unknown beasts move never seen by Man’s eyes,… […]

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