What Christmas Means To Me As A Family Photographer
As it’s Christmas Eve, I’m embracing all the festive energy with a few notes on what Christmas means to me.
Capturing the magic and meaning of family is why I’m so passionate about creating portraits on film. Christmas is the perfect excuse to come together under one roof, celebrate and make memories with those we hold dear...
The Story Behind the MBE
In April 2022 my family travelled down to Windsor Castle to cheer me on as I grappled with my imposter syndrome in my big hat, 15 weeks pregnant with my second baby and desperately trying to remember the detailed procedure of where to stand and when to talk ahead of my being presented with an MBE by HRH Princess Anne! Read on for the full story…
It’s the End of an Era!
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings, I reflect back on 15 years working with Normandy veterans in the charity I co-founded with my Dad. D-Day Revisited has been an enormous part of my life, but as many surviving veterans mark their 100th birthdays the charity has performed its final duty with a grand send-off dinner bidding them bon voyage as the country they liberated in 1944 for the last time.
The D-Day 75 Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
I can’t believe it’s 5 years since we took the Normandy veterans to RHS Chelsea! In 2019 the veterans’ charity I co-founded with my father in 2009 presented a beautiful garden which celebrated the story of D-Day veterans ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. The garden received huge media attention and gave our treasured veterans a platform and a legacy from which to tell their story.
My First Garden
After years of saving, my dream of owning my own home came true when I was 26 years old! I bought a tired Victorian end-terrace house in a quiet village and I was immediately excited to bring it into the 21st Century and make it my own. The thing about a first home is that it often comes with a first garden. What took me completely by surprise was the extent to which this modest outdoor space captured my imagination and became the happy place I shared with my first Spaniel baby.
Why I Stopped Shooting Weddings
I had been photographing weddings for almost ten years to the day across the UK and abroad and I knew this would be my last. I wasn’t sad about it. I couldn’t have asked for a lovelier wedding to close this chapter in my career. I began my journey as a wedding photographer capturing a friend saying “I do” and I ended it in the same way… there was nothing to be sad about.