Testimonial

Some of these women, if they existed today, would have been encouraged to fix what made them unique.
To smooth it.
To reduce it.
To hide it.

And yet those very features became their very signature. The reason we remember them. The reason they felt real.

I think about this often. How many women today are holding back from being seen, because of something someone once said. A feature. A line. A detail they were taught to criticise.

Photography, for me, has never been about perfection.
It is about truth.
It is about presence.
It is about helping you see that what you have been taught to question is often exactly what makes you beautiful.

You don’t need to wait until you feel ready.
You don’t need to change a thing.
You are already worth being captured.

This April, I am offering one complimentary portrait session in my Twickenham studio, because I want more women seeing their own beauty.

If this speaks to you, comment SEEN below.

Six years ago, I photographed Louise feeding her baby during her newborn session.

Last Friday, I went to something special.
The live recording of @no_parental_guidance , the podcast by @mamastillgotit_ and @hannaheastcomedy. What an absolutely amazing morning, thanks again for having me there!

And on that occasion we swapped books.

In her copy of Milk Tales, I wrote: “This book was born from the real voices of mothers. In many ways, you give space to those voices every day.” ( or something on line as I don’t rememebr the exact words now - hello I don’t remember what I ate for lunch, let the exact words I used a week ago!😅)

Because that’s what she does.

Milk Tales is a collection of breastfeeding stories and photographs, born from my own experience and built from the honest voices of other mothers. Through her podcast with Hannah East, Louise has been doing the same work: creating space for the messy, funny, hard, beautiful truth of parenting.

It’s one of those full-circle moments. The newborn I photographed six years ago. The mother who keeps showing up, keeps speaking honestly, keeps making other parents feel less alone.

If you haven’t listened to @no_parental_guidance go and find it. Real conversations about the parts of parenting no one warns you about, with lots of humour.

If you’ve been curious about Milk Tales, it’s available on Amazon. And if you haven’t read Louise’s book yet, find it there too you will laugh out loud!

March: the month we celebrate women. Twice.

But instead of just posting about it, I’m doing something.

I’m opening up five complimentary portrait sessions in my studio this March. Small, intimate experiences for women over 40.

For women who’ve been thinking about doing this but haven’t taken the step.

For women who want to see themselves differently.

There’s no catch. Just the experience of pausing, of being witnessed, of seeing yourself through a lens that isn’t your phone screen.

If you fall in love with an image and want to print it, you can. Prints start at £100. Because you deserve to see yourself properly, not on a small screen.
If nothing calls to you, the experience is yours to keep.

To apply: Comment and tell me in one sentence what it would mean to you to see yourself differently.

5 spaces. Late March. If this stirs something in you, don’t wait.