When people find out you’re a photographer, the first question they ask you is “So what kind of photographer are you? “ For me, this is always a really difficult question and I always find myself at a loss and not quite sure what to say because for a long time, I photographed almost everything. I took on most jobs that people asked me to do from weddings to fashion to music, editorial, portraiture and I also worked on my own personal fine art projects. I have done so many different types of photography that I wasn’t really sure what “type” of photographer I really was. It has taken me a long time to figure out what it is that I truly felt passionate about doing. I suppose the best thing about photography is that its a medium composed into one big house but filled with lots of different rooms and it allows you to explore them all until you find the one room that feels like home. For me, by exploring all the rooms of photography, I realised that some of them just felt too overwhelming, some too technical and constrained, some too tacky and some just plain boring, but one always felt just right and that was portraiture especially children’s portraiture. I love capturing the story of someone, finding that one special place within them that I can portray in a photograph and most importantly, I adore the honour of capturing their sacred moments. With children, there is something so fascinating to me about photographing them and capturing their magic. Maybe its because Im a Mother myself or because I grew up with so many younger siblings or maybe is just because I remember my own childhood so vividly and am so aware of how fast childhood passes and how much you long for it when its gone. I see it every day with my own children and I so desperately want to capture every detail before this time is gone. There is something about childhood moving so quickly that photographing it is almost essential. As we all know, in the blink of an eye it is gone. This brings me to my new venture or shall I say ADVENTURE. I have just begun the beginnings of photographing Newborn Babies and I had my first shoot just a few weeks ago. Though it was incredibly nerve wracking and I was scared beyond belief (of failure mostly) by opening my heart and steading my hand, I managed to capture the beauty of this little boy. In the end, it was the feeling that I was left with that made me decide to peruse this venture wholeheartedly. Not that I won’t continue to do weddings or fashion and my own personal projects but for now, it is just another room I have decided to explore. Here is to hoping that I can make a lot of Mom and Dads proud and that I can capture the beautiful moments before they so quickly pass by.
