Weddings, families, couples, and the occasional weirdly-into-dirt border collie — shot across five cities and written down while the memory is still warm.
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An at-home family photoshoot in Singapore with Rob, Clara, Jess, Hannah, a blue sofa, bookshelves, garden, pool, and one dog with excellent placement instincts.
Read entry →Julie and James' Los Angeles engagement session moved from Guggenheim metallic curves and hard sunlight to Joshua Tree desert, silhouettes, and stars.
A Hong Kong family photo session with Laurence, Alex, and their three daughters — fence first, bushwhacking second, then a hidden rock slab with a ridiculous view.
A Búðakirkja wedding in Iceland with Hotel Búðir getting-ready moments, a black church in open ground, and weather that stayed fully committed to the assignment.
Part 2 left Reykjavik behind and got on with the less reasonable side of Iceland: lava fields, snow roads, an aurora over their future church, and a level of cold that turned Derek into full-time thermal support.
Desiree and Derek spent their first day in Iceland walking through Reykjavik, drinking coffee, and returning to the country Derek had previously experienced in the less glamorous company of ultramarathon foot blisters.
I’ve photographed Chelsea and Andrew enough times to know how this goes. Start indoors, enjoy the brief window of calm, then head for the beach and accept that Nathan and Amelia are not here to keep anyone dry.
Angela and Andrew’s indoor family session worked for the same reason good home sessions usually do. Annabelle brought the opinions, Amelia brought the cuddles, and nobody wasted energy trying to make the girls act like somebody else.
A multigenerational beach photoshoot in Vancouver with Jen, Evan, their two daughters, and grandparents from both sides of the family — easy light, bare feet, and the good kind of family chaos.
Paul and Danbi’s newborn session moved from home to a short walk outside, which turned out to be a good structure for two tired first-time parents and one very small person already setting policy.
Ray and Coco’s family session started polished, ended in pyjamas, and went downhill into a pillow fight in the best possible way.
Golden hour at Gardens by the Bay with Dan, Jessica, Gabby, and Luna — one very fast whippet, one very calm little girl, and a family session that found its rhythm somewhere between sprinting and picking grass.
We had outdoor plans. Singapore rain had other ideas. What we got instead was an indoor family session with ridiculous light, one older sister, one younger sister, one younger brother, and a dad making the most of every cuddle loophole.
When your brother comes to Singapore with his family, you don’t waste the golden hour. You grab the camera, drag everyone to Marina Bay, and hope the kids stay vaguely cooperative for at least ten minutes.
We met Darryl, Ivy and Obi at West Coast Park before sunrise. Obi spent a good part of it licking dirt like he’d discovered a delicacy.
A Singapore Botanic Gardens family session with Nicole, Jamie, Anneke, Gabriel and Xander — one daughter very clearly in charge, two twin boys keeping their standards low and their pulse steady, and parents wise enough not to over-manage it.
A golden-hour family session along Hong Kong’s West Kowloon waterfront with Bonnie, Vincent, and Emma, who did not walk anywhere if sprinting was available.
This was our sixth session with Terence and Suzanna’s family, which meant nobody wasted time pretending Sophie and Zoe were going to do this in a calm, symmetrical way.
Engagement. Wedding. Both kids growing up. This is the latest chapter with one of my longest-running families — a hiking session on a Hong Kong trail that ended with a reservoir, a fish, and a lot of laughter.
A Fort Canning family session with Hilda, Kevin, Tristan and Wesley — one boy in full motion, one taking his time, and a park that wisely stayed out of the way.
A sunrise Marina Bay family session with Jay, Yan and their two boys — one very quiet dad, one very talkative mum, and two children already operating at full volume before most of Singapore was awake.
Vera and Emilio got married at Villa Erba on Lake Como, which is an absurdly beautiful place to do it. The useful part was that the day still felt like them.
