I’ve been catching up with my clients recently, hearing about their first steps into parenthood - 8 hours sleep is a rare and precious thing! But the most surprising thing I learned was this: when you’re building a life together, you’re constantly working on it. And it can be hard work at times. 

The very idea is that you’re creating a beautiful future in front of you, full of as many opportunities and memories as possible. 

You don’t just walk into the sunset holding hands and arrive at this perfect, idyllic life. 

Yet I see the media creating this cultural belief that everything needs to get better all of the time, and be “amazing”. All of the time . I feel it feeds this proliferation of the “highlight reel” – a highly varnished idea of what our lives should be.

And it's exhausting.

That we feel we have to in some way live up to this façade or this perfect vision. And the possibility that this could be our only lasting memory of our family history is troubling. It just feels superficial; like everyone’s focused on the extreme positives, rather than the subtleties of the familiar.

As the photographs on the wall from my own life, or those of my clients, are always the more nuanced, characterful ones that come from our real experiences - rather than some scripted idea of a perfect photo.

I believe the real life you live and the family you're creating is full of your own unforgettable and original moments.

And the right photo taken at exactly the right moment is the perfect way to celebrate and remember this - both for now and your future generations.

Share the same vision? Want photos just like this of your own family? Then contact me directly, I'd love to hear from you.