Children’s Portraits

My approach

It was taking relaxed natural photographs of my own daughter (now aged four, that’s her over on the right taken at a shoot I did for her recently) that revived my passion for photography which had been dormant too long.

My children’s portraits are what is known as ‘environmental portraits’ – meaning I end up on the floor chasing after children and babies, rather than posing them awkwardly against dodgy backdrops.

This photo-documentary style uses natural light, capturing the children being themselves in their own environment – creating a more authentic record of them as they grow and change.

Shoots normally last one to two hours either at your location or at a nearby park or garden. I mainly shoot in the Santa Fe and Albuquerque areas, but can be talked into going further afield. The key is for the child to be themselves – playing, running around, drawing, exploring: whatever they enjoy.

I’m a Dad, too, so I’m happy to work around nap schedules, cranky times or other normal occurrences.