I didn’t grow up wanting to be a photographer, what I truly wanted to be was a poet.  My mother bought me a book of poems by Robert Frost when I was very young and I was forever changed by the world of verse.  This resulted in me studying English Literature at University until the travel bug bit and my love of verse evolved into a love of exploring the world which in turn, evolved into a love of photography.  Soon I became known as the girl who took her camera anywhere and everywhere and my camera gave me a new way of connecting with the world.  It became my verse.

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I actively started pursuing this as a career in my early thirties- training under wonderfully talented mentors.  My aim was to become a wedding photographer.  However, while weddings brought me joy I soon realized that what truly made my heart sing wasn’t “the biggest day” but all of the ordinary in between days- in which we essentially (without always knowing this) are at our happiest. 

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And because these “ordinary days” are so tied up with everyday routine- we don’t necessarily deem them important enough to have documented.  We undervalue them thinking we’ll get to them later, hoping we’ll remember.  But, as the wise poet Pablo Neruda wrote “life is so short and forgetting is so long.”

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So, here I am.  Headed for fourty- slightly wiser and all the more in love with photography, with poetry, with ordinary days.  Reminding you that the so-called-mundane is important and beautiful and deeply worth documenting. 

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Upon reviewing galleries for this website - it had me smiling from ear to ear.  Not only because I’m proud of the work I’ve done but also because in those photos- I can remember what was said.  I remember what had us laughing hysterically or had the child crying, the dog barking. The quiet moment that had you reflecting on something a bit more sad, but that belonged and was beautiful in your narrative.  Those moments are as important to me as they are to you and I feel deeply honoured that I’m allowed into your space to capture them.