I met this stunning mom at a house party last year and we just clicked right away. When she told me she had a six year old little boy and three year old twin girls, I just knew I'd love to photograph them. Imagine then, how happy I was when she got in touch to book a shoot! As it's pretty cold in Sweden at this time of year, we started the shoot indoors. When it was time to pack up and go outside the mom went to the cupboard and pulled out two BEAUTIFUL red coats for her little girls. I think I actually died and went to photography heaven!
The lonely musician
Jolly life.
Saturday afternoon at Jolly HQ. I wander into the kitchen to find our youngest all dressed up, playing, ok, attempting to play the keyboard. She just melts my heart.
Casual, happy, birthday portraits
I photographed this gorgeous little girl several times last year. Her mom threw the mother of all parties for her when she turned one, and I got to document it! These pictures were taken in the kitchen, just after she'd been fed and turned out to be my favourite from the day :)
What if someone you love dies?
How do you remember them? Do you dare to think about it?
Last October, three long and pain-filled months ago, my only and much loved brother died suddenly. He was just 35. His abrupt departure from this physical plane sent us all frantically scrambling for anything that could link us to him. I scrolled through my texts, emails and Facebook messages, reading and re-reading everything from him. Then I started on the photos; pictures of him online, in albums and in frames. My eyes were desperate to drink in all the details of his face - his big green eyes, his cheeky grin, the many expressions. These photos help keep my brother in my life, they help keep him close by.
Sadly, it's taken all this - his untimely death and the over-whelming grief that has ensued - to make me truly value the service I offer to my clients. Now that I have a new, heightened sense of clarity, I can fully appreciate that it's more than pressing a shutter. It's about someone's heart filling with love and fondness when they look at these pictures of their loved ones, be it now, or in thirty years' time. Those pictures will matter.
Make the time to photograph, or have someone else photograph, those you love. Death can steal them away without a moment's notice.