What inspired you to do The Way You Are ? I was inspired by my friend Louise who did it first.  She said it was really empowering. Being with my ex husband he wan't just physically abuse, he was also mentally. abusive.  He was always putting me down.  My Mum had said to me that during the period was with him I kind of went into myself.  The scary things - I didn't even realise that I become like that. I just wanted to go back to how I was before.  I didn't used to care what I

I’ve recently become a bit of a TED Talk addict … as a person who spends great swathes of time on his own at the desk a mini break or change is often useful.  I don’t have the office workers around me to talk about the football so I need something. TED is brilliant world class talkers, world class ideas.  It’s a thousand topics from the best speakers in the world.  The best thing is that each talk is generally 15 mins or so long. Just the right time for a coffee break and a c

Time for another installment of the A-Z of boudoir photography ... it's B and let's face it we have to be careful. It's a letter open for abuse ... let's just say that when I take a picture I make the things that start with a B look great. But there are less obvious words to use ... lets start with Brave One of the things you need to be when you have a picture taken is brave... when you have a boudoir picture taken then you have to be even braver.  I know that.  Most of the s

There's a lot of words that can be used to describe a Contemporary Portrait shoot but they all mean something different to everyone that has a session.  I'm starting the A to Z of Boudoir Photography not surprisingly with A .. One of the common words that people, like you, use to describe the images they receive at the end of the session is ... Amazing Adjective Causing great surprise or wonder The whole purpose of having a session and working so hard to get the pictures that