written by Riani

When taking photos you are in theory doing the same thing every day by focusing the camera and pressing the shutter button.  But in reality you are doing a completely different thing every day.  One day I might be photographing a sweet little angel who is 2 weeks old, and the next I’ll be photographing someone’s flashy car.

By photographing people we are trying to capture their very essence, a split second of their life which will show other people a part of the subjects’ soul.  There is nothing better than having people telling you they love your shots and they appreciate your patience with their little ones, when in actual fact you were enjoying yourself as much as they were!

With having the gift of taking great photographs there also comes a curse(if I might call it that).  I have some family and friends thinking I’m from another planet sometimes.  I will just stop what I’m doing, look at the quality of the light and start babbling about how I would love to photograph a wedding couple right now.  Or we will be walking in a shopping centre and stop at a poster of something random just to have a look at the lighting in the photo.  Once I was doing this in Edgars looking at an Estee Lauder ad with Gwyneth Paltrow and I stood there studying the poster for such a long time, I had a shop assistant coming up to me asking if everything was allright and if she could help me…

I constantly find myself admiring sunsets and the way light falls on peoples faces.  Being a photographer means you look at the world differently.  Im always on the lookout for photographic opportunities.  I loved taking photos in school and I then took it a step further by studying photography and becoming a professional photographer.  And I have never looked back…

Riani