Portrait Photographer in Hayes

Either. In Hayes an outdoor sitting could be at Barra Hall Park, where we meet you at the gate and walk to whichever ground the light suits that day. If you would sooner be indoors, our room is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, with Northwood Hills the nearest station. We also photograph at your home, which suits anyone who does not travel easily.

Set aside ninety minutes. Roughly twenty of those go on walking the ground and settling down, the rest is photography, and the last stretch is usually the best of it because by then nobody is thinking about the camera. One person alone can finish sooner. Add half an hour for outfit changes, or for more than three of you.

Indoors, paper rolls in three tones, one light, one mid, one nearly black, lit through a single large softened source placed close in, which is what keeps skin looking like skin. Outdoors in Hayes the backdrop is whatever Barra Hall Park offers on the day: the brick of the hall, the open lawns, or the planting. Our own light travels either way.

Most people say this, and it is usually true for about five minutes. We open with frames meant to be thrown away, keep you moving instead of posed, and hand you something to hold or lean against so your hands have a job. Nobody is asked to hold a smile, and the pictures that work arrive half a second after you stop trying.

You will find us at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, with Northwood Hills the nearest station. For a Hayes portrait it matters less than you would think, since the grounds at Barra Hall Park are close at hand and we travel to you. Our room earns its keep when the weather has closed in, when the background has to be plain, or when a sitting needs light we dictate rather than wait for.