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Life {as an Artform} London 2013

May 7, 2013 · 7 Comments

This post comes a bit later than it should, as for some reason I just didn’t get around to sorting out my pictures from Life {as an artform}, which I hosted again this year, until now. Looking at the images of the frosty conditions we had at the beginning of April makes me feel like it all happened a lot longer ago still!

It may seem funny that, as someone who doesn’t really attend many workshops in general, I have now experienced four different Life {as an artform} journeys. And each and every time the journey is different, not only because a different group of people make it so, but also because every year I am different. What I love most is the recurring realisation that there’s always room to grow. Always. Our capacity for expanding our experience of life is limitless, we just need to be reminded once in a while that the choice is ours.

Thank you to Craven House for being the perfect sanctuary for our group of explorers. Thank you to Gabi & Chris for being our gorgeous couple to demonstrate Beloved techniques on. (By the way if you experience a dejavu when looking at Gabi’s beautiful laugh, it is because a couple of years ago I photographed her twin sister Lisa’s wedding!). Thank you to the amazing Message to Bears for one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. Thank you to all the attendees, including some of my beloved friends from across the ocean, you will always be in my heart.

Thank you Mark for this lovely Super 8 film of our time together.

And of course, thank you to my dear friend Jesh de Rox – for tirelessly helping others see beauty in the world, to face their fears, to live richer lives, to be better artists. Thank you.

P.S. if it is of interest to you, there are still a few places left at an introductory seminar on Beloved I’m giving in the Midlands next week.

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Categories : Musings, PERSONAL, Training Tagged : Beloved, Jesh De Rox, Life as an Artform, training, workshop

Life {as an artform} London 2012

May 5, 2012 · 11 Comments

Before I leave for today’s wedding, I just want to hold last week in my mind one last time. This was the third Life {As an Artform} workshop I attended, and the second time I helped to host it in London. Every year it becomes clearer to me how each workshop is really moulded by the people who attend it, the thoughts and energies of those present really and truly create the experience. And with each year I feel more aware and understand a little bit more about myself, and about how everything we experience in the world has to start from how we look at it.

There were so many laughs, so many new amazing friends, planting of many small seeds, seeing old friends in a new light, many tears of happiness and of release, and lots of revelations both tiny and big.

Thank you so much to beautiful Penny of Tigerlily weddings for once again opening her home and heart to us crazy dreamers, you are so special and I hope you know this. Thank you to my dear friends Emma and Pete, for being our brave couple to demonstrate and practise Beloved techniques on. Love you guys so very much. Thank you to the gorgeous Senab Adekunie for moving us with your music and words. What an incredible experience.

And lastly, thank you Jesh de Rox – for being you. For changing the world tiny little piece by tiny little piece with your incredibly clear vision, your hunger for honest beauty, and your selfless giving. For being a friend I never realised I was searching for, but couldn’t now imagine living without. Thank you. x

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Categories : Musings, PERSONAL, Training Tagged : Beloved, creative wedding reportage, Jesh De Rox, Life as an Artform, Love Affair with London, Personal, together session, wedding photographer, workshop

Life {as an artform} London 2011

May 5, 2011 · 8 Comments

I can’t very well let Jesh de Rox’s Life {As an Artform} London workshop go unmentioned on the blog. This was the second time Jesh brought his workshop to the UK (last year we were in Manchester), and this time around I had the honour of hosting the week with the lovely Penny from Tigerlily weddings.

It’s a funny thing, personal growth. Often changes that have huge affects on your life (and business) are seemingly so small (and slow) that they are very very difficult to measure. What the workshop did for me this time around was to provide a clear way to evaluate just how far I’ve come, with my craft, my business and the way I approach people & life in general. Throughout all the days, and all the experiments we did, all I felt was joy and excitement. No more fear, no more hesitation, just joy over connecting with other human beings.

It was also incredibly moving to be able to observe and help others to realise small steps towards growth and a more authentic way of communicating with clients, and with themselves. It was so so satisfying to see others really ‘get it’. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for all the attendees.

One of the highlights of the week was a live Beloved session with a lovely couple, Dani & Chris (aka The Barbers), who were brave enough to ‘model’ in font of, and for, us all. Thank you guys, it was truly moving.

I am beyond happy about where my business is at, and where it’s headed. My heart is bursting with ideas and I can’t wait to get stuck in and keep going full steam ahead. While I’ve been exploring Beloved techniques in all my engagement and wedding work throughout last year, I’m only now starting to offer dedicated Beloved sessions, which I’m so so excited about. I really feel that this is the future of couple photography, and at the core of what is important in life.

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Categories : PERSONAL, Training Tagged : Beloved, creative wedding reportage, Jesh De Rox, Life as an Artform, Love Affair with London, Personal, together session, wedding photographer, workshop

Life {as an artform} Manchester 2010

May 22, 2010 · 13 Comments

Sorry about the silence around here! For the last week I got to experience Jesh de Rox’s Life {As an Artform} workshop in Manchester (well, Macclesfield to be precise but hey), which meant I was pretty much out of action on every other front (sorry for the delay in getting back to your emails as well). This was the first time Jesh has brought his workshop to the UK, and the quite small group of us in attendance felt very privileged indeed to be able to share what we did. It’s actually really hard to put into words what it is exactly that we experienced, but I want to try to do it now when it’s all still fresh, even if just in the hopes that I won’t ever forget.

I do have to mention the incredible venue, Hilltop Country House, where the Gardner family took such good care of us. It really was the most idyllic setting for one of the most beautiful (and challenging) weeks of my life.

I learned so many precious things, a lot of which are absolutely impossible to put into words in a way that wouldn’t diminish them. As far as photography and running a business is concerned, I feel like my work and the way I run my business has been completely validated. It’s like I was always intuitively on the right path, but I can now clearly see what that path is – and I feel such freedom when thinking about my future.

The biggest revelations for me were personal ones though. If someone would have told me before hand how wide open I would be cracked in the presence of strangers, I would have thought it absolutely impossible (which in itself is huge). I gained such perspective, let go of so much baggage, and most of all, got reminded that it’s important to listen to my heart, even at times when I can’t quite yet understand where it’s leading me.

I am totally blown away by how quickly and deeply I bonded with the other incredible photographers (such as the beautiful Maz from Light and Day Photography), we shared so many difficult and fantastic things together, that there’s no way we won’t be forever connected in some way.

I also came back with a lot of new practical tools to help me with the way I relate to the people I’m fortunate enough to photograph. Jesh created Beloved sessions in order to help couples reconnect with each other and experience the love that might sometimes get a bit lost in the middle of every day routines. It’s a powerful thing being able to draw real emotions from the people in front of the camera. I’ve always believed that the experience of a photo session should be as important as the final result, and I can’t wait to incorporate some of the Beloved principals into my sessions in order to create a more meaningful experience for my couples.

This really wasn’t a workshop about ‘photography’, especially not about equipment and technique, but on how to experience your life in the most authentic and rewarding way possible, how to communicate meaningfully, and how that benefits every aspect of your life – and that, that’s nothing short of precious.

If you ever get a chance to spend time with Jesh, I urge you to take it. I have never in my life met anyone as infinitely giving and as genuine. I am in awe over how much of himself he gives to total strangers, and how he helps them connect to places in themselves they never even knew existed. I really hope he never tires of sharing his beautiful heart.

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Categories : Musings, PERSONAL, Training Tagged : Beloved, creative wedding reportage, Hilltop Country House, Jesh De Rox, Life as an Artform, Macclesfield, Personal, together session, wedding photographer, workshop

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