Photographer Hackney

Hackney is one of London's most culturally diverse and creatively rich boroughs — a place where Victorian terraces and canal warehouses sit alongside independent galleries, community gardens and some of the capital's finest parks. London Fields, Victoria Park, Clissold Park, the Regent's Canal, Broadway Market, Dalston, Stoke Newington: each neighbourhood has its own distinct character and visual language. Hackney is home to a large, young professional and creative community that values photography which feels authentic and genuine rather than staged and polished.

I photograph families, couples and individuals across Hackney for portrait sessions, pre-wedding and engagement photography, family documentary days and annual family portraits. My approach in Hackney is relaxed and observational — I want children to be themselves, couples to forget the camera is there, and the resulting photographs to feel like genuine memories rather than formal portraits. London Fields and Victoria Park are particularly beautiful in spring and early autumn, and the canal towpath east from Broadway Market has extraordinary intimate photographic qualities at golden hour.

I also photograph weddings for Hackney couples — at the borough's arts venues, warehouses, canal-side spaces and the wonderful civic buildings of Hackney Town Hall and Stoke Newington Town Hall. Hackney couples tend to want wedding photography that matches the creative, relaxed and independent-minded character of the borough — documentary-led work that tells the story of the day without directing or choreographing it.

For headshots and professional photography, Hackney's growing community of creative freelancers, digital agencies, fashion and design businesses needs contemporary portraits that work for LinkedIn, websites and personal branding. I provide on-location headshots at your Hackney studio or office, or at outdoor locations in one of the borough's many characterful streets and spaces.