Photographer at Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill is one of London's great open secrets. A Royal Park viewpoint that sits above Regent's Park, its 63-metre summit offers a panoramic view over the entire London skyline that on a clear day stretches from Crystal Palace to Alexandra Palace, from Canary Wharf to Heathrow. At golden hour, when the sun descends behind the city, the skyline turns to fire behind it.

For couples photography and engagement sessions, Primrose Hill is perhaps my single most recommended location in London. The summit view provides context — you are in London, at one of the most recognisable viewpoints in the world. The foreground is all you, framed by the city you live in. It is a combination I never tire of photographing.

Below the hill, the Regent's Canal provides a complete tonal shift — narrowboats, weeping willows, the sound of water and birdsong, dappled afternoon light on the towpath. The contrast between the high drama of the hilltop and the intimate quiet of the canal makes a combined session here one of the most varied 90 minutes in London photography.

I also work throughout the village streets — Chalcot Crescent with its pastel Georgian terraces, Fitzroy Road with its literary history, the independent shops and restaurants of the high street. Primrose Hill is a village that happens to sit inside one of the world's great cities, and that contradiction is at the heart of everything that makes it photogenic.