Category: Portraiture

  • A Little Introduction

    I Woke Up Like This, 2019

    I rarely put pictures of myself on here, but I thought, why not introduce myself to the few who follow me here. Besides, #Selfies are not my thing, but what the heck, right?

    I am a photographer.

    I was born in Nairobi, Kenya, but I have lived in the U.K. for most of my adult life. I am married and have two adorable children, a boy and a girl. For the last 7 or so years, I have been studying for a BA & MA in Photography and I also work as a freelance photojournalist covering mostly art, corporate and sporting events.

    My passion is photographing portraits as I meet amazing people and I get to know more about them. It also gives me an opportunity to grow as a person.

    I also love experimenting with my photography especially working with 35mm, 120 and Instant film.

    I recently revived my blog as I wanted to share my experiences/journey as photographer, but it has been a struggle to get the right content going as writing is really not my thing. So, please bear with me as I find my stride.

    I’d love to hear from you. Introduce yourself and let’s get this conversation going.

    And, if you know someone in the London looking for a photographer to spruce up their social media with pictures, show them this post or you can direct them to my contact form here.

    Also, please follow my blog as I post something every Friday.

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  • Personal: Happy Holidays Selfie

    Personal: Happy Holidays Selfie

    Happy Holidays Selfie, 2017

    In the spirit of the season, I thought I share with you this self portrait of me reflected on a Christmas bauble.

    I hope wherever you are, even if you do not celebrate Christmas, that you are happy.

    Happy Holidays, everyone!

    #HolidaySelfie

  • Personal: Family First

    Personal: Family First

    That moment you take a minute to reflect. Family support is EVERYTHING esp. when they came out to see my FMP Free Range Show back in 2016.

    My daily challenges as a mother who is trying to work as a freelance photographer and at the same follow my passion, is that there are not enough hours in a day.

    On a serious note, just getting to juggle between being a wife, mother and a photographer is hard enough as your family esp. children come first as the expense of getting childcare when an opportunity to go out on a job or assignment always makes you analyse whether is it worth it. Also, people don’t take creatives seriously and always want to undercut us when it comes to paying for work done.

    I am here for #SupportingWorkingMums as the struggle is real.

    So, if I quote you for a job, please keep in mind that I have bills just like you. And, when I mention my kids, don’t assume I cannot do the job. It is not that complicated. They are the very reason I am putting myself forward for the job.

    Thank you and stay blessed, always!

    Side note: This article by photographer Sophie Ebrard puts this struggle into a much better perspective of how as women we struggle to get the job, keep the job and still strive to raise our children in healthy environments.

    #SupportingWorkingMums

  • Portraits: Lavinia

    Portraits: Lavinia

    This session technically was not planned. My circle of friends hardly ever get photographed by me unless we are socialising and I want to change that. So when Lavinia reached out to me to go for a screening of “Kati Kati” at South London Gallery, I took this an opportunity to break that cycle. So after we watched the film and made our way home, we stopped off at Westminster area and then walked towards the South Bank area of London to take a few images.

    If there is anything I learnt from this experience, I AM NOT A FAN OF THE COLD. Lavinia, on the other hand, was a trooper, but we didn’t last long. The cold got the better of us.

    Anyway, here are some the images I managed to conjure up in between frozen fingers and a very leaky eye.

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  • Portraits: Khai

    Portraits: Khai

    You photograph one, then you have to photograph the other.

    I have to say though, I think my kids are teaching me a valuable lesson here. Don’t be so quick to judge mummy.

    My son was a breeze to photograph (I think it’s an age thing) and at one point, his sister was shouting the same instructions I was when photographing her and if he wasn’t listening, I would get a tap on my shoulder, “Mummy, Khai is not putting his legs down.” Ahhh…I think I have an assistant in the making.

    And, when I was chimping, Khai would shout at me to take his picture as he was ready for his next pose. These kids of today, I tell you! 😑

    Anyway, here are my eldest best shots from his shoot. I am actually pleased with them seeing as I had just woken up and I was still in my pyjamas when I did these.

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    Bonus image of the siblings together

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    Am I on to something here? What do you think?

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