Photography activities to entertain your kids with during the half term! Another school holiday is around the corner. They come so incredibly quickly and often! It can be hard to think of how to entertain the kids at home. And often I am too late to book some of the...
Being in your family photos is important! I often hear people, mainly women, tell me that they are worried that they will look awful in the photos. That I should just only take the picture of their children, or if I can avoid their arms because they are not happy with...
The second year in my business has passed and I wanted to look back at the photographs I created in 2021. I do this to celebrate my development as a photographer, but also to help me understand what it is that I like to photograph. By choosing my 5 favourite...
According to Julia Cameron, from the book ‘The Artist Way’, creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy – pure creative energy. Everyone is creative, every living human being. Creativity resides within all of us. However, sometimes it can be hard to tap...
Each month I collaborate and create art together with Katja Riga. We photograph along a theme and then pair up our images together in a video call. With this collaborative diptych we weave our lives together. We bridge space and time and create a connective...
To end the year, I wanted to look back at the photographic work I created in 2020. I did this by using a wonderful exercise from photographer and filmmaker Sarah Mason. For the exercise I had to firstly pick 5 photos that made me feel something. Secondly, I had to...
In this blog I will help you to deal with all those hundreds of family photos. Nowadays everything is digital, including our photos. They easily get forgotten on a hard drive, on your phone or tucked away in the cloud. And because they are out of sight and forgotten,...
This Christmas photography scavenger hunt is a fun activity for your child or for their grown-ups(!) to do during this Christmas holiday. With this photo scavenger hunt your child(ren) can find things and scenes that represent this time of year. When taking...
Knowing how to take good pictures with your camera phone is particularly useful. I think a lot of people don’t even use any other type of camera anymore. Another wonderful thing is that it is usually close by and easy to carry, making it much faster to snap those...
Making self-portraits is something wonderful to do for everyone. It is liberating, some special time just for you and it is a wonderful way to be creative. As a business owner it is especially useful to take great self-portraits for your social media and for moms it...
I’m a London based Family and Business photographer and filmmaker, but I can travel far and wide.
Drop me an email at saskia@portrayyourstory.co.uk, give me a call on 07500702577 or find me on social media, I’d love to hear from you.
