I’ve been nudged to update / refresh my portraiture page on this very website. As much as I am just as passionate about making photographs of people as I am of landscapes, I’m aware that the majority of my audience isn’t interested in portraiture. Which is, in my view, a bit of a shame that we tend to compartmentalise what we like : to me, photographs are photographs.

The biggest problem I had with my portraiture webpage was that the images were too small. They are now much larger, so you can hopefully enjoy the detail of my subject’s clothing and perhaps see their spirit in their eyes more clearly. Additionally, whilst doing this job today, I came across a few images that I now wonder ‘why did I not publish these?’ Distance is a great thing, and I would it deeply enjoyable being reacquainted with these forgotten about images.

I am so keen to go and make some more street photos !

I have been focussing on landscapes only, for such a long time now, and although I feel my landscape work is much better than my portraiture, that should not be a reason not to enjoy making images of people. It is a great ‘escape’ from my passion for landscape work. Taking a break, a step back, or doing something different for a while is always good for the soul and I would advise to find some alternative interests to your photography. Time away from it doing something else, often reaps rewards when you do return to it.

So I am hatching plans now to go make some more people pictures this coming year.

If you choose to look at my portraiture web page, I hope you enjoy the images at much larger sizes (just click on them), and even if you aren’t that interested in portraiture, consider this: Portraits are really landscapes of the human soul.