Top Portrait Photographers 2012
Over the last couple months we’ve been asking you to nominate your favourite portrait photographer. With the help of the folks at Time for Mums, we’ve waded through all the family portraits and cute newborn pictures to narrow it down. It was a tough job— but someone had to do it! Choosing the right person to photograph your family can be a tough decision, hopefully we can help you find the right match.
This year we’re shaking things up and asking you—our fabulous readers to vote for your favourite photographer. Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be showcasing the nominees and finally opening up the polls for you to vote.
We’re kicking off the competition this year with two lovely photographers Vicki Knights and Sandi Ford.
VICKI KNIGHTS
Vicki has been passionate about photography since she was a child. Portrait photography specifically allows her to combine her two favourite things in life – people and photography! “I set up my photography business in 2008 after the birth of my first child. I didn’t relish the thought of going back to my corporate job, and wanted to do something that I loved and gave other people pleasure…that thing being photography. So Vicki Knights Photography was born and I’ve never looked back!”
She specialises in family photography on location, and loves to use nature and the changing seasons as her backdrop. Her style has been described as expressive, evocative, beautiful and happy. “I pride myself on being able to get the most out of even the least willing of subjects! I absolutely love what I do….this is so much more than just a job for me. I take my role as a family photographer very seriously; I’m passionate about capturing moments in time for families to hold onto forever and pass down through the generations.”
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SANDI FORD
Sandi has been interested in photography for about 10 years, after her husband bought her a little Panasonic for their travels. “With all that free time on my hands, I very quickly outgrew it and while in the middle of nowhere in Chile, I decided to buy an SLR! After hunting around looking for somewhere that sold decent camera equipment, I picked up a proper camera and a few second hand lenses and snapped to my hearts’ content!” Many of those images have since been used in magazines and books and so her love of photography began.
She moved into portraiture and weddings in 2009, and after a few baby photography sessions was hooked! “It was so much fun and nothing beats that feeling of handing over beautiful family portraits that you know will be loved forever. I no longer photograph weddings – newborn, baby and family photography is all I do and I love it! I love the fact that what I do MEANS something. I meet fantastic families nearly every day and I feel like I am really making a positive contribution in their life, by either giving them a family portrait that will make them smile, or even just by taking a newborn for a few hours during a photography session while Mum gets a chance to put her feet up and have a cuppa!”
She uses both natural and studio light in her sessions, but prefers natural for it’s depth of fields. She describes her style as ‘fun’. “Babies are so innocent and beautiful, and children are so full of joy and life (and funny stories!) and it’s this that I aim to capture—while the classic poses and clean images definitely have their place, I think that the essence of most families is made up of happiness, fun, and love”.
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