01/12/2025
At the heart of everything I do, one thing always matters most: intimacy. Not the romantic kind, but the kind people share with their families and friends. The kind that feels warm, familiar, and a little bit fragile.
Trends come and go, and outfits change from wedding to wedding.But the best thing anyone can wear is the coziness of intimacy. That invisible sweater that makes shoulders drop, voices soften, and laughter come out a little freer.
Intimacy is that moment when people forget to perform. When they’re comfortable enough to be unabashedly themselves, unfiltered and unposed. It has this magical way of shrinking even the biggest space, turning a wide-open venue into something that feels like a tucked-away room meant only for them—and somehow, we’re handed the key.
That’s why the way we move in that space matters. Our energy can shift the whole room. We can either force things to fit some idea I had in my head… or we can relax a little and move with whatever’s already happening, like catching a gentle wave instead of trying to reshape the ocean.
Because intimacy is a gift. A fragile, generous one. It’s something usually reserved for the closest of humans, and somehow we get invited in with our cameras slung over our shoulders, trying our best not to trip over the metaphorical rug.
So maybe next time—before rushing off to recreate that shot you saved on a mood board or the clever pose you saw on Instagram -just pause. Hold space. Let them be. There’s already so much beauty happening naturally, right there in front of us.
As photographers, we already get to see beautiful things every day. Real things. Human things. Honestly, that’s more than enough to photograph.
