I only recently realised just how much my maternal grandmother (Nan) loved taking photos. I’d always thought I’d inherited the insatiable desire to photograph the world I saw around me from my paternal grandfather. But it seems I’ve had a…
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The memories of old
Tagged with: documentary, family, family photographer, memories
Posted in Family Portraits, Photography
Posted in Family Portraits, Photography
The final chapter
Goodbyes are hard to avoid when you do a bit of traveling. Today, I’ve said quite a few goodbyes to many wonderful people who have made my stay here in Mkushi, Zambia so much better than I could have imagined.…
Tagged with: adventure, documentary, family, photography, travel, travel photography, Zambia
Posted in Family Portraits, Photography, Travel
Posted in Family Portraits, Photography, Travel
The villages
What I’ve loved most about Zambia is going out to meet people in the villages. Rural Zambia is a lot simpler than the kind of city life I’m used to. There aren’t many houses with electricity. Torches are solar powered…
The Framptons
I met Ben and Cat in 2015 at a mutual friends’ wedding in Sheffield, UK. I remember talking to Cat about her life in Zambia and the work she and Ben do in running Foundations Zambia. I was captivated! I…
Tagged with: family, family photographer, photo shoot, sheffield, Zambia
Posted in Family Portraits, Photography
Posted in Family Portraits, Photography
The animals
I am not a wildlife photographer! If you want to check out a local wildlife photographer then go to Patrick Bentley’s site. He is one very talented dude! But I do love animals and a friend asked if I could…
Tagged with: adventure, nature, photography, travel, travel photography, wildlife, Zambia
Posted in Photography, Travel
Posted in Photography, Travel
The 5th anniversary
Today is the fifth anniversary of Ben and Cat Frampton coming to Mkushi, Zambia! Woo hoo! And so of course there had to be cake. But even better than cake, was the opportunity for all of us to gather for…
Tagged with: adventure, documentary, foundations for farming, frampton, interns, travel, Zambia
Posted in Photography, Travel
Posted in Photography, Travel
The interns
Foundations Zambia is a Christian organisation and it’s aim is ‘to inspire and equip people into a deeper walk with Christ through biblical teaching on farming, family, and finance.’ As part of this vision they recruit a number of interns…
Tagged with: adventure, documentary, foundations for farming, photography, travel, travel photography, Zambia
Posted in Photography, Travel
Posted in Photography, Travel
The joy in the everyday
My other language is photography…it helps me communicate the joy I feel when I see extraordinary things in the everyday. So it’s very frustrating when I can’t quite capture what I see with my camera. Tuesday night was such an…
Tagged with: kitten, nature, photography, travel, travel photography, Zambia
Posted in Photography, Travel
Posted in Photography, Travel
The Rural Life
I love living in a city. There’s always somewhere to go, something to do and plenty of people to hang out with. And I must admit I never gave much thought to how I would cope with rural life in…
Tagged with: nature, photography, rural, travel, travel photography, Zambia
Posted in Photography, Travel
Posted in Photography, Travel
The Nest
I’m here! After a very long journey where not much sleep was had I arrived in the dinky airport of Ndola where Dan and Mary, my hosts for the extent of the stay, picked me up. It was strange, because…