A Family Photography Session in Cannes, 2023

Being a parent - as any parent will tell you - can be incredibly hard work. But what's even harder is having to watch your kids change from cute, adorable young children into young adults. Thankfully we live in an age of photography, when those beautiful moments that show off their love, joy, and humour can be captured.

One of the amazing things I think photography can do is not only capture us as people, but also our relationships - and that's what I aspire to do every time I pick the camera up (whether I'm photographing a family, a couple, or a wedding). If there's one thing that you can apply to every area in your life, it's that the most important things to our daily lives are our relationships.

This family was photographed in Cannes on/around Porte Pierre Canto, next to Square de Verdun. The photography session, being in the middle of the afternoon, was technically difficult; with very harsh light and lots of people walking in the vicinity. The light, as harsh as it was, does lend itself well to an amazing black and white treatment I use that render the high-contrast light and shadows in a very forgiving way.

A month or so after taking these images I revisited them today and think they render wonderfully - both aesthetically and the sentiment, they're glowing with radiance and joy. Anyway, the bottom-line, speaking as a father of two - grab your phone and photograph them while you can; before the little children your used to disappear into little adults...