Libra Photographic

Photographer in Poole, Dorset, BH14 8UF

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About the Business

I’m a proud Husband and father of two gorgeous little girls. I Married my wife, Amalie, in 2010 and it was one of the best days of my life, up there with the birth of my girls. The three of them mean the world to me and when i’m taking portraits or capturing a marriage I always photograph them as if it was my own. I know just how important these memories are and my job is to capture that moment in time, no second chances, and that excites me.

I remember the first time I picked up my mums Kodak Instamatic camera and put a film through it in the 70’s (I was young) and my first experience with the wonder of the darkroom process. Now that has all changed to the digital realm and the land of the ‘Lightroom’.

Business Services

Weddings

This is simple, become part of the day and view it from your perspective.

Each wedding is unique and my job as I see it is to capture the uniqueness of each one. It has been planned to the minute detail, flowers, cuff-links, table decorations, favours etc. and if the photographer misses them they’ll be lost in the sands of time.

What is a Garage Portrait?

Everybody has heard of ‘garage music’ right? For fear of showing my age, garage music was the humble beginning of mainstream dance music. People working out of their home studios producing some of the most influential and inspired music of its day. The same principles to garage portraits. A small space where new ideas and lighting are tried out on the lucky few before it is taken on the road and out to the masses.

You can be part of the fun at my garage portrait studio here in Ashley Cross, Parkstone. It is where new styles of photography are being experimented with and perfected, the days of the flat lit white background are long gone and something new is emerging. Model style posing for children with echoes of the past styles of photography when each shot counted, yes I mean the film days! Time and effort spent getting the right style for each face and character.

Fun is not forgotten, even the shyest of children come to life once they realise it is just a home. The high street studio is a daunting place when you are only a metre tall, a smaller studio is far more comforting which is part of the attraction to being welcomed into my humble abode.