Join me..

…. in creating portraits that feel like memory:
It’s the small glances,
the way the light hits their hair when they laugh,
the late afternoon sun,
the kind that turns everything golden.
My sessions are slow.
Spacious.
Like a walk through your favourite park at golden hour, barefoot and softly spoken.

Longing...

“There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe.” ― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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We are story...

“All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved in the creation of the story of our time here. It is what we arrive with. It is all we leave behind. We are not the things we accumulate. We are not the things we deem important. We are story. All of us. What comes to matter then is the creation of the best possible story we can while we’re here; you, me, us, together. When we can do that and we take the time to share those stories with each other, we get bigger inside, we see each other, we recognize our kinship – we change the world, one story at a time…” ― Richard Wagamese

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Awaken in the dream...

Will we wake up in the dream in time? Or are we too profoundly distracted?

Florals and portraits ... a session with me is about colour, movement, emotion, and storytelling... creating timeless keepsake photography for your home of what is dear to you . Please DM if you want to find out more about my post lockdown bookings for March.

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Beyond...

“I am reality without beginning . . . I have no part in the illusion of ‘I’ and ‘you,’ ‘this’ and ‘that.’ I am . . . one without a second, bliss without end, the unchanging, eternal truth. I dwell within all beings as . . . the pure consciousness, the ground of all phenomena, internal and external. I am both the enjoyer and that which is enjoyed. In the days of my ignorance, I used to think of these as being separate from myself. Now I know that I am all.” ― Robert Lanza, Beyond Biocentrism

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Starring you...

Newly framed images giclée printed on photo rag from a recent local family portrait session. The matt finish of Hahnemüle Photorag gives muted blacks with even colour reproduction. The surface has minimal texture with a chalky smooth cotton feel which creates smooth colour gradients. Images can be mounted and framed to your taste. These images show an off white mount and black matt frame.

Alexandra Dao is a local family portrait photographer based in Greenwich, south east London

Alexandra Dao is a local family portrait photographer based in Greenwich, south east London

Telling all of one's heart...

“Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor—the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant ‘To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.’ Over time, this definition has changed, and today, we typically associate courage with heroic and brave deeds. But in my opinion, this definition fails to recognise the inner strength and level of commitment required for us to actually speak honestly and openly about who we are and about our experiences—good and bad. Speaking from our hearts is what I think of as ‘ordinary courage.'” @brenebrown

If you have feelings and memories you would like turned into pictures to keep forever pls DM me ♡ #selondon #londonfamilyphotographer

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