"Bear".
In one of my first forays into photography.
Taken in my backyard, with a my own Kodak Instamatic, aged around 7.
Bear was my sister's, boyfriend's dog.
I was fairly terrified of him, and I think I chose to photograph him (in one of his more threatening poses, with a leg of lamb) as a way of gaining some control - not over Bear, but over my fear.
Thankfully, not only has my equipment and technique improved since then, but so has my motivation for taking photos.
From that Instamatic, I moved on to a Polaroid on my 12th birthday, then at 15, to my old work-horse (that I still love to take pictures with), my Pentax K1000. I used that camera, while still at school, to photograph model's portfolios, then, in the year after school, I shot an album cover and musician's promo pictures, and I haven't stopped since. Professionally, my photography took a back-seat to a career that saw me spending time on the other side of the lens, and a few of life's other diversions, but my cameras have always been close at hand.
As my life has moved through the years of modelling, and travelling, having children, writing and designing I have continued to photograph the beautiful, the unusual, the exciting, and the everyday. To capture those moments, the 'running under the sprinkler' moments, to record milestones big and small, and freeze them in time, is a joy and a privilege. After all, a photo has a unique ability to not only harness the emotion of an exact moment, but to also elicit fresh new emotions, even years later, each time it is viewed. Photos are windows of our memories.
To view a selection of my images, just click on any of the folder links on the right of this page. For further details on any photography packages please don't hesitate to contact me, Jacqui, at runningunderthesprinkler@gmail.com or simply follow the email link on this page.
