STUDIO PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Scarborough studio portrait photography is really where our journey as professional photographers began. Over the years our humble studio on Scarborough’s York Place has seen everyone from families and babies to actors, directors and models walk through its doors. Though the York Place team have perhaps become best known around the world as reportage, wedding and street photographers, the studio has long been a place of artistic experimentation and creative portraiture for us.

Whatever we’re photographing, from studio portraits to lifestyle sessions to weddings, events and street photography, the context is almost irrelevant to us – our work is first and foremost about people. We want to create photographs that show the true wonder of the person in front of our lens – not just the way they look but a little glimpse of their personality, their life-experience; a little look that reveals more than just the way you dress. To us the most powerful portraits don’t rely on elaborate sets or costume, they require only truth and connection – connection between the subject, the photographer and the lens that captures them.

My early education as a fine-art photographer was spent poring over the work of the great portrait photographers – Annie Leibowitz, Richard Avedon, Cindy Sherman, the list goes on! I’ve always been fascinated by the connection between subject and lens – that certain fleeting look in the eye that reveals someone’s soul for just a fraction of a second.

Whilst our wedding and street work has taken us all over the world, York Place remains, at its heart, a studio and a place where I love to experiment and to forge that connection between myself and the people who open their hearts to the lens. My signature portrait shoots are not about cheesy poses, pretence and acting. They’re a conversation – a place to find the image that tells a story of you, your personality, life experience and character.

I can’t wait to start the journey with you.

If you’d prefer to get out of the studio for a relaxed, reportage style family or couples lifestyle shoot check out our family photography page!