It all happens via an app.

We’ll be having a video call for an hour, I’ll just be able to access your camera through the settings of the app! I’ll be able to control the exposure, set the focus; all the stuff you’re able to do on your phone camera.

I’ll then receive all of the photos and I’ll select the best from our shoot, edit them, and upload them to your own private online client gallery for you to view and download.

Although I don’t know what phone you have, I can be sure it’ll be more than good enough! I’ve done a virtual shoot with a very old iPhone before and it still produced some lovely photos.

That’s fine! I respect your need to have privacy with your photos of your face. Just let me know either before or after your shoot.

Three or four spots around your home/space are enough.

However, I’ve done a shoot against just one wall before; the light was great so that made up for the lack of spots we had to use! Keep in mind that within one room we could have all the spots we need – the change in light in various areas can be enough to help the photos look different.

Essentially we don’t need a big house for your photos to work well.

Firstly, the whole process of a remote shoot is so bizarre that it’s guaranteed to make you laugh; I’m taking photos of you via your phone, miles away from you, and we haven’t even met. All rules and formalities are out the window.

That aside, I use a handful of prompts and conversation starters to help loosen you up, and to make it all a bit less weird (only a bit. I’m still a voice in your phone).

The main thing I ask of you is to be open; to be willing to go along with the weirdness, to trust that I know what I’m looking for. A lot of the time it’s the in-between that I’m after; the moment where you laugh at what you just said, the parts where we move from one thing to another.

Also: I’ll never ask you to laugh. Or smile :) :)