29/08/2026
There are some photographs that mean more than words can ever explain.
My incredible friend H and her sisters came to me and requested a session capturing their beautiful Mother. She is living with Alzheimer’s and things are changing rapidly.
I found myself thinking about what it must feel like to be a daughter, watching the person who has always been mum slowly become someone you have to find your way back to.
There is a particular kind of grief in watching someone you love change while they are still here.
It’s in the little things.
The stories they can no longer quite finish. The names that sometimes disappear. The moments when you catch a glimpse of the person you know, and you wish you could hold that version of them there forever.
And yet, amongst all of that, there is still so much love. So much laughter. So much familiarity.
So much of them still.
This is why photographs matter.
Not because they can stop time. I know they can’t. But they can hold a moment when everything still feels familiar.
They can preserve the way her hand felt in yours, the way her children looked at her, they way she looked at you, the sound of a laugh you never want to forget.
For this family, these photographs are not simply memories of a photoshoot. They are pieces of today, kept safe for tomorrow.
Perhaps one day, when a memory becomes harder to reach, these images will help bring her back not only to her daughters, but to herself.
If you have someone you love who is changing, please don’t wait for the ‘perfect’ time. Photograph the messy, ordinary moments. The laughs and the quiet cuddles.
The hands. The wrinkles. The way they look at you.
Capture them as they are, while they are still here in all the ways that matter.
Photographs cannot keep someone from slipping away but they can make sure that love has somewhere to stay.
