The context of the women in my photography is also very important to me. I always try and create a photograph that suggests some kind of narrative. As if it is one scene from a random point in a story. Anyone that sees the picture could have a different interpretation of it's 'story'.

I mostly shoot with just me and the model present. my models usually wear their own clothes and do their own make-up. I don't generally plan shoots very much and get most of my ideas on the shoot itself, so it's good to limit distractions. I meet a model at a location and take it from there....trial and error. This method can be quite stressful (and may seem a bit unprofessional to some models!) but I like to keep it spontaneous and have found that (for me) even a carefully planned shot ends up changing on the shoot anyway.

I sometimes have a basic theme and props selected but the actual content and composition of the pictures is never decided before the  shoot is underway. Having said all this I am very open to new methods... I would love to work with make-up artists and stylists and to create unique environments in which to shoot... to create bigger, more fantastical stories.