kind words

Notes from the people we photographed.

Couples, families and brands, in their own words. Unedited, apart from the odd typo.

in their words

Every one of these came from a real conversation after a gallery went out.

Mara & Tomé
★★★★★
“We forgot the camera was there. Then the gallery arrived and we cried at the kitchen table.”
Mara & Tomé, Wedding, Sintra
★★★★★
“They made a room full of strangers feel like a family lunch. The photographs look exactly how the week felt.”
Hotel Lumiar, Brand library
★★★★★
“I have disliked every photo of myself for thirty years. One of these is now on the back of my book.”
Noor Haddad, Author portraits
Inês & Rafael
★★★★★
“Calm on the day, quick with the gallery, and every frame feels like us on a good afternoon.”
Inês & Rafael, Elopement, Cabo da Roca
★★★★★
“Our kids ran, fell, laughed and fought. Somehow every one of those minutes became a picture we love.”
The Almeida family, Family session
★★★★★
“The lookbook sold out the first drop. People still ask who shot it.”
Casa Rio, Editorial & brand

a favourite

“We forgot the camera was there. Then the gallery arrived and we cried at the kitchen table.”

Mara & Tomé, wedding in Sintra

by the numbers

Twelve years, one way of working.

Weddings

Weddings

Around thirty a year, and never two on the same weekend.

Around thirty a year, and never two on the same weekend.

Families

Families

More than four hundred sessions since 2014.

More than four hundred sessions since 2014.

Returning

Returning

Six in ten clients come back for another session.

Six in ten clients come back for another session.

Replies

Replies

Within two working days, always from a real person.

Within two working days, always from a real person.

recent days

A few of the days behind those words.

Sintra, Porto, Cabo da Roca and Comporta, 2025.

Couple walking hand in hand at dusk

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