Anyone who follows our blog regularly will know there are two things I love: photographing in London and strong back-lighting. Oh, that and having great people to photograph of course.

This shoot had all three. In abundance. St. James Park is possibly one of London’s slightly less well known parks, though it’s actually right next to Trafalgar Square which makes it really easy for us to get to. We photographed Oliver Peyton there last year, at his restaurant “Inn The Park” and I thought it would be good to go back for a lifestyle session.

I couldn’t have asked for a better time of it – it was freezing cold but I think this just adds to the romance of the images. Besides, it was shot in early January so what did I expect? I’d rather cold’n'clear than cold’n'grey.

London is such a characteristic background, even when it’s deliberately out of focus as it is in most of these images, that it gives a tremendously editorial quality to the pictures. You can kind of imagine you were looking at them in a glossy magazine or coffee-table book. And I love that. That fusion of portraiture and fashion/lifestyle imagery. Still very much a family photograph but done in a way that’s current and exciting.

Hopefully you agree!