This video kicks off a new feature on the channel where I go back through my archive and talk about photographs I genuinely love, and why. Not because they’re technically perfect, but because they still hold something for me years later.

For this episode I’m revisiting a day in the life photoshoot I did in 2017. It’s a small series of images, but they work together as a story, and that’s what makes them interesting. I talk through a handful of frames in detail, what I saw, what I was aiming for, and what I think makes them hold up.

I also give a brief overview of the edit, just enough to show how I finished the set without turning it into a heavy post-production lesson. And then I end with the complete photofilm, so you can watch the story as it’s meant to be seen, as a sequence rather than individual hero shots.

All of the photographs were taken with the Fujifilm X-T2 and the original XF23mm f/1.4 lens, which is a combination that still has a very particular feel. If you’re into documentary storytelling, family work, or you just enjoy seeing how a single-lens approach can shape a set of images, this one should land nicely.