This video is a bit of a reset button.

“Your photos don’t need to be good” sounds like a strange thing for a photographer to say, but I mean it in the most useful way possible. If you’re chasing perfection every time you pick up a camera, you’ll either stop photographing altogether or you’ll only make pictures that look tidy but don’t really say anything.

This film is about meaningful family photography. The kind that actually matters years from now. Not because the exposure was nailed or the composition was flawless, but because the photograph contains something real: a relationship, a phase of life, a little expression you’d forgotten, a moment that would otherwise disappear.

I talk about why photographing your family can be one of the most important things you ever do with a camera, and how to approach it without turning it into a performance. Then the second half of the video is a simple photo montage, showing the sort of everyday images that might not “win” on social media, but become priceless over time.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, overcritical, or like your work has to be impressive to be worthwhile, this is the video I’d point you to.