Why I Keep My Editing Real and Timeless

Over the years, I’ve refined my editing approach by stepping away from trends rather than chasing them.

Styles change quickly — muted tones one season, bold colours the next. While these shifts can be visually interesting, they don’t always age well. What lasts are the moments themselves: the way people are together, the atmosphere of a day, the feeling of a particular season of life.

My editing is intentionally restrained. I work in Lightroom and don’t reshape bodies or alter features. I’m not interested in correcting reality or smoothing away what makes people look like themselves. At the same time, I’ll gently remove temporary details — a scratch or a blemish — when they don’t belong to the memory being preserved.

The aim is consistency and honesty. I want images to feel natural now, and still feel true years from now — not tied to a particular aesthetic moment, but grounded in how things actually looked and felt.

This approach leaves space for the photographs to breathe. It allows the focus to stay on connection, presence, and the quiet details that often matter most over time.