Portrait photography with Katie Vandyck

In this interview (first broadcast on Rocket FM Lewes), portrait photographer Katie Vandyck of excellentheadshots.co.uk explains why a photo session is like therapy, why faces look good in black-and-white, and how her pictures reflect her personal philosophy.



On taking portraits:

"I think it turns out to be a form of therapy because you're having to be genuinely interested in them. It doesn't work if you're not genuinely interested. And you pay them really close attention to get them to relax, to get them to be themselves. I think it's very rare for people to have very, very intense concentration on them except for during therapy. And they're paying you, as a photographer, to do this, so they don't feel bad talking about themselves. It's very pleasant for them to be focused in on, in a benificent way."