“The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.”
– Anne Geddes

Along with live music photography, live theatre work is my favourite and most fulfilling professional work. It shares many of the challenges and rewards of shooting from the pit, but with a couple of important exceptions. On the plus side, there are times when you have the option to shoot staged performance moments, often in dress rehearsals, if a specific image is required for promotional purposes. The flip side comes in often having to shoot live performances from less-than-ideal sight lines due to not wanting to interfere with the audience’s view and enjoyment. Add to which at times having to discreetly move around a theatre, invariably in challenging visual environments. It has been my absolute privilege to work closely with our local and highly respected theatre, especially their wonderful youth theatre group for over a decade now. It is a both a huge honour as well as responsibility to be tasked with capturing those unique performance moments that will form lifelong memories not just for the actors involved, but also for their understandably very proud families.