Ana Gomes @ana__gomes in collaboration with Awaken Dreamers Boutique

What is Lifestyle Photography?

Lifestyle photography is all about natural light—no studio setup. It’s about capturing real and candid moments without the studio/light staging.

I believe my work lies somewhere in between documentary photography on one hand, and classic portraiture on the other. As a documentary photographer, I’ll have a “fly on the wall” approach, catching life as it is without trying to interfere with what is going on. I won’t pose/direct my clients too much—I want them to act as naturally as possible, and interact with each other as they always do.

Like in classic portraiture, on the other hand, I try to control a few things, such as light (I choose where I shoot to get the best light possible), location (I might move items or furniture to get a better shooting environment) and composition (attention to all objects into the frame and try to position the camera around them harmonically).

That’s the purpose of lifestyle photography: capture genuine emotion yet in an artistic manner.