images Archives - Saraya Cortaville

A lovely little podcast !

A few months ago, just after returning from Photokina in Germany, I was asked by Ugo Cie of the traveling image makers podcast site, if I would share a few stories about my photographic journey and where it has led me in the last few years!

Here is that interview and a few words to introduce it by Ugo himself!

Enjoy! x

“A few weeks ago I was visiting Photokina, the world’s largest photo and video trade fair, held every year in Cologne, Germany. As I was leaving the exhibition’s floor at the end of my last day there, I happened to pass by Fujifilm’s booth and I noticed there was a talk about to start on the stage. The photographer that was going to present her work was Saraya Cortaville, who I didn’t know previously.

I decided to stay a little bit more to attend the presentation and I am happy that I did, because her work was truly inspiring and her personality captivating. At the end of the talk, I introduced myself and invited Saraya to be my guest on the show and she graciously accepted, so we recorded an interview a few days later and here it is.”

Podcast with travel and portrait photographer, Saraya Cortaville.

I hope that you all enjoy this insight into what I do if I am not taking images of children in and around London! Being a photographer really is a wonderful gift, when you can have such varied experiences!

You can see some of the images that I included in my chat on my travel page on the website! Or join me on my travel intragram page!

Heres to the next adventure!

Saraya x

Fuji X-T2, the perfect travel companion?

Travel photography with the Fujifilm X-T2.

The Fuji X-T2 as a travel camera?

Travelling through Nepal with the Fujifilm X-T2.

Beautiful kids portraits, North London.

Last week, on a beautiful Autumn day, I met the wonderful Zoe and Ciara and their family, in stunning Trent Park, North London.

portrait photographer, Cheltenham

portrait photographer, London

The GORGEOUS colours and textures of the woods, and the tree lines paths, were a lovely backdrop to some beautiful family portraits, and we had a great time walking around and taking images of the girls!

Photographing siblings is great as we will always manage to get expressions from their reactions to each other, it makes it so natural.

I just love taking images at this time of year, the light is lovely and soft, perfect for flattering portraits. and the vibrant colours of the trees just add to the whole autumnal feel of the images.

The girls dressed perfectly for the time of year, and in outfits that went very well together, this always helps with the overall look of the final images.

As a Fuji ambassador, of course, all of the images were taken with my lovely new personalised Fuji X-T2, and a mixture of fuji lenses, 16-55mm, and the 50-140mm and the 90mm prime (this was used for the head shots), please click on the individual images to see the metadata.

If you would like some portraits of you and your family at a lovely location near you, please do contact me for details. I have a few weekend slots still available, for shoots that can be ready before the Christmas cut off point, at the end of November.

Saraya x

A new found friend from Photokina!

As many of you may have read on a previous post, a few weeks ago I was lucky enough to have been invited to speak at Photokina in Germany for Fujifilm, telling of my experiences of changing my camera system from a bulky Nikon DSLR to their lovely compact mirrorless X-T2

After my last talk of the show, I met the lovely Ugo who had been watching me speak, and here is a little interview that we set up a few days later…

First a few words from Ugo…

‘A few weeks ago I was visiting Photokina, the world’s largest photo and video trade fair, held every year in Cologne, Germany. As I was leaving the exhibition’s floor at the end of my last day there, I happened to pass by Fujifilm’s booth and I noticed there was a talk about to start on the stage. The photographer that was going to present her work was Saraya Cortaville, who I didn’t know previously.

I decided to stay a little bit more to attend the presentation and I am happy that I did, because her work was truly inspiring and her personality captivating. At the end of the talk, I introduced myself and invited Saraya to be my guest on the show and she graciously accepted, so we recorded an interview a few days later and here it is.‘

If you are interested in travel photography the rest of his site really does have some inspiring work! And is one that I will now check back with, for any great tips and advice before my next big adventure in a few weeks!

Nepal I cant wait to see you again! xx