FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

The collected wonderings of 5 years of portrait photography

  • It starts with an email; we'll discuss ideas & vibes to make sure I can give you what you're after, then we'll book in a date & I'll invoice you for a deposit.
  • All the better, that's what I'm here for! Most of my shoots are first timers, & I'm very practiced at making people feel comfortable first, partly because I'm an anxious nerd myself.
  • I mostly just shoot in at my home in London, but I have done natural light shoots at people's homes & once I took all my studio gear across to south london to do a shibari collab that was amazing. Taking photos in an aerial studio is definitely on my bucket list!
  • Yes! I can offer custom orders sent straight to your address, get in touch which your needs and we'll sort that out for you.
  • Of course! A few have already, you just have to be sure they'd be up for it!
  • Before any photos see the light of day I show them to the models via an online gallery, so they have a chance to give their opinions & veto any that they don't like! It makes the process slower but it guarantees we're only putting out work that we both like. Also keeps things from getting too samey, everyone has different opinions about how they look.
  • Colours is sort of my thing but I do shoot with white or natural light when the occasion calls for it!
  • LIES, you look great. And besides looking good isn't even the main point of my shoots, they're safe spaces to have fun playing with light, identity & self-image. Looking great in photos is just a happy bi-product!
  • Aha why thank you question asker! I play with a mixture of LED panels & Nanlite Pavotubes.
  • For commissions there's the contact form above, for any questions or feedback anything else really feel free to email me at hi@lightbydan.com, I'd love to to have more FAQs to add to the list!