Joseph Sharples
Before I became a dad, photography was about chasing the perfect photograph. I was drawn to natural light, thoughtful composition, architecture and interesting walks of life.
Then my daughter, Millie, arrived.
Almost overnight, photography became something entirely different. The meaning of memories changed completely. They suddenly carried more weight than ever before. Tiny, fleeting moments that quietly filled everyday life: the way she lifts her arms to be picked up, the look she gives her Mum across the room, muddy boots and collected sticks after a walk, a cuddle on the kitchen floor, or the endless circles she runs around me until she collapses into a fit of dizzy laughter.
They’re the moments that often go unnoticed while you’re living them, yet somehow become the memories you return to years later.
My role isn’t to tell you where to stand. It’s to quietly observe, anticipate and recognise the moments that matter before they’re gone.
As a parent, I’ve learned that the memories we cherish most are rarely the perfect ones. They’re the honest ones.
The photographs I create are for the future as much as they are for today. They’re for the day your children have grown, when the little hands are bigger, the routines have changed, and the ordinary moments you once lived every day have become the ones you wish you could step back into just once more.
Because the everyday isn’t ordinary at all.
For enquiries please contact:
joe@josephsharples.co.uk
+44 (0) 77102 43364