Where Yoga Meets Art: Portraits of Fay Rosamond
Sound, stone and long grass in a Devon summer
There's magic in movement when it's born from deep within. Photographing Fay Rosamond in the wild, open air of Devon was an invitation into that space, where dance becomes breath, and breath becomes story. Fay's background is in choreography, and it gives her teaching a poetic cadence. Her movements are deliberate but soft, strong but rooted in stillness. Through my lens I sought to reflect that depth: the interplay between form and feeling, structure and surrender.
What we made together was not a yoga shoot in the usual sense. There is not a single asana in the edit. Instead there is a reed flute played against sunlit stone arches, a feather held at the base of a broad tree, a frame drum carried through woodland and then played kneeling in long grass, and one wide frame where Fay is small in the picture, reflected in a still pond. Her work guides people back to themselves through ritual, nature and movement, so that is what the pictures follow.
On shoots like this it is not about perfect lighting or polished poses. It is about presence. I often find the most powerful images happen between moments: the breath out, the soft smile, the hand reaching to the earth. That's where the real story is, and that's what I look for behind the camera.
I bring twenty years of yoga lifestyle experience to every frame I shoot. I know the language of movement and the quiet strength it takes to teach. If you're a teacher looking for images that don't just look good but feel true, I'm here for that. Let's create something with soul.
For teachers working further afield, there is retreat photography with Reclaimyourself in Iceland and Costa Rica, and for studio and brand work there are personal brand portraits with Katrina Kurdy. Everything else sits in the movement and wellbeing portfolio, and here is how commissions run.