Hi, I’m Rebecca…
Photographer, visual storyteller, educator, ocean advocate
Rewilding connection at the wild edges of earth, sea, sky & self
FUJIFILM X-Photographer
President – whale Wise
based in Ramsgate, Kent
working across the UK & beyond
Why I do this work
I’ve always been drawn to the wild edges
Those thresholds between earth, sea, sky and self. Night and day, science and story, known and unknown. As a visual storyteller, I’ve spent years exploring these spaces and asking a simple question:
Why do some moments stay with us long after they have passed?
Again and again, the answer was the same.
The stories that moved people most are the ones that create a feeling.
The warmth of a welcome, the anticipation of a journey, or the stillness of dawn. The awe of encountering a wild animal, and the feeling of belonging to something larger than ourselves.
I create sensory-rich stories that deepen our connection to people, place and planet.
Because before anything is chosen, it is felt
Every story begins with a relationship
The journey here
I’ve spent more than sixteen years creating visual stories.
Throughout that journey, the same intuitive way of seeing continues to shape every story I tell.
I am drawn to those liminal moments, the in-between, where people feel something before they experience it, because before anything is chosen, it is felt.
I founded my business in 2010, and photographed more than 450 weddings across the UK and Europe. It became an exploration of relationships and belonging, as well as the moments that stay with us long after they’ve passed.
At its heart, it was about relationships.
The relationship between two people. Between families and friends, between moments and memory, and between the ordinary and the extraordinary. This evolved organically to capture stories that connect people, place and planet.
The story behind the lens
I am a coastliner, born by the sea in Ramsgate, translating my endless curiosity in chasing tides and last light falling below the horizons into photographs. In fact, my first Saturday job in 1997 was developing 35mm film in a newsagents. Looking back, I was innately drawn to translate how something felt into a still frame to remember how that moment felt when it was all to fleeting and awe-inspiring in the present. I still follow that same instinct now.
I live by the sea with my husband Mark, and our four cats in Ramsgate and I love travelling in the subzero. As well as spending as much time as I can jumping in my van travelling north, snorkelling beneath the surface, captivated by seabird colonies, waiting for whales and standing beneath dark skies for the aurora.
Music has always been another thread running through my life too. I also play the piano and tenor sax, sing in a choir and experience music as vivid atmospheres of colour, texture and emotion that naturally find their way into my visual storytelling.
For years, I sensed things before I could explain them. The subtle shifts that tell us a moment is about to become meaningful. Then someone shared their own story. In helping them understand themselves, they unknowingly helped me unlock the answers I’d been searching for.
My late in life AuDHD diagnosis explained how I’d always seen the world. As a visual storyteller, suddenly the pattern recognition, deep curiosity, sensory awareness and instinct to follow seemingly unrelated threads all made sense. It was a profound moment that positively disrupted all that I knew and deepened how I attune to the alchemy of the moment.
Photography is a way of being for me. This way of noticing has shaped every chapter of my life. It is a flow state I enter. My attention locked in hyperfocus, it’s also why I’m drawn to liminal moments, the in-between spaces, because trusting in the alchemy of the moment is where the light shifts, patterns emerge, atmosphere is sensed and photography is how I translate relationships and connection. This understanding has shaped every story I’ve told since.
My way of seeing
Every meaningful story begins in relationship.
Over the years, I’ve realised that the way I approach photography has become a way of moving through the world.
Every meaningful story begins in relationship. With a person, with a place, with the planet.
Liminal moments are where relationship becomes possible.
The same coastline will never meet the same light twice. A conversation will never unfold in quite the same way. A flock of birds will never draw the same patterns across the sky. Even the people we love are quietly changing from one moment to the next.
Every meaningful photograph becomes an act of witnessing that singular moment in time.
Perhaps that’s why I return. Not to recreate what I’ve already seen, but to discover what this moment has to reveal.
Every story begins the same way.
Curiosity
The invitation to look more closely.
noticing
Reveals what was already there.
Prescence
Creates a space where trust can emerge.
Witnessing
Transforms noticing into relationship.
Connection
Where every story begins.
It’s a living practice that deepens every time I return to a place, meet a new person or immerse in nature with my camera. Every encounter expands my way of seeing.
My storytelling compass
Connection helps us belong
The way we see the world shapes how we care for it. Stories have the power to deepen our connection to people, place and planet. When we feel connected, we become more likely to protect what matters. This belief shapes every photograph, every film and every story I create.
It also shapes how I approach my craft as a visual storyteller. Curiosity has led me far beyond the camera, into understanding the relationships that connect landscapes, wildlife, communities and culture.
With an academic background in Geography and marine conservation, a Cert Ed and five years lecturing in Higher Education, my work sits at the intersection of science, story and education. I don’t see nature as something to consume, I see it as kin and something we are part of. The more deeply I understand the natural world, the more deeply I feel connected to it. In doing so, every photograph and every film becomes an invitation to notice more, feel more deeply and remember that we are part of the story too.
Partnerships & impact
These are the organisations I’ve worked alongside, the projects that have created impact and the places where the stories have travelled.
President of the Board of Trustees – Whale Wise
It is a huge honour to be President of the Board of Trustees for an amazing charity, Whale Wise. They are dedicated to improving the relationship between whales and humans through marine mammal research and engagement. As a result, their mission is to create an ocean environment where both whales and humans can thrive.
Since joining the board in July 2024, I have been deeply involved in supporting their work, not only through visual storytelling, brand strategy, visibility, and fundraising, but also as a trusted soundboard for the team. Working closely with them, I offer insight, guidance, and creative direction to help strengthen their impact and amplify their message.
I’m humbled to have taken over as President in March 2025. For me, this role is more than a title, it’s an extension of my lifelong commitment to protecting the ocean and illuminating the stories that need to be told.