About
I'm a historian by training and a photographer by passion, based in London.
I started my journey into photography in the early 2010s with a focus on landscapes due to my love of being outdoors and in nature. I quickly became fascinated by how changing light would transform a scene. Chasing the right light and watching it transform a landscape became my form of meditation, and it's still where I find peace.
Yoga came into my life for a much less romantic reason: chronic back pain, undoubtedly caused by years spent hunched over early modern manuscripts in dimly lit archives and libraries. As a photographer I quickly became fascinated by the harmonic shapes of yoga postures and the sense of tranquility they radiate. I still can't fully shake the landscape photographer out of me, which is why I love combining yoga photography with my passion for the city I live in and particularly enjoy shooting in public locations across London.
About my work
Whether photographing people or landscapes, I always aim to capture authentic emotions and experiences. For landscapes, this usually means turning up at the same location over and over until the conditions and light line up and produce something that is more than the sum of its parts. When shooting people, it means taking time on location, making sure my subjects are relaxed and themselves and that the light gives us the results we want.
While I shoot digitally, in post-processing I stick to traditional techniques and do not use any form of generative AI. My workflow includes careful masking and localised adjustments to contrast, tone, and colour. For my landscape photography, I use neutral-density filters on location to do long exposures or I manually blend multiple exposures to capture the full dynamic range of situations where the light is challenging. Nothing is artificially added that wasn't there – everything you can see was captured in camera and developed by hand.
My work has been published by the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, The Guardian and Time Out, among others.
Some of what I've learned about photographing this city I now teach, one to one. Workshops in London →
While I am not active on social media, you can contact me @dlangephotography if you prefer a DM over an email.