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Chasing the Light photography collection by Studio DJC Creative

A Studio DJC Creative Collection

Chasing the Light

A golden-hour portrait story about following warmth through the trees and allowing the changing light to shape every frame.

Golden · curious · luminous

A companion to The Lavender Hour.

This began as a companion piece to The Lavender Hour—but without the lavender. The fields had already given us one story. On this evening, it was the sunset that took over.

Great light kept finding its way through the trees, catching the edge of Andreea’s hair, the brim of her new hat and the small moments between poses. Nothing needed forcing. We had the place almost entirely to ourselves, and it became our own quiet playground.

Andreea had bought the hat especially for the occasion. It immediately changed the shape of the photographs: sometimes playful, sometimes cinematic, sometimes simply a way of holding the light around her face. I genuinely think she suits hats.

Warm close portrait of Andreea in a wide-brimmed hat, framed by red-painted wood and a stripe of sunlight
For a moment, the light finds her before she finds it.

01 — Found lightFor a moment, the light finds her before she finds it.

The orchard became our playground.

Behind the frame

With nobody waiting behind us and no need to rush, we could follow whatever caught our attention: a branch, a pocket of colour, a change in expression. The photographs began to feel discovered rather than constructed.

Golden-hour portrait of Andreea reaching into fruit-tree branches
Reaching into the branches, following the last warmth of the day.
Andreea looking upwards beneath trees in warm evening light
Curiosity turns an ordinary orchard into somewhere quietly cinematic.
And then, in the middle of our shoot, we watched a couple get engaged.
An unexpected moment from the evening

A story happening beside our own.

A small detour

It was such a sweet thing to witness. I took a few photographs for them so they had something real from the moment—not staged or planned, just a memory of how it actually happened. It became one of those lovely reminders that photography is often about being present enough to notice what is unfolding around you.

Andreea framed by leaves beneath a wide-brimmed hat at golden hour
Caught between leaves and sunlight, the portrait begins to feel discovered rather than posed.
Relaxed portrait of Andreea smiling through soft foreground leaves
A softer frame, where the light lingers at the edge of a smile.
Low-angle portrait of Andreea opening her arms beneath fruit trees
Open to the evening, held by the glow moving through the trees.
Backlit close portrait of Andreea wearing a hat with a small flower in her hair
Even in stillness, the light keeps travelling.

Framed by Feeling

Following what the light reveals.

Chasing the light is never really about catching it. Light changes too quickly for that. It is about noticing what it reveals before it moves on—the confidence in a glance, the shape of a silhouette, or the warmth that turns an ordinary place into something worth remembering.

This collection is less about a destination than a way of working: stay curious, keep looking and leave enough room for the unexpected.

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Backlit portrait of Andreea smiling beneath a wide-brimmed hat
A glance back as the day begins to disappear.

08 — Last warmthA glance back as the day begins to disappear.

Silhouette profile of Andreea against intense golden sunlight and leaves

Before it moves on.

Photography by Daniel ConwayStudio DJC Creative · Southampton