How long does your memory last? How well can you remember the small details of that holiday when you were 19? How often do you climb the stairs, only to stop at the top and wonder what it was you went up for?

The human brain has enormous capacity to store information, and the human mind has an incredible ability to blur out the details you really wanted to remember.

The skill of photography is about controlling the light, but for me, the art lies in ensuring every detail, every moment, is captured and held onto for a lifetime and beyond. When you look through those old family photographs and stir the fading memories of times gone by, of people no longer with us and of happy times shared – that emotion is what photography means to me.

So when it comes to those really special landmarks in life, little can compare to booking a professional photographer to document those moments that so quickly become memories.  A wedding, a birth, a celebration, a fast growing family, a rapidly ageing family, my passion is in ensuring your life story is remembered as a visual record for you and those that look back at your life in the future. Almost everyone today has a camera of one kind or another, even if it’s main job is to be a mobile phone. We can all enjoy documenting the world around us in way that was almost impossible in the past and I love encouraging people to do that. My role is to step in and make sure the pictures of those special, one-off moments are that little bit extra special.

My Name is Yvonne White and I am the principal  photographer with White Gold Images. I will clear up the usual question straight away – My partner and great love is Jonathan Gold and thus between us a name was born. I moved from Nth Cheshire to the  peaceful London suburb of Whetstone in 2005. This is an ideal location, enabling me to cover Whetstone, Finchley, Barnet, Mill Hill, Totteridge, Muswell Hill,  Highgate & Hampstead, as well as being in easy travelling distance of Hertfordshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Bucks and of course, the South East generally.

I have been taking pictures since my parents bought me a film camera some 30 years ago and it’s been an on/off love affair ever since, finances and time allowing over the years. It is my greatest pleasure to announce that the affair finally became a stable marriage some 7 years ago. Photography to me is not just a job, I am doing the thing I love most in life and I want that passion and enjoyment to come through in any and every assignment I take on for clients.

I also want the people I photograph to enjoy the experience and be relaxed. Many of us hate having our photograph taken, me included, but a real smile always shows in the eyes. I like taking photographs of people in an environment they are comfortable in, one they can have some fun in – that’s when the real smiles happen.

I will stop waffling about me at this point, and leave you to browse the website & blog and if you would like any more information about me, or to simply chat about the professional photography I offer, just pop by the contact page.

Have Fun!

Yvonne