I recently became friends with Bonita the amazing photographer behind Amelie Alice and you can imagine how excited I was to have made such a lovely and talented friend! I am so inspired by her ‘dreamy’ work that I will regularly feature her photography! When I look at these pictures it takes me back to the lovely times I had a child playing in the garden until the sun went down…making daisy chains, catching dandelions floating past….
I asked Bonita to share the inspiration behind her work:
“My two biggest inspirations in photography are little children and the sense of wonder they have, their expressions and curiosity, so capturing those childlike moments… I love childhood, and especially preschool moments… and secondly, literature and fairytales, from books and film as well.. and this stems from all the books I read with my children, and dress up play we do, especially with my two boys, Amelie’s brothers, when they were little. Pirates, Peter Pan, forest children, Alice in Wonderland… I adore costume details in film, and clothing details, and photography with a touch of ‘fairytale’ or classic look to it (Secret garden was another favourite children’s movie with costume details I loved), or a dreamy light look. I also very much love whimsical touches too, so that’s another influence”
