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ROBERT HINDLE . FILMMAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHER

Photo Category: People

  • Family photography

    Natural family photography, capturing real life with a sense of place and story.

    I’m a family photographer based in Somerset, creating natural, documentary-style photographs of families at home and out in the places that are part of their lives.

    My background is in documentary filmmaking, and I approach family photography in much the same way. I’m looking for moments, relationships and little narratives rather than setting up a series of poses. The surroundings are often as important as the people – your home or somewhere meaningful where you regularly go together.

    The aim is to create photographs that work as images in their own right. Pictures with atmosphere, interesting light and composition, and enough going on that you can keep looking at them. They often end up printed large on a wall, rather than simply keep as a record of how everyone looked at a particular age.

    There’s very little need to perform for the camera. We can go for a walk, spend time at home or plan a day around somewhere that means something to you. I’ll photograph what happens, while occasionally suggesting a location or making small adjustments when I can see the potential for a particularly good image.

    Of course, children change incredibly quickly, so these photographs do become a record of a particular time in family life. But I want them to do more than that – to bring back something of the places, personalities and relationships that made that time what it was.

    I photograph families across Frome, Bath, Bristol, Yeovil, Taunton, Somerset and the wider South West.

    If you’d like me to photograph your family, get in touch to discuss a session.

    0777 154 2038
    robert@roberthindle.com

  • Portrait Photography

    Natural, characterful portrait photography for people, businesses and brands.

    I’m a portrait photographer based in Somerset, working across Bristol, Bath, the South West and throughout the UK.

    I photograph people for businesses, brands, agencies, publications and individuals – from editorial and environmental portraits to corporate photography, headshots and portraits for websites, campaigns and social media.

    I like portraits to feel natural and unforced. Sometimes that means working with very little direction and finding the photograph as we go; sometimes it means carefully choosing the location, lighting and composition. Either way, I’m looking for a strong image rather than something that feels overly posed or polished for the sake of it.

    My background as a filmmaker and director is a big part of how I work with people. I’m used to photographing and filming people who aren’t professional models, working quickly and getting what I need without turning the whole thing into an elaborate photoshoot.

    I can work with natural light, a simple location setup or full lighting depending on the brief, and can photograph individuals or larger groups across a working day.

    Based in Somerset, I regularly work as a portrait photographer across Bruton, Frome, Bath, Bristol and the wider South West, as well as travelling throughout the UK.


    Get in touch to discuss a portrait commission, whether for yourself, your team or a publication.

    0777 154 2038
    robert@roberthindle.com

  • Nolo Company portraits

    Capturing portraits to a company brand style

    Nolo’s brand asked for 90s style strong flash imagery, that I adopted for a company portraits shoot – selecting actions to compliment each person and backdrops that worked with their clothing choices on the day.

  • Yoga Flow

    Capturing movement within the flow of Hatha Yoga.

    Hatha Yoga is a style of yoga that uses physical postures and breathing techniques to improve strength, flexibility, and mental focus.

    I wanted to capture some of the motion between positions that shows not just the movement, but a sense of what the start and finish positions are. Photographed on the back of another Hatha Yoga photo shoot.

  • Hatha Yoga

    Showcasing yoga positions for teaching

    Hatha Yoga is a style of yoga that uses physical postures and breathing techniques to improve strength, flexibility, and mental focus. 

    My task was to capture various positions for teaching purposes in a basic space. I chose a style that moves away from the usual white and airy lifestyle imagery.

  • lost bride

    Photographing for a fashion designer

    As part of a narrative told through a series of outfits, my role was to capture the layers that make up this dress. I shot on the jurassic coast to make use of the layered rock within the environment that mirrors the dress and to represent the promise of freedom that the sea brings.

  • Surgical dress

    A dress inspired by medical surgery and the human body

    I shot this for my niece, who wanted to showcase a dress she’d designed to apply for a degree in Fashion.

    Her design was inspired by medical surgery and the human body.

    I shot two different creative executions. The first I modelled on the old imagery from medical archives, which included body mannequins that dissected the human body into parts and the old architecture that the medical establishment occupied.

    The second took a doctor narrative approach that I shot in a nostalgic style.

    Style 1 : modelled on the old imagery from medical archives

    Style 2 : a doctor narrative shot in a nostalgic style

  • Swedish summers

    A snapshot into a version of our life that we chose to remember

    This project tries to capture the hard-to-pin down ideas of national romanticism, family and belonging that underpins Swedish culture. As our children decamp to Sweden for their summers – slotting into different rules, language and environment – their memories will be tempered by this alternative reality. This project then, is a snapshot into a version of our life that we chose to remember.

    In the tales we weave and the whispers between generations we remember and tell stories to anchor us to a culture and place that has moulded us. We ignite a deep-seated yearning to return, revisit, and remember, quite what we’re never entirely sure – for it is illusive.