Brand Photography by Justina Maiz Casas

26/06/2026

Does this photo make you feel hot?

I’m standing here in a coat and scarf while Britain is melting. So why I am posting this.
I haven’t gone mad, I promise.

Today days ago I was chatting to someone on WhatsApp whose really nice profile picture was taken in winter. Coat, scarf, the lot.
In the middle of this heatwave it genuinely made me feel hot, and It reminded me how powerful images are.

We don’t just see photographs. We experience them.

Even though a profile photo isn’t marketing in the same way as a website or social media, it proves the point: images create an immediate emotional response, regardless of where we see them.
They shape how we feel before we’ve even read a single word.
The same thing happens with your website and social media. If your photos belong to another season, another chapter of your business, or another version of you, they tell the wrong story
Your audience notices, even if they can’t explain why.

Of course, not every image has to be brand new. A beautiful portrait is still a beautiful portrait. But your visual presence should feel alive. Relevant. Like it belongs to today.

Whether it’s your website, Instagram, LinkedIn or even your WhatsApp profile, every image contributes to the story people build about you and your business.

Because your photos aren’t just there to show what you look like, They’re there to help people feel what it’s like to work with you.

So... does this picture make you feel hot, or is it just me

24/06/2026

I’ve always been drawn to small things. A fold in a piece of paper. The way light catches an edge. Textures, colours. The magic of making something by hand, which I’ve never been able to do myself.
On Monday I had the honour of photographing a ceramicist whose work reminded me of all of that. Porcelain shaped like folded paper. Delicate and strong at the same time.

Kate welcomed me into her home so warmly that within minutes it felt less like a photoshoot and more like an easy conversation. Watching her work was as much a treat as the work itself.
I left with some great photos and feeling really inspired. But more than anything, with loads of respect for the patience behind every piece she makes, and even more in love with her work.

A camera is an excuse to step into someone’s world for an afternoon. Some worlds are hard to forget.

15/06/2026

Our next twilight market is on Saturday 27th June.
We would love to have some new stalls to join us! Only £25 to stand! Please email me on [email protected]
It is an outdoor market, so you will have to have a gazebo or stall, along with weights and the appropriate insurance.
If you’re not a trader, then come along from 5-9pm. We have some lovely stalls for you to browse and buy from, some entertainers booked and some lovely food stalls for you to fill your bellies from! Come and enjoy the evening 😁👍
www.grannyskitchenrichmond.co.uk

14/06/2026

What a perfect day with the most beautiful toys and the cutest children.
Loved it.

13/05/2026

This is such a great idea. I hope loads of stall holders join the Twilight Market

**CALLING ALL STALLHOLDERS AND VOLUNTEERS**
Richmond’s new twilight market starts Saturday May 30th. If you’d like to be a stall holder, send us an email on [email protected]
It is an outdoor market from 5-9pm on the last Saturday of the month. You will need your own stall and appropriate insurance.
We need help also to help make the markets a success. From putting up banners, handing out leaflets and helping stallholders to their places. If you can spare a bit of time, please let us know on [email protected]

12/05/2026

I visited Emma last week for the first of four brand shoots we’ve got planned together this year. She told me she was nervous at first, but I had a feeling that somewhere between the coffees, the chats and being in her own space, the camera would slowly disappear.
And that was exactly the point of this shoot.
Before the beautiful headboards, lampshades and product photos, we wanted to start with her. The person behind it all. Her home, her hands, her way of living and creating. Because that’s the part people truly connect with.
We spent the day talking about her work, why she never makes the same piece twice, and her background in food science which somehow flows naturally into everything she creates. (I’m still encouraging her to share more of that side of herself because it’s fascinating.)
At some point she made us the most incredible lunch, with fresh baked bread cooling in the kitchen like something out of a film. And honestly, that’s what I love about shoots like this. Nothing forced. Nothing overly polished. Just real moments in the spaces people actually live and create in.
Already excited for the next three shoots together.

11/05/2026

“I don’t make people look unique, I photograph people who already are” Me.

I visited last week for a brand photoshoot, the first of four shoots we’ve got booked together over the year. She told me she was a bit nervous but I knew that in between coffees and lovely conversations, shell son well feel at ease and the camera will be less visible to her.
We made a deliberate choice with this one. Before the headboards, the lampshades, the polished product shots, we’d start with her. Her home, her hands, her life. The bit most makers leave out and what we had identify as the most important step forward. Tell the world about this wonderful woman.
We chatted all day. About why she never makes the same thing twice. About the food-science background that quietly underpins everything she does (something I keep nudging her to put out there more). And then she made us a delicious lunch. Fresh-baked bread and all. Because of course she did.
There’s a kind of ease you only get from photographing someone in their own kitchen, with their own bread cooling on the side. You can’t manufacture that. You just have to be there for it.
Three more shoots to come, Emma. Already looking forward to them

06/05/2026

We are having our next Noah & Maeve photo photo on Sunday the 7th June weather permitting around the market town of Bedale. If you’d like to join us on this journey please follow the how to apply info at the bottom of the reel. Thank you Bedale fans