Ford Stage Photographers
We are a mother and daughter photography team built around a shared love of live performance and the moments that happen around it. From the first note to the final curtain call, we love to capture the atmosphere, energy, and emotion that only exist on a live stage.
Sammi’s journey in photography spans many years and countless performances. Her work has been recognised with many awards from associations such as the Daily Mail, Lincolnshire Photographic Association and the North and East Midlands Photographic Federation, but what really defines her approach is experience - knowing when to wait, when to move, and when a moment is about to happen. She has an instinct for capturing performances as they naturally unfold, with a talent for perfectly timed shots seizing the perfect light, pose, and angle.
Together, we photograph stages of all sizes, from small halls to major arenas, travelling across the UK to document live events. Our work has taken us to venues such as the Dominion Theatre in London, O2 Academy Leeds, and Manchester City Stadium, as well as many theatres, venues, and performance spaces in between.
Our style is dramatic, candid, and story-led. We focus on real moments rather than posed ones, working quietly within the space to capture performances as they happen. Flitting around the wings, between the aisles, across levels without disturbing the natural emotion or breaking the fourth wall for the audience.
We photograph from multiple viewpoints to tell the full story of an event - the performer’s perspective on stage, the audience’s reaction and energy, birds-eye views that show the scale of a venue, and behind-the-scenes moments that often go unseen.
These layers come together to create a complete visual record, not just of what happened, but what it felt like to be there.
We photograph live events because they’re temporary. Once a performance ends, all that remains is the memory, and that’s where photography matters. Our aim is to capture the art of the stage, the atmosphere of the venue, and the overwhelming feeling of the event, preserving moments that would otherwise disappear.
We work across concerts, theatre, shows, headshots, and events, collaborating with artists, venues, and organisers to create imagery that reflects their work thoughtfully. We would love for you to contact us, whatever the scale or type of event to see how we can capture your moments to your style.
Naomi’s studies in Fine Art & Design and Marketing bring a sense of composition and visual storytelling to the team. She’s loves to capture how an event feels as much as how it looks, using perspective, light, and colour to capture emotion filled expressions, behind the scenes shots and personal moments of the talent and audience, on and off stage, for images that feel immersive and honest.