Photographing people is what I do for a living and it is always a privilege that my clients allow me to look into their souls.

An icy cold and sunny January day provided the perfect setup for these casual portraits of little Jess, who loved playing with the ice from a water feature. Mum was on hand to warm the girl’s hands afterwards.

A mini preview from Saturday’s photo session for my gorgeous clients, Natalia and Renatas, who wanted very natural portraits in their everyday clothes without too much retouching.

French model Mina Renoir is the cover face for the Winter 2011/12 season at Wolf Kettler Photographer. See the photographs of my winter queen.

Today is the autumnal equinox, which marks the beginning of autumn. Instead of my customary seasonal landscape I created a studio portrait of a harvest goddess to celebrate this year’s autumnal equinox, this precious time of the year.

A mini preview from my photo session for nearly nine months old Sam and his uncle Lofty.

A preview from my photo session for five-year-old Kirsty and her mum.

See my portrait photography work in the portfolio. I have today updated various sections of my photography portfolio.

The fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld rules out T-shirts for himself categorically. He finds them offensive to his taste. Lagerfeld says that a properly tailor-made shirt not only looks better but it will actually keep you cooler, dryer and more comfortable in hot weather. For at least 25 years I have not heard him change his opinion on this subject. Lagerfeld creates fashion but he has style.

This morning I read in the Guardian about L’Oréal having to pull ad campaigns featuring actress Julia Roberts and model Christy Turlington because the images were overly airbrushed. As a portrait photographer my approach to portraiture has always been to find my sitters’ inner essence and natural beauty – without airbrushing. I really do believe that everybody is beautiful, it just depends on how you look at them.