Our Location House Journey
A year has passed since we closed the door on our photography and film location house - 6ixteen Country House. The last light left that place with clear, familiar memories: the morning sun on the kitchen sink, the small, imperfect details that made the house feel alive, and the quiet spots where we always worked, rested and thought. Moving out was a punctuation mark in a long sentence that had been written there: a chapter finished, photographed, archived and loved.
Why the move? Old large houses ask for lots of attention: maintenance, heating and a huge investment of time.
We needed breathing space and chance to reset and decide what is right for us as a family - The decision felt right, but even knowing that, leaving carried an ache. Houses hold atmosphere; 6ixteen Country House had both character and quiet generosity. For a photographer of interiors, losing a reliable location is like misplacing a toolbox — you can adapt, but you miss familiar edges and handles.
The year since has been a quiet relief. A season of looking, not just at house designs and properties, but at possibilities. What do we need and what do we want are always two very different directions.
A new home with air source heat pumps and architecturally designed details where everything just works.
A lived-in house with architectural interest — a place with personality we can document, edit and share as a long-term project, where the natural wear and small human details become part of the work.
Each route has pros and cons. A purpose-built location house offers predictability and efficiency; a lived-in home offers subtlety and story; Our search has been about finding a balance between creative freedom and practical sustainability.
The location house Journey has taught us a lot. We’ve become better at imagining how a room will read on camera rather than how it presents in person. We think in shadows, reflections and negative space. We’ve also learned or perhaps relearned the value of restraint — balancing what we crave and how much space we need.
For clients and followers, the change isn’t just logistical. A new base means fresh perspectives. Different light, scale and materiality shape the images we make and the stories we tell. It invites experimentation and forces clarity in how we present spaces and objects. And, on a human level, it keeps the mind honest: searching for the right setting is part of the creative process.
Leaving 6ixteen Country House was not an ending so much as a pivot. The work continues — framed by new constraints, new opportunities and the same attention to texture, tone and composition. We’re excited by the next project and, in the meantime, grateful for the practice of looking: at buildings, at light, at the small arrangements that make a location house work.