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CHRIS & EMILY Top class photography and videography team Chris and Emily Allan have been married for 14 years, the past 12 of which they’ve spent working together. They have two awesome kids and moved down to Ballito from Joburg 12 years ago, ‘almost before it was fashionable to do so’, they say. “We are still high-fiving each other for that great decision,” says Chris. “We arrived with a camera, a laptop, and a whole lot of ideas about a glamourous life as a photographic couple, which we quickly adapted as we scratched around for work and shared two-minute noodles and spicy samoosas on camping chairs in our newly rented apartment.” Tell us about your work and what you each do. “We are photographers, videographers and storytellers with a smattering of the skills that accompany creativity of that nature. Emily is a whizz at transforming a chaotic timetable into well-produced, useful, high-end projects, juggling bookings, weather forecasts, client requests, kids’ school lifts and a painfully neurotic photographer husband and his many requests! She is also the video powerhouse with editing skills and a TV background that have made the introduction of moving images to the studio offering an easy one. Chris has developed calluses on his (smallerthan-normal people’s) hands from wielding Japanese digital image-making equipment over the last 20 years and still gets great joy out of creating good-looking pictures and videos. He lives for the odd compliment from his clients and openly admits that photography is more fun and successful when shared with a team, especially if that team includes his blonde, blue-eyed and bubbly wife!” Pros and cons of working together? “On the pro-side, teamwork is easy and we have developed a flow that results in a stress-free, efficient shooting style. Being able to overlap in both skills and understanding the different roles we play is important and possible. Ego and selfish aspirations need to be put aside for immediate goals and keeping each other in check is part of the package. It is also super fun working with your best mate and postwork sushi/cocktail sessions are great! We do struggle to leave work in the studio, often talking work while making fish fingers, packing school lunches and trying to help with surprisingly difficult maths homework. Also, it is tricky to call in ‘sick’ when your only other work colleague woke up next to you. Our advice for couples working together would be to figure out early on what you are trying to achieve. Don’t forget that just like any work colleague your wife/husband will appreciate being trusted, thanked, encouraged and given space to achieve their own goals. For the guys: wash your coffee mugs and, even if client meetings are via Zoom, don’t get into the habit of going to work in a smart shirt and your underpants!” Details: Chris Allan Photo: www. chrisallanphoto.co.za, @chrisallan; Peppermint Pix: www. peppermintpix.co.za, @peppermintpix 16 Get It • Ballito • Umdloti • Umhlanga February 2023
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