Now that I’m retired from medicine, I realise how much I used to take my patients’ trust for granted. Whether in my consulting room or visiting them in their homes I never considered that they would think of me as anything other than their trusted confidential professional advisor.

So when I started making appointments for photo-shoots, it never occurred to me that my clients might have some reservations around their personal security when inviting a stranger into their home or indeed visiting one in a studio. After all many of my clients book photo-shoots via the website and email and have never actually met me prior to the appointment.

I therefore felt that I needed to address this natural concern and have added a section on client security to the “About Us” page on the website.

If anyone reading this has any ideas on vetting procedures or how clients can obtain the necessary assurances about people like myself, I would be interested to hear from them.