Meet Robin Godfrey

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Robin Godfrey. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Robin below.

Robin, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.

How did you find your purpose?
(This was a major challenge in my life — and here’s how I made it work.)

I’ve always had a fast mind — like a Ferrari engine with bicycle brakes, as they say.
Quick thoughts. Big ideas. No off switch.

I always knew I was different. Just didn’t know why.

I focused too much.
Not in a bad way — I just couldn’t turn it off. My brain was always going. Even when I wasn’t creating, it was building. Visualizing. Planning. I couldn’t help it.

Later on, I found out I have ADHD.
That explained a lot. The speed. The intensity. The way I’d dive so deep into something that everything else disappeared.
They call it hyper focusing. I just call it getting in the zone.
That’s where I live when I’m creating something. That’s when everything clicks.

Photography gave me a place for all of it.
It gave me something real to build on. A reason to trust how I work.
A reason to follow the way I see things — clear, intuitive, honest.

I didn’t need to slow down.
I just needed to point it in the right direction.

That’s how I made it work.
And that’s how I found my purpose.

It’s also shaped how I photograph women.
I work with my intuition and my heart.
I don’t rush. I wait for the moment that feels true — and when it comes, I trust it.
It’s how I create art, and it’s how I run my business.

God gave me a gift I didn’t know I had.
I literally found my purpose in life.

— Robin Godfrey, Photographer & Entrepreneur

About Me
I’m a self-taught women’s portrait photographer based in California.
I work from intuition and experience — and I put my whole heart into every image I make.
I don’t follow trends or force anything. I just try to create something that feels real.
To me, it’s like poetry in motion.
I’ve had a camera in my hand since I was a kid — but it wasn’t until later in life that I realized this is what I was meant to do.

— Robin Godfrey

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

I don’t shoot in studios anymore.
Too controlled. Too expected. Too much of the same.

I’m drawn to what’s alive—
Light that moves.
Spaces that feel.
The challenge. The edge. The in-between.

You don’t need to pose.
You don’t need to smile.
You don’t even need to look at me.
Just show up. I’ll handle the rest.

Because this isn’t about becoming someone else.
You are the art.

Your images don’t live on a screen.
They’re printed. Held. Bound in Italian leather.
Or hung—huge—on your bedroom wall.

Right now, I’m working with women who are done waiting.
Done shrinking. Done explaining.

They’re saying—
Yes. This is for me.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Lighting. Composition. Quality.
That’s it. That’s everything.

As a black and white portrait photographer, light comes first.
It’s instinctual. I don’t think—I feel it.
Sometimes I find the light.
Sometimes, the light finds me.

Then comes composition. I don’t overthink it.
I always find myself already standing in the right spot.
I used to think that was a little strange.
But it works—and it’s worked for me for a long time.

People hire me for my quality and composition.
Not because I follow trends—but because I see differently.
I trust that. And they do too.

My advice? Study the greats.
Pay attention to how light hits the skin.
Watch the way shadows shape emotion.
Even if you shoot color, those things still matter.
And don’t rush the quality—if it’s worth shooting, it’s worth printing right.

It worked for me.
It still does.

Keep it simple. Trust your eye. Trust your gut. Let the work speak for itself.

How would you describe your ideal client?

Who is My Ideal Client?

She’s the woman who knows exactly what she wants.
She’s not looking for approval.
She’s doing this for herself—because it’s time for the next chapter.

She’s willing to travel—wherever it makes sense—to do something authentic and empowering.

Focused on the connection and the realness, she’s ready to see herself in a way she’s never seen before.

She’s comfortable going to a café by herself, taking a solo trip, or stepping into new experiences.
She’s not after something staged.
She wants something raw, real, and unapologetically her.

Confident. Independent. Ready to embrace her next step.
She knows the value of investing in herself and is fully committed to it.

She’s got gumption. She’s got this.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://RobinGodfreyPhotography.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robingodfreyphotography/

Image Credits

Robin Godfrey Photography