27/05/2026
FRIENDS FOREVER • Tomorrow we say goodbye to a dear friend.
Robert was one of those rare people who made you feel safe, understood and cared for. He was loyal, kind, funny, fiercely protective, generous and deeply empathetic. He worked hard, played hard, loved dogs, loved photography, and cared so much about being a good person. He had this amazing ability to really listen. You always felt heard, not half-listened to but properly understood.
We used to joke that if neither of us ended up with a partner, we would get a house together, with our own little flats on either side and a puppy sanctuary in the middle. It was funny, but it also said everything about our friendship. There was so much ease between us. So much trust. We just got each other.
We could talk for hours about photography, lighting, work, dogs, life and everything in between. When I had a big job and needed someone beside me who knew exactly how I worked, understood me completely, and would always have my back, Rob would take a day’s holiday and come and assist me. That was Rob. Loyal, generous, dependable and always there. Travelling and working together was easy because we were so alike in the ways that mattered. And thankfully, Rob was as clean and tidy as me.
Since he passed, there hasn’t been a day where something hasn’t reminded me of him. I still find myself wanting to send him something, tell him something, or hear what he would have said. In small ways, I still feel like he is looking out for me, because that is what he always did.
Rob was so loved. I’m not sure he ever fully knew just how loved he was, or how much he meant to the people lucky enough to know him.
Most of all, I want to say thank you. Thank you, Rob, for your friendship, your kindness, your loyalty, your humour, your heart, and for being one of the most special people to come into my life.
I wish I had more time with him. I wish I had seen him more in recent months. But more than anything, I am so grateful I had him in my life at all.
He was one in a million, and I will miss him forever 💔
