(Our Story)

It all started with a walk, a good coffee, and an open window in Fitzroy. I was strolling along, having one of those great, easygoing days, when a song drifted out onto the street. The beat was so good it practically stopped me in my tracks. Out came the phone, open went Shazam, and there it was: Emotions and Math. Right then and there, a thought hit me: If I ever have the audacity to launch my own studio, that’s the name.Three months later, the audacity kicked in. Welcome to Emotions and Math.

Behind Emotions and Math

Hey! We’re Isla & Roy, your personal, quiet cheerleaders.

  • Isla photographed her first wedding on April Fools’ Day in 2016. Which feels like either a very good joke or a slightly strange way to start a career.

    Before photography, she studied graphic design, and that part of her brain never really switched off. She notices the typeface on a menu, the colour of a wall, a beautifully set table, or the way light falls across a room.

    Basically, she sees design everywhere.

    She laughs a lot, gets excited about a really good colour combination, and is somehow both extremely bubbly and socially awkward.

  • Roy is a little harder to explain.

    He’s calm. Very calm.

    The kind of calm where everything could be falling apart and he’d quietly go, “Yep.”

    He has a knack for noticing people. The little glances, nervous hands, grandparents laughing in the corner, your dad watching from across the room, someone absolutely losing it on the dance floor.

    He’s also strangely good at solving problems before anyone realises there’s a problem.

    Need something moved? Roy’s on it.

    Missing buttonhole? Roy has it.

  • Some weddings get Isla. Some get Roy. Some get both of us.

    It depends on the day, the coverage, and what makes the most sense for your wedding.

    Either way, you’re getting the same approach.

    Isla usually notices the light, the details and all the visual chaos.

    Roy usually notices the people.

    Somewhere between the two of us, we tend to cover a lot.

    We don’t believe in manufacturing moments for the sake of a photograph. No dramatic instructions. No “pretend you’re in love.” No recreating something that already happened five minutes ago.

    We’d much rather let your day be your day.

    We’ll step in when it’s helpful, keep things relaxed, and photograph all the little things happening in between.

    The weird bits. The beautiful bits. The completely ordinary bits that somehow become your favourites.

    Because we’re not here to make your wedding look like someone else’s.

    We’re here to make photographs that feel like you.

    A little beautiful.
    A little chaotic.
    Very much alive.

    And years from now, hopefully you’ll look through them and think:

    Oh. That’s exactly how it felt.