I’M ANNA
Food-obsessed, adventure-loving mum-of-two from sunny Manchester
… Navigating the chaos of family life with my pair of hilarious chatterboxes, 21 year old Joe (kind-hearted, inherited my ‘human dustbin’ attitude to food) and 11 year old Huey (arty skateboard fan, favours more of a ‘baked beans or get lost’ approach).
After 18 happy years in the industry, I’m proud to be one of the country’s leading family photographers, working with amazing families and kids’ brands all over the UK, as well as running workshops, courses and mentoring for other photographers, helping them to develop and grow their own businesses.
When I’m not taking pictures…
…I love any kind of adventure, overseas or closer to home – camping, campervanning, adrenaline sports, train journeys, festivals, snowboarding, forest walks, any kind of exploring, seeing new places and doing new things…
I share lots of happy times, laughs and campervan adventures with a mischievous long-haired Scouse-Welsh hybrid called Gary who has no idea I like to think of his campervan as my own, and due to his persistent reluctance to go ‘online’ will most likely never find out.
I’m also partial to lifting weights, pottering in my allotment, tattoos, running, writing, crochet, music, good gigs, chunky jewellery, action & horror films, stationery-collecting, dorky list-making and going out dancing with my precious tribe of hilarious gals.
I LIVE FOR FOOD + CAN USUALLY BE FOUND…
…eating, cooking or planning what I’m going to eat/cook next. There are few things more joyful to me than filling my face with dear friends and family, and my reputation for being a gannet once saw me win an eating competition against a 6ft unit of a man known to his mates as ‘Shrek’.
Stories are up there with food as one of the biggest loves of my life, and bliss to me is curling up in bed with a brew and a good book (paper not Kindle). Before becoming a photographer I was a secondary school English teacher and thoroughly enjoyed foisting plenty of books onto hordes of unsuspecting teenagers. Cuddling up and reading to my sons is something I could do for days on end without getting bored. I believe sniffing pages and stroking book jackets is perfectly acceptable.
I’VE BEEN PUBLISHED IN…
… lots of print magazines, online blogs and spoken in lots of podcast interviews and photography events including Harper’s Bazaar, Digital Photographer, The Fujicast, Huffington Post and Toddler Fun Learning.
… You can check them all out here!
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Manchester family photographer, for down-to-earth, adventurous, big-hearted families all across the North West, London and UK
Creative, documentary family photography in Manchester, Liverpool, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, London
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