What top tips would you give to aspiring photographers?

I knew at a very young age I was an artist. It was a calling for me. I was also fortunate to have a mentor in my teenage years; he was an accomplished artist and professor of art at a local college. H

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

The maternity portrait photographer tells Niall Hampton what it takes to be one of the global leaders in her field

1. My first car was this black VW Beetle called – and signwritten – ‘The Black Adder’. When I photographed Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren F1 in the studio, he joined me for the day and signed this photo, ad

How did your career start? I spent much of my childhood with my family in a trailer in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, where my love for nature began. Later, I went fishing with my dad, which made me even m