Meet Jane
This is the only photo of me as a baby with my mum - youngest of three girls, the novelty well and truly wore off by the time I came along. Nevertheless, I've kept it for 50 years, despite the fact that it's blurry and you can't really see the facial expressions. Your photos will be SO much better!
My dad was Irish. He died when I was 18. I have vivid memories of childhood holidays playing on my cousins' farms in County Mayo and Sligo. I don't have the opportunity to go back very often, so it's important to me that I have a teeny part of me that's forever Irish.
Youngest of three sisters. And the only one that moved to the other of the Pennines,
I love Yorkshire! Born up north (on the other side of the Pennines), I moved here to do my teacher training and never left. Sheffield - Rotherham - Huddersfield - Leeds - and now Harrogate. I've loved all the places I've lived in. Yorkshire has become my literal and spiritual home.
I wear two hats - I'm a photographer and an English/SEN teacher. It's why my sessions take place at weekends and school holidays. Photography is the 'yin' to my teacher 'yang' - and combining the two, provides the balance I need in my life.
Animals - my other passion. I will never knowingly pass a cat on the street without bending down to have a little stroke and a chat. Happy to be covered in fur and doggy drool during photoshoots.