Hi! Nice to meet you.
My name is Francesca (she/her). I’m an adventurous Brit who accidentally fell in love with a Kiwi on my travels and found myself happily ‘stuck’ in Nelson after years of exploring the world. It’s hard to think of a more beautiful place to settle down!
When I’ve not got a camera in my hand then you’ll find me in a theatre directing or performing. If there isn’t a show on then I take my need to perform out on my daughter Hunter, who has excellent taste and always claps my one-woman performance of Les Miserables. My long-suffering husband Mikey has an intense dislike of his photo being taken and of musical theatre. It says a lot about how strong our bond is that we have a very happy marriage.
My love for photography began at age 10, capturing my first ever trip abroad on a pink Barbie Polaroid. Wherever an opportunity to photograph something was presented I jumped at the chance, and I can still remember the excitement when my parents bought a digital camera. Imagine!
When I started travelling I tried to be a landscape photographer, but after a while worked out that I was much more interested in capturing the people I was with than anything else. The fact that landscape photography regularly involves 4am alarms might have something to do with it too… I am not a morning person!
You can’t fake fun, and one of the things that sets me apart is my ability to put you at ease and make you laugh. My aim isn’t to capture what you look like, but how you felt in the moment. There are many tricks up my sleeve and you don’t need to worry about anything other than enjoying yourself. I’ll do the rest.
Francesca xx
You can find my diversity and inclusion statement here.