Jenny Richardson

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I picked up a camera for the first time at thirteen, during an activity week at school — and never really put it down. After school, I studied Art & Design at college, where I fell in love with film photography and the slow magic of the darkroom. I later went on to study Design Crafts for the Entertainment Industry at university, and years after that, trained as a teacher, gaining my PGCE — an experience that's shaped how I work with people ever since. Somewhere along the way I taught myself photography digitally, starting with photos of my own daughter as a baby, then family shoots, engagements, and weddings.

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But I've always been a maker at heart — I paint, I create silver jewellery, and for years I airbrushed and custom-painted motorbike helmets and bikes for Paint My Ride, while also helping to facilitate custom paint courses at the Auto Paint Training Centre.

My photography has been published in 100% Biker magazine, and I was selected as one of the UK's top 100 automotive photographers in the Auto Photo Awards, with my work exhibited at Silverstone.

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Because I've spent so much of my own life pouring heart into things I've made, I know how hard it is to show that passion to someone else — a photo of the object rarely tells the whole story. What I love most is photographing the person behind the work: the entrepreneur, the maker, the person and the passion they've poured everything into — bringing out the heart and soul in what they've built, not just the finished thing itself.

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I'm based near Richmond, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales — laid-back, down to earth, and happiest when I've helped someone relax, smile, and see themselves the way I see them.