I’m Vanessa Wilcox and I’m so happy you found me. I live in Malton in North Yorkshire with my husband Paul, two young daughters and our three cats. I’m quite an introverted character unless I’m behind my camera. I communicate well with children, probably because we’re on the same emotional level. I have been known to do crazy things such as sign up to run marathons (with only a year to train) or climb mountains (I climbed 24 in 20 hours once for charity). When it comes to photography I am slightly obsessed and I welcome the chance to talk to anyone about what I do and what drives me. I have been a Professional Photographer since 2004. My career in photography was unintentional. As a member of a local camera club, a wedding photographer who wanted to pass on his knowledge to a younger member approached and trained me and from then on I was hooked. It’s only just in the last eight years or so that I’ve pursued portrait photography so much more because of the birth of my daughters. It was the struggle to have my two gorgeous miracles after years of heartache that made me appreciate how amazing children are and how you need to record and cherish all aspects of their life. My name means butterfly in Latin and it’s so appropriate for me. I was named after Vanessa in Herries Chronicles, which is a set of novels set in the Lake District. Like a butterfly I flit around. I see inspiration everywhere and I carry a little notebook around to write down ideas. If I don’t do that then my mind never ever switches off. Oh and I do spend a lot of time in the Lake District with my family.
