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Anita Watkins Photography

Photographer in London, Ontario specializing in portraits, headshots, and personal branding.

11/10/2026

Meet my latest Maverick, Melanie Howard!

Melanie talks to rooms full of people for a living. She's a public educator with CMHA Thames Valley, helping people understand mental health, substance use, and the stigma that still clings to both. Here's what you'd never guess watching her work: she used to be terrified of public speaking. She walked straight at that fear and built a career on the far side of it.
She calls herself an introverted extrovert.

When she saw her photos, she said she finally saw the strong, approachable woman other people already see. It is about time!

Her advice, and she means it: if it feels scary, do it.

She's one of my Mavericks. Her story, in her own words can be found in the link in the comments.

If you are interested in learning more about my Maverick campaign, check the other link in the comments for more information and to apply. I would love to include you!

11/02/2026

Meet Jen Matwawana, my latest MAVERICK!

Jen calls herself a recovering people pleaser, and she says it with a laugh. For a long time her inner critic ran the show. Now she helps other people quiet theirs. She speaks, she facilitates, she wrote a book called You're Not the Boss of Me, all of it aimed at the voice that tells you you're not enough.

She's 51, and when she saw her photos she told me she felt beautiful. Age really is just a number.

Her whole message comes down to two words: don't try, do.

She's one of my Mavericks. Her story, in her own words can be found in the link in the comments.

If you are interested in being profiled as one of my MAVERICKS, find the link in the comments for more information and to apply. Reach out if you have any questions!

10/15/2026

Saturday November 7th
Come be inspired, learn, make connections and grow. I would LOVE to see you there! This is for any kind of leader: young, old, aspiring or current leader. Link to more information is in the comments.

10/01/2026

"Maverick, Maverick, Maverick!"

I feel a little like I am on the Brady Bunch ("Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!") Today's Maverick makes reference to TWO OTHER MAVERICKS! You have to read the blog post to find out who;) This has been the unexpected delight of running this campaign: helping amazing people find each other.

Today's Maverick is Helen Schram Cole, the incredible bundle of energy I am lucky enough to call a friend. She is the founder of an organization called The Jean Collective, Women & Leadership, named after her mentor. Learn more about her in the link to the blog in the comments.

I am a part of the organizing committee for her next Leadership for Women event which will be the very first in London! It is Saturday November 7th, 2026. I will also be a co-presenter in the afternoon workshop. The link to learn more and get your tickets will also be in the comments. I would LOVE to see you there!!

If YOU would like to be a part of this campaign, apply in the other link in the comments and let's talk!

09/26/2026

If you were hoping to come in for a photoshoot before Christmas, You should book soon. My September was sold out almost before it began and my October is almost sold out already. If you are looking for a custom personal branding session, a portrait session or a family session, reach out soon so you aren't disappointed. I am so grateful to all of my amazing clients for keeping me so busy!

09/16/2026

So proud to be on the planning committee for our LONDON CONFERENCE this November 7th. Helen Schram Cole (pictured with me here) is the magic behind The Jean Collective and I am honored to be working with her and this incredible team. This day will be AMAZING.

We would love it if you would grab your tickets now instead of being the "last minute London" we have all come to know;) It would mean the world to me.

And did I mention that I will be doing a workshop in the afternoon at this conference!?!?! I am so excited:)

The link to get your tickets is in the comments. Feel free to share! Would LOVE to see some familiar faces:)

08/19/2026

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That moment when you open a newsletter and you see the photos of the people that are being profiled, think to myself "Man that is a really great photo!" and then realize that I took it. Good day:)

08/17/2026

Here's why I started the Maverick campaign.

I've worked with so many people over the years who quietly do extraordinary things and would never dream of making noise about it. The unsung ones. I wanted to put them in front of my camera, hand them the mic, and let them be seen exactly as they are.

Five of them are up on my site now, in their own words. Go read them. And if something in you goes "that could be me," that's worth paying attention to.

Ten spots, applications open. Link for more information and to apply is in the comments:)

Shahmeen Sadiq

08/14/2026

I've been photographing a group of people I find genuinely remarkable, and calling this campaign Maverick.

Maverick is a portrait campaign for people who built their success their own way. Founders, coaches, leaders, the ones who made the hard calls and have the results to show for it. First, we talk about who you actually are. Then you come in, my team does hair and makeup if you choose that, I take take charge of posing and wardrobe so you don't have to, and you walk out with images that look like you on your best day.

Ten spots. That's the whole campaign. Applications are open and I'm reading them as they come in. I have 3 spots still available.

If you've been meaning to fix how you show up online, consider this your nudge. Link for more information and to apply is in the comments:)

08/04/2026

Meet Carolyn Roden Martyn.

Carolyn asked not to have her wrinkles edited out. No filters, nothing smoothed. See me as I am, she said.

She's fifty-eight and she'll tell you she's never been more confident. She's spent more than thirty years in women's health, talking about menopause long before the rest of the world caught up, because she spots what people need and just goes and does something about it.

When she saw her photos, she said she felt happy exactly as she is. That's the whole point, isn't it.

She's one of my Mavericks, and she sparkles on purpose. Check the link in the comments for her story, in her own words.

Maverick is a small portrait campaign I'm running this year for people who built their success their own way and are ready to be seen as who they've become. Ten spots, that's all.

It's the whole experience: a real conversation about who you are, wardrobe and styling, hair and makeup, the guided shoot where making you photogenic is my job and not yours, the reveal, and a piece of wall art to take home. A $1500 experience for $450.

Anyone can apply, women and men both, and if we've worked together before, I'd love to have you back. Applications are open and I'm reading them as they come in.

Apply to the link in the comments.

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Address

538 Adelaide Street North Suite 202
London, ON
N6B3J4

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 7pm
Tuesday	10am - 7pm
Wednesday	10am - 7pm
Thursday	10am - 7pm
Friday	10am - 7pm
Saturday	10am - 1pm

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