03/09/2026
A few years ago I walked away from the boardroom and chose a very different path.
I built Amanda Jayne Bird Photography from the ground up. Not with algorithms or artificial intelligence, but with a camera, determination, and a lot of hard work.
Since then I’ve stood in snow, rain, wind and freezing temperatures. I’ve set alarms for ridiculous o’clock to catch a sunrise. I’ve driven miles for a photograph that sometimes never happened because the light didn’t cooperate.
I’ve spent years learning my craft and countless hours editing, printing, framing and standing on market stalls sharing my work with the public.
So when someone walks past, glances at a photograph and says, “That’s AI,” I’ll be honest, it stings.
Not because AI exists. It does, and that’s a conversation for another day.
It stings because those two letters instantly dismiss the years of effort, experience and passion behind the photograph.
Every image on my stall was taken by me. Real places. Real moments. Real weather. Real photography.
You don’t have to like every photograph I create. That’s perfectly fine. But please don’t assume that because a photograph is colourful, dramatic or beautiful, it must have been made by a computer.
Sometimes it’s just the result of being in the right place, after years of learning how to see it.
To everyone who has supported my small business, bought a print, shared a post or simply stopped for a chat at a market, thank you. It means more than you know.
Amanda Jayne Bird Photography
Real photographs.
Real places.
Real photographer.
