Meet Chic Critique’s Celebrity Photographer, Ana Brandt. Ana of Anamaria Brandt Photography has been specializing in pregnancy and newborn imagery for over 12 years. Her classic images stand the test of time as her clients come to her over and over again to document their pregnancy and newborn arrivals. Known for her endless patience, Ana believes that to create a business that lasts, you need more then great images of sleepy newborns.

Her book The Art of Pregnancy and Newborn won best Portrait Category for her cover image from the Professional Photographers of California. Ana just released another book entitled Baby + Facts = What Every Newborn Photographer Needs to Know. In addition, recently the Professional Photographers of America deemed her in person workshops part of the PPA Continuing Education Program, allowing PPA Members to earn merits for her classes. Ana will also be working with PPA, in teaching Super Monday courses from her Tustin Studio. For the past few years Ana has been working with celebrities such as Alicia Silverstone and Ian Ziering, as well as a slew of other LA Stars in capturing their pregnancy and newborn imagery. http://www.anabrandt.com and http://www.bellybabylove.com

Born and raised in NY, Ana came to California 13 years ago and built her clientele one at a time, to an A List of over 2500 throughout LA and Orange Counties.

Ana has been published in Rangefinder Magazine (July 2011) and runs her own online magazine, called TAoPaN Mag. (http://www.thetaopanmag.com). Besides her photography business, Ana runs TAoPaN (The Art of Pregnancy and Newborn) which provides mentoring, an online workshop, in person workshops and an entire clothing line for photographers choosing to focus on the pregnancy and newborn stage. (http://www.theartofpregnancyandnewborn.com). Ana will be teaching her TAoPaN Workshops in Hawaii this June, heading to the East in the Summer and Barcelona Spain this Fall. Ana also raised 3 children while building her business and has weathered the ups and downs of the economy by choosing to specialize in the early years of life.

Ana resides in Orange Hills, California with her three children and has plans to continue to grow her photography business, while supporting fellow photographers in the chosen specialty – pregnancy and newborn imagery.