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TAKING A MOMENT
As aphotographer and an accredited psychotherapist, Annie Green-Armytage knows the value of looking after her mental wellbeing, even in the midst of shooting to deadline
Words & photos: Annie Green-Armytage
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Take a breather
When shooting to deadline, the fight-or-flight response kicks in. In this situation, Annie’s go-to strategy is belly breathing
Having spent more than 20 years working in editorial and privately commissioned photography, there are still times when it all gets too much. My main specialism is gardens and plants, and this brings its own special stresses. As well as the normal challenges of online image theft, equipment failure and last-minute changes to the brief, garden photographers also have to contend with the weather.
Rain and wind do not play well with garden photography. Neither does getting up at 3am to arrive in a garden to a grey, dreary start to the day when the weather apps have all promised a golden sunrise. More recently, climate change is playing a growing part in unpredictability. This spring, for example, our normally desertdry East Anglia has had a great deal of rain, leaving plants dying and singularly un-photogenic in waterlogged gardens.