About
Annika Franco is a professional natural light and studio photographer based in Austin, TX.
She lives in Austin, TX with her two daughters and has photographed & travelled all over the world.
Annika was raised in Sweden and moved to Miami at 19 to pursue her education. She relocated to Austin in 1995 and truly found a home. She loves the outdoors, music & creative scenes of the city and thinks it’s a wonderful place to raise her family.
Annika got her first camera at 13, began taking dark room & photography classes and realized she had discovered a life-long passion. Her parents urged her to get a business education so she studied Economics, International Relations & Marketing at Florida International University and University of Texas. Upon graduation, she developed her skill set in finance, marketing & advertising and continued to photograph in her spare time.
Her friends noticed the quality of her work and started to ask her to photograph family events & weddings. She also began to travel the world and eventually photographed beautiful scenes all over the globe. As she continued her photography education at UT, she decided in 2011 to “Go Pro” and open her own practice.
With the eye of an artist, Annika challenges herself daily to refine her craft & produce sensitive, well textured images for a variety of clients.
Recently, she was chosen as the official photographer for Austin’s premier of Cirque du Soleil.
“So much new technology comes along both in hardware and software that the photography environment is constantly evolving. In the end, we can have the latest and greatest but as a photographer you must have that eye and energy.”
As a trusted mentor taught her “You don’t photograph with your eyes, you photograph with your heart”.
Annika feels tremendous fulfillment when she captures the beauty of a landscape, the light of a child, the energy of a family or the authenticity of a person or event.
“Photography is a labor of love for me and it gives me great satisfaction to create pictures that become life long memories for my clients”.
Specialties:
Personal – Family Photography, Senior Portraits, Weddings, Parties
Commercial – Corporate Headshots, Business Advertisements, Web Site Images, Magazine Images, Photographs for Books, Real Estate – Home & Investment Properties, Fashion/Model & Actor Portfolios
Community – Live Events, Charitable Events