{"id":16,"date":"2023-09-09T10:15:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T10:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-10-12T12:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T02:55:18","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A Life Through the Lens \u2013 Anthony Ritchie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My love for photography began long before I ever called it a job. From the moment I picked up a camera, I was hooked \u2014 not just on images, but on the stories<\/em> behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography has always been how I make sense of the world. It\u2019s how I connect with people, notice the quiet details, and hold onto the fleeting moments that matter most. What started as a personal passion has become a lifelong pursuit one rooted in empathy, curiosity, and a deep respect for the people I photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, I\u2019ve photographed families, individuals, communities, and causes capturing everything from intimate portraits to powerful documentary stories. My work spans family and environmental portraits<\/strong>, documentary photography<\/strong>, event coverage<\/strong>, and pro bono photography for NGOs and not for profits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter the subject, my approach stays the same: grounded, thoughtful, and always focused on telling your story with honesty and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re looking to capture a moment in time, document your journey, or amplify your mission I\u2019d be honoured to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s tell your story powerfully, truthfully, and with heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a full working with childrens check (employment).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please feel free to contact me via the Contact Me<\/a> page or ring me on 0412 999 390<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I, Anthony Ritchie, respectfully acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land I live on, the Wiradjuri people, and pay my respects to their elders past, present and future.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Life Through the Lens \u2013 Anthony Ritchie My love for photography began long before I ever called it a job. From the moment I picked up a camera, I was hooked \u2014 not just on images, but on the stories behind them. Photography has always been how I make sense of the world. It\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nAbout Me - Anthony Ritchie Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My work is grounded in honesty, empathy, and the belief that every person and place has a story worth telling.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About Me - Anthony Ritchie Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My work is grounded in honesty, empathy, and the belief that every person and place has a story worth telling.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Anthony Ritchie Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anthony.ritchie.56\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T02:55:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/me.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/\",\"name\":\"About Me - Anthony Ritchie Photography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/me.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-09T10:15:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T02:55:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"My work is grounded in honesty, empathy, and the belief that every person and place has a story worth telling.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/me.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/me.jpeg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":960},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About Me\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/\",\"name\":\"Anthony Ritchie Photography\",\"description\":\"Griffith Photographer\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Anthony Ritchie Photography\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-tony-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-tony-logo.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Anthony Ritchie Photography\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anthony.ritchie.56\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About Me - Anthony Ritchie Photography","description":"My work is grounded in honesty, empathy, and the belief that every person and place has a story worth telling.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About Me - Anthony Ritchie Photography","og_description":"My work is grounded in honesty, empathy, and the belief that every person and place has a story worth telling.","og_url":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","og_site_name":"Anthony Ritchie Photography","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anthony.ritchie.56","article_modified_time":"2025-10-12T02:55:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/me.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","url":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","name":"About Me - Anthony Ritchie Photography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/me.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-09-09T10:15:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-12T02:55:18+00:00","description":"My work is grounded in honesty, empathy, and the belief that every person and place has a story worth telling.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/me.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/me.jpeg","width":960,"height":960},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/about-me\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About Me"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/","name":"Anthony Ritchie Photography","description":"Griffith Photographer","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#organization","name":"Anthony Ritchie Photography","url":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-tony-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-tony-logo.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Anthony Ritchie Photography"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anthony.ritchie.56"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyritchiephoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}