About
Ana Brandt
One of the most recognized maternity and newborn photographers in the world — and a teacher to tens of thousands more.
27
Years Behind
the Camera
47
Countries
Taught In
35M+
YouTube
Views
250K+
Instagram
Followers
The Story
A career built one baby at a time
Ana Brandt has been a professional photographer for 27 years and a global educator for more than 18. She has trained photographers in 47 countries, reaching well over 10,000 students through in-person workshops and another 20,000-plus through her online education.
Her YouTube channel has surpassed 35 million views and 192,000 subscribers. Her Instagram following has climbed past 250,000, and her work continues to reach photographers and families worldwide. She is currently building several international collaborations for online training and education.
She has taught on CreativeLive and at every major photography conference in the world, and she teaches thousands of students through her global education platform, Belly Baby School.
“I built my entire career on one belief — that the earliest days are worth photographing well, and worth teaching others to photograph well too.”
Ana Brandt
An Industry First
She set the standard for maternity gowns
Twenty-two years ago, Ana became the first photographer in the world to design, create, and market maternity gowns to the photography industry — setting the design standard for fabrics and silhouettes still followed today. Her store, shopanabrandt.com, has now shipped gowns to over 100 countries.
Select Clients
Trusted by families and public figures alike
Ana has photographed Alicia Silverstone, Sarah Drew, Edyta Sliwinska, Ian Ziering, Jessica Rey, Adrian Young, Sienna Guillory, Kobe Bryant, and many others — alongside the thousands of families who have trusted her with their earliest days.
Credentials
Ana is a Certified Photographic Craftsman with Professional Photographers of America and an invited member of the American Society of Photographers (ASP). Profoto named her one of their Explorers of Light.
Partners
Brands she works with
- Triple Scoop Music — music for all video work
- NPhoto — global partnership
- Profoto — lighting & in-person training support
- Iris Works — ambassador
- Intuition Backgrounds — backgrounds & floor drops
- LSP Actions
Publications
Where she's been featured
- NY Post · People · Woman's Day
- Rangefinder · Shutter · Professional Photographer
- Parenting OC · The OC Register
- Wet Set Gazette · Punto Magazine
- Alicia Silverstone's book, The Kind Mama
- Several international magazines
- — and her own magazine
Recognitions
Honors & awards
#1 of the Top 80 Newborn Photographer Influencers (2025)
Top 5 Podcasts in California (2024)
Top Ten Photographers in California (2019–2021)
Top Ten Newborn Photographers in Orange County (2019–2021)
Top 50 Maternity Photographers by State (2018)
Profoto Explorer of Light (2017)
Parents' Choice Awards, Parenting Magazine (2017)
Top 100 Photography YouTube Channels (2017)
One of the 10 Best Maternity Photographers in the World
One of the 50 Best Family Photographers in the U.S.
One of the 10 Best Photographers in California
One of the 50 Most Inspiring Photographers
Ana has been filmed four times by Bravo TV, with her appearance on Flipping Houses airing in 2017.
Work With Ana
Let's capture your story
Maternity, newborn, family — photographed in the Tustin studio or on location across Orange County.
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