Megann always felt food styling & photography was her calling but never found the right time nor place to pursue her passion as a career amongst the pressures of work & family life. She found comfort in cooking + being behind the lens as a form of strengthening therapy after birthing complications after her son, which then led to creating a hobby food blog, "Megann's Kitchen" in 2010 which was rated in Aust. top 100 woman's blogs.
The final "push" into her starting her own business came when she was heartbroken after losing a friend to cancer. Alicia was a brilliant mother to a 2 year old gorgeous boy & wonderful wife to a loving husband... & so very young. Realising that life was too short to let dreams pass her by, the very next day Megann resigned from her position in retail & took her side hustle business to full-time.... & she hasn't looked back.
ABOUT
Megann
Growing up in a small town in North Eastern Victoria's Alpine Region of Myrtleford, Australia, almost all food was home made by her American mother, a natural stylist with a Southern Kentucky flair. Megann would sit on the bench top watching, smelling & taking in all that was to be learned visually (she wasn't allowed to actually touch a thing in the kitchen!). Her favourite? The many decadent PIES! It was her father who gifted her with his talent for photography, passing on his original 1970's Olympus OM-1 & decadent lenses which started her fire for original film photography.
Megann then went on to obtain a diploma in Visual Arts & Display in Visual Merchandising at RMIT in Melbourne, where she learnt the fundamentals of design, visual styling, photography, marketing & business - always longing to create what was on the pages of her favourite food magazines. After a university design trip to Japan... she was simply inspired! While working in retail full-time, she returned to gain work experience as a stylist assistant in Sydney with magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens Magazine, Women's Weekly (Christmas Editions), Inside Out Magazine which included talented photographers such as Brett Stevens & Aanson Smart.
After a very successful career in retail management + vm for her favourite brands such as Cue & Country Road, she then shifted gears to create an opportunity to own & operate a prosperous baking business, named "Megann's Kitchen" - thriving & quadrupling turnover in its first year... but her calling was always back to behind the lens, creating food & drink photography + styling. Since officially launching her "Megann Evans Photography" in February 2018 it has gone from strength to strength, creating many images for high profile clients + restaurants such as Kuro Sydney, Opera Bar Sydney & product Campaigns as Tassal Super Salmon & Mt Franklin. Not to mention regular clients of brands such as Coca Cola Amatil + hotels Sofitel, the IHG chain & Ovolo.
As a proud military wife & mother of two gorgeous children currently based in Newcastle, which is the Coastal side of the beautiful Hunter Region of NSW, she is a photographer, talented stylist as well as a recipe developer + micro-influencer who specialises in food & beverage + lifestyle + interior.
She is now in high demand across Australia.
I LOVE IT! I used to ski instruct & the mountain is where my heart soars. Although the body might be giving in, I can still apres ski at schnappy hour with the best of them!
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skiing
The kitchen is a happy place for me. It's a form of relaxing therapy to be calm and find control.
COOKING & BAKING
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Martha Stewart Entertaining is my bible, so I love to fill people bellies with good food, wine & laughter.
Entertaining
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Don't get me started... a good wine/bubbles/G&T/cocktail with a decadent grazing cheese board with allllll the goodies makes afternoons a good one.
wine & cheese
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Nothing wrong with a power nap (or two... ) is there??? They seriously keep me going because I'm seriously grumpy without them! Yes, self-confessed night owl here.
NAPS
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I am a true creative with a racing mind until the weeee hours & cannot sleep at all well... hence I am mostly made up of good quality lattes in my veins in the mornings.
COFFEE
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my #meglife musts
"I can afford someone ELSE to do allllllll the household cleaning chores (who has time for that?), fresh flowers for each room each week (like Martha Stewart!), all my house renovations completed & can buy the first family 5 star overseas holiday in the sun (we need to punch the passports for the first time!)"
i'll know i've made it when...
Honestly, it's my wonderful & beautiful family. I was once told I couldn't have kids and entered my marriage believing so. Now, after honestly the hardest & most challenging time in my life, I have not one but two incredible miracles. With the love & support of my amazing husband we overcame all the obstacles and I cherish every moment we have together as a family."
I am most Proud of...
@megannevans.photography