It was her love for small animals that first introduced
Jill Janson to the magic of Photography.

During a trip to the the Towers department store in Mississauga at the age of five, Jill broke loose from her mother's grip to run to the pet department. The Towers photography department was promoting the latest Polaroid Land camera at the time and was where the staff managed to stop Jill long enough to pose for this photograph before sending her on her way to visit the rabbits and guinea pigs.

Jill has carried this photograph and the memory of that moment in time, throughout her life. They were the inspiration that guided her to study photography at Sheridan Institute and embark her on a career in photojournalism and portrait photography.

As an award winning photojournalist, Jill has worked for weekly newspapers as well as some of the largest daily newspapers in Canada. It was that experience that allowed her to hone her skill as a “people” photographer, often photographing her subjects in environments they were familiar with or felt at ease in.

Jill attributes her success as a portrait photographer to her ability to shoot from the heart. Whether it's a child resting on a bale of straw or an urban cyclist resting against a brick wall in an alley, her portraits convey an aspect of her subjects personality that connects them to their environment as they savor that stopped moment in time.

Jill lives in Wellington County where she raised two beautiful children.