About Us

A FAMILY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS SINCE THE 1860's
Brown's Studio's in Manchester
Brown's Studio's in Manchester, 1860s
Brown's Studio's in Manchester


"Mel Jones Photography" is in a long line of a family of photographers. In the 1860s with Brown's Studio's in Manchester and London. It was my uncle, "Geoffrey Hilton" that first took the school photographs since the 1940s




Adults can relax in the knowledge that we have enhanced CRB clearance and are fully insured to work with children.


We offer a friendly and personal service that can be tailored to your individual needs,
with quality and service being very
important to us specializing in School and Nursery photographs


One of our earliest photo's
William with his Canary about 1871
























One of our earliest photo's

William with his Canary, about 1871




Sharon deals with general enquiries, all the bookings, counts and sorts the proof card orders, deals with late orders, etc, etc, etc.
Well not a lot really!!






























Mel, well he just plays with toy ducks, hoobs and tweenies!
Oh yeh, he also takes some pictures too.

Mel is a pre-school specialist photographer and has some
experience with special needs
and disabled children. He
believes no matter how good you are with a camera, if you are not willing or cannot get down to a child's level you are just not
going to get the results required.

For your peace of mind, he is
registered with the CRB, and holds
an Enhanced Disclosure which may be viewed upon request and details of the disclosure are on the reverse of the ID. Card carried.








Daniel, IT Assistant (does the bits Dad can't do!!!)

Write a review, let us know what you think