Susan Wall Photography - Bundaberg & Sunshine Coast Family, Wedding & Portrait Photographer

Yesterday was my favourite type of shoot.

One family, two precious and way too cute little people. Two great locations with some great distractions – a horse, a dog and some now named “tickle grass”.
I am shooting Kamala and Steve’s wedding later this year, and we decided to do a family shoot so we could all get to know each other. I loved how Kamala saw this shoot, we went shopping together the day before to get all the outfits co-ordinated to best suit the locations and style of photography I do….PORTRAITS….about the face, the expression. And not the clothing.

It really makes a huge difference when families respect their shoot, it really does.

Anyways let’s have the images speak for themselves now:

We had a second shoot with my sister while she was here, and this time Sandra decided to bare all. Well, why not? This is an amazing time of her life and might be her last pregnancy….so let’s celebrate!
Here she is, just so amazing….in so many ways!

There is truly nothing more amazing then the chance to photograph a pregnant client. Well, there is one thing…..photographing your pregnant twin sister!

My sister is here for the holidays, and also to be so kind and supportive to look after my lovely girls while I am at a workshop starting tomorrow. As this is most likely the last time I will see her before the birth of her baby we took the opportunity to do a shoot today. We plan more shots once I am back. It is fun to hang out, play and experiment together. Today was the outdoor part of the shoot. We had 3 very quick locations, which all were fun and exciting. Sandra is now 29 weeks pregnant, and due in September. Can’t wait to meet another beautiful baby!

Meet Miss Lexi, isn’t she amazing? She was 3 weeks old and we decided to take some images of her, before she got too old for certain poses. She didn’t like having her legs tucked as it was, and she sure let me know that – in such a cute little protest way She was just so sweet, and check out those chubby cheeks!

Here she is, in pure perfection!

Recently I was asked to make a donation to the Forget Me Not local fundraiser. How could I not be part of something amazing?
I donated a session and a print, and I know that a few ladies at the high tea had their hopes on receiving the prize.

Charmaine ended up winning and excitedly contacted me last week. Her Aunty was over from South Africa, which meant we could do an extra special *girls only* shoot. How fun, as it isn’t something I get to do very often. But when I do get the opportunity it gets me thinking. How fortunate to have 3 generations in the same frame, something to be treasured that’s for sure.

Here are a couple from Friday afternoon, a glorious afternoon at the beach:

Formal photographs are important, as getting through you schooling years absolutely is something to dress up for and celebrate!

But in saying that, I don’t suggest doing formal photographs on the day of the formal. Hairdressers.nail technicians.makeup artists.dress fittings.cars.friends. augh it is too much already! And as this particular school has their formal/prom in winter the light is hard at that time of year to co-ordinate everything with. So what do I do? I do a shoot before or after the event. Then we can take our time, not be concerned by time limits or by the fact that it is a tad full on and stressful the day of your formal. This then means that you get much better photographs and a few variations in locations.

For this shoot we did it the Saturday before hand as Amelia had her hair and makeup trial then. We walked the city center and found a few spots that worked well. Here are a few samples:

Isn’t she just stunning? Congratulations Amelia, and all the best for the rest of your school year!

Chan and Ben have been together for a while now and when planning Chan’s special birthday party they decided they should add an extra surprise to the night. It was so exciting knowing they were getting married, and keeping a secret for some time.

The bridal party were fun, and made me laugh so much at the party. The guests were so excited, and very, very happy to see Chan and Ben married. It was really just beautiful!

Listening to the announcement:

Then on the Monday we all got back together and did the family shots and location shots. It allowed us a lot of time and a few more amazing and totally cool locations:

Now yesterday was *cold* as in burrr! Chantelle got INTO the dam and wasn’t cold at all. We did a few shots of her being so brave (and beautiful!):

Wow, yesterday was really cold! and a tad windy at the beach. But this beautiful family braved the beach for their shoot. And it was awesome. Only a few brave people around, stunning clouds and two fun and excited little twins to boot. What was the funniest thing was how much B loved the sign at the beach, and I have photographs to prove it. Apparently there is no fishing in that area CUTE!

It was nothing but fun to spend the afternoon with these guys, B and I are so well behaved with lovely little souls. They quickly became my new little friends, and you can’t prove friendship more then by sharing your Chico babies with your photographer – yum!!!

Jo and Graham, many thanks for being brave, beautiful and lovely x

The Australian Professional Photographer Awards – just saying that makes me start to sweat and get butterflies with nervousness! These awards are entered by many, many Australian Photographers each year. I decided I should jump in and enter a print or two (I could have entered three but was too overwhelmed to go all out!).

I entered the below image of a beautiful little client of mine, and now great friend of my girls. E was on a family shoot with her Teddy her Grandmother made when I sat her on the box and her little feet went like this. She is so adorable.

With her cute self and my photograph I ended up getting a silver award at the Awards. Something to celebrate that’s for sure! Keep an eye out in the soon to come newsletter to see how I have decided to celebrate…..Stay warm in the meantime x

This week I got to see Sex in the City I and then II. Oh it was like being in fashion/shopping/woman heaven!! I don’t like shopping much though LOL

A great quote in the movie is when Carrie is explaining to her fiancee why the wedding guests numbers had blown out “it’s the dress”. Well Kelly yesterday didn’t let her dress dictate the wedding, but my Lord it could have! It was exquisite, and was so well suited to Kelly and her amazing self (in and out).

Kelly and Rian were married at the Anglican Church and supported by a very lovely and spunky crowd. We then went to some brand new locations (thanks to another local photographer for sharing one spot with me just this once as she loves this couple too!). We then finished the shoot at Kelly’s parents farm house where Kelly and Rian now live. It was mind blowing, seriously. When we needed cloud cover we got it, then the sun came out with all it’s glory and gave us an amazing warm sky with great clouds to boot.

Seriously, I dreamt of this wedding all night as I was still on a high!

Kelly and Rian, I wish you all the best with your lives now starting a new chapter. Maybe one day you will feel like you are married, like it is real Enjoy Hawaii, have a drink for me ok?

*this is a long preview, as I loved way too many shots*