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
What a way to start the week, and end the weekend.
I got to photograph the ever so delicious family, that have now been able to meet their new little man.
We didn’t get long to play but the time we had was wonderful!
Oh I love newborns, they are a real challenge at times – but so very worth the effort. It is such a short window of time that their little bum fits perfectly into their Dad’s hand. Each, and every time I photograph a baby my heart aches a little (matching my uterus LOL).
Thanks beautiful M family, you are a great and loving family! Congratulations.
Things have been quite in here, and I apologise. I have had a few wonderful sessions that aren’t yet blogged.
Big changes are going to be happening between now and *fingers crossed* Christmas. We are moving this weekend, into another home whilst we build a new home. And a new STUDIO!!!! A new studio, still working from home. This will allow myself to continue being at home for my lovely little girls, but have a set up space that allows me to do some studio sessions. When it comes to maternity (if indoors), newborns and a few quick shots to update the family photographs (instead of a whole session) it can be hard when you don’t have a studio set up. It is also very time consuming setting up at a clients house and therefore harder on the business.
I am really looking forward to shooting precious clients in my new space, and I am sure the inconvenience all round will be worth it in the end.
In the meantime I am asking for a lot of patience, while we are moving and getting settled again. I will be off line for a few days and therefore some emails might take longer then normal to reply to. Please call the mobile if you needed anything asap. The home number will be redirected, but out of action for a day or two.
To my local followers enjoy the show
Last week we were in Port Vila, Vanuatu. We went for a holiday, you know how it is? You stay at a resort, eat too much, drink too much and live it up.
Not this time. We were in Vanuatu to learn new things as a family, to experience life there for local people.
I won’t go into the details for now, but please keep an eye on the blog to see how YOU can make a difference to a little person’s life. Get a warm fuzzy!
Livsiva, a little girl from a tour we took part in:
