John and Mandy’s son Jason just had his Passing Out from HMAS Cerberus, so the whole family travelled over from Adelaide for the special event. Mandy’s lovely sister in law and friend of mine Nic Wood organised a family photography session for them while they were all in (my) town. The weather looked like it was not going to play along at all. Melbourne has had so much rain lately and it just doesn’t seem to be letting up (I know, we need it…). It was forecast for rain, and I spend most of the morning back and forth between looking at the sky through the windows, and looking at the weather radar on the BOM website, trying to work out whether to bring their session forward to the morning, or wait it out and hope it didn’t get worse. It looked yuck, but do-able… and seeing as they’d come from interstate, there wasn’t really the option to reschedule.  We took a chance and waited it out, and it ended up being the right choice. While it was far from beautiful weather the sun did peak through the clouds a little and it wasn’t freezing. Seeing as they were staying at Red Hill I met them at the B&B they were staying at (Dragonfly on the Hill – Thank you!), and we wandered around the property and surrounding areas for their session. They are such a beautiful family, happy, fun, relaxed and connected. Obviously happy to just be together again.

Thanks John, Mandy, Jason and Rhiannon (and Nic!). It was a pleasure to meet you all and spend the afternoon with you. I hope you all enjoyed your time here, and made it home safe and sound.