Bonnie is about to head off overseas, so she thought it would be a lovely gift to give her mum some photos of her and her brother and sister for Christmas. She organised her brother and sister secretly and met me down at the beach for their session. Such a beautiful thought, I’m sure she’ll make her mums day
If you happen to recognise these guys, please don’t tell their mum!
Recently I had the absolute pleasure of flying to Canberra to attend a workshop held by Barb Uil of JinkyArt Photography. Barb is in my mind (and many others!!) is THE best child photographer in Australia… and beyond! I have admired her work for years, she is an amazing, creative photographer, and such a genuinely beautiful person. Barb and her team put an amazing amount of work into her workshops. Nothing is too much to ask for. You want a horse for your session… sure, here’s a horse LOL Over the three days we photographed 17 different sessions. All just amazing as each other. When I got there I knew my friend Belinda from Garland Photography in Sydney. When I left 3 days later I had another 11 beautiful women to call my friends. It was hard to be away from my family for that amount of time, especially Amelia who is generally hitching a ride on my hip all day long, and it was wonderful to get home and have my little chickens back under my wings again, but so, so, so worth going. I’ll be posting more photos from the workshop over the next week or so, so stayed tuned to see more 
Four days away from work, means I have a ton, and I mean a TON of work to get through, and I also need to blog some exciting new studio news too. Lots coming up, so pop back often to keep up to date. But for now, here are some photos from one of those 17 amazing sessions.
I love photographing older kids. They come to me wanting to do anything other than having their photo taken LOL, but they soon realise it’s not that bad, and may actually even be fun! Apparently Josh really didn’t like having his photo taken… I don’t know. I think he’s a bit of a natural, and despite his best efforts I got quite a few smiles and even laughter. And Teneaha, isn’t she just stunning.
Thank you Jennie. I just adored your family, and loved spending the afternoon with you all. I hope you love your full gallery as much as I do.
When Stella first called me to arrange a session, she asked if I’d go out to their farm. I was giddy with excitment the moment she suggested it. You see, her interstate friend had organised a voucher for Stella’s Christmas present. It was only a few days before Christmas and there was a nation wide postage strike on, so I suggested that I drop the voucher off to them. As I drove down the road looking for the right number property, I was drawing nearer and nearer to one of ‘those’ properties. There are a few around. The ones that you would just love to see further inside. The ones that even though you can’t see much from the road, you know that beyond those gates there’s an amazing space that my creativity has been waiting for. Little flutters of excitement bubbled up inside me as we got closer and closer, and finally those numbers on the letter box confirmed it for me. Whoot! I was in my element. Now if I thought the property was gorgeous… it had nothing on Stella and her amazingly beautiful family. Like most teenagers, they were not too keen on the idea of having their photos taken, but they soon realised it wasn’t going to be one of ‘those’ sessions. We had a ball together, as they led the way, showing me all the places they love. I really enjoyed my time with them all, and I really love the images we captured… so much I’ve had a lot of trouble selecting for their gallery, so it’s huge, but here is a little taste of a few of my favourite shots.
Stella, Dean, Adele, Alex and Ally, thank you for such a great afternoon. You are an amazing warm, friendly, caring and loving family, and it was an absolute joy and pleasure to be around you all.
