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Child photography melbourne

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

For those of you who have been to my studio before you may well recognise this little lads face. He is graced n my entry on a wonderful 40×40 inch canvas. In a pose just like the one shown here, except this is an updated portrait.

 

I’ve talked many times before about one of the perks of my job being that I get to watch children and their families grow. I first met this little lad when he was just 5 months old and have photographed him yearly, pretty much, since. He is now 5 and in school. I was saddened to hear the family were making the move to Adelaide recently, but alas mum told me they will be doing a yearly trip to melbourne and a visit to me to update their portraits each year for many years to come. How wonderful is that!

 

A Personal Post

Monday, August 15th, 2011

We’re back in the studio this week running at full speed after a turbulent few weeks.

I wanted to share the last part of that with you all.

 

On the 4th of August my beautiful grandmother had a fall which caused a brain bleed. She had been living in a nursing home for some time now after slowly deteriorating with alzheimers. After her fall she never really woke again and my wonderful family of aunts, uncles, father, cousins all rotated a bedside vigil to make sure she was not alone for the week when she passed peacefully on the 10th August. We’re just back from a lovely weekend at rye to farewell her. Funerals are often morbid and sad occasions, but I can say my grans was unique and she was sent off in a way that she would have treasured and loved.

 

I want to share some images of my gran with you. Gran was a remarkable woman, a true matriach of her family (which consists of majority females!) She was happy and easy going, truly non judgemental. She loved each and everyone of us regardless of our faults or mistakes we made through life. She had amazing strangth and courage. As she grew older in her years , life never slowed down, she travelled the world alone in her 70′s, she studied numerous times achieving all sorts of qualifications throughout her later years. She had a passion for gardening and genealogy, she loved a glass or 2 of bubbly and a strong passion for family. Her passion for her family led her to research and compile our very extensive family tree and history and organising a huge family reunion in Beechworth back in around 1993. She was a remarkable woman who will dearly missed but always remembered by all who knew her.

 

my Gran.

 

Watching them grow – Melbourne Family Portraits.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

I’m often asked ‘How often should we have our family portraits done?’

It’s difficult to answer as it varies for the needs of each family. Some come every few months others once a year, others once every few years. It depends on needs and budget and how your family grows and changes.

Updating your family albums each year is a wonderful thing. Having a gorgeous series of images on your wall by the same photographer covering the years as your family grows can be just gorgeous and a real talking point for visitors and a wonderful keepsake for your children and family for years to come.

I love when customers come back again and again, not only is a huge compliment to myself and my business, but it is wonderful to watch their families grow and change.

Meet the ‘H’ family.

I first met Leah back in mid 2006 when she was pregnant with her first child.

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I was then there to capture her first born, a son Max, in his first few weeks.

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then in 2008 we captured some updated images of Max and the family.

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In late 2008 mum was expecting again so I was called upon to capture them again.

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Then in early 2009 i got to meet and photograph little Bailey. and with his big brother.

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and recently we updated portraits of the boys.

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Looking forward to our next session to see how much the boys have grown by then!

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Thursday, November 19th, 2009

I’m hoping over the holidays I get a chance to photograph my own children, I have a large wall canvas idea in my head, just need the shots to put on them!

I photographed a friends children recently and my younger 2 children tagged along for the ride. I took the opportunity to grab an image of my daughter whilst there, the setting and light was just right. Its my new favourite of her…

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The importance of family portraits – at all ages and stages. (Melbourne)

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

When was the last time YOU had your portrait taken?

This is a question I almost always ask people when they ring to ask about my photography services. I ask this now of YOU. When did you last have your portrait taken? When was the last time you had portraits done with your children, no matter the age? Or with your parents – no matter the age?

For many people the answer comes as ‘never’ or ‘too long ago’ for some they like to update regularly, once a year, once every few years. Even those people usually haven’t had a portrait with their parents since they were children themselves though.

It’s no secret, I am a sentimentalist. It’s a big reason why I feel portraits are so valuable, so worthwhile. I treasure the photographs I own, the ones I have inherited and the ones I am still yet to take of all of those close to me.

5 years ago, when my mother became ill with cancer my first instinct was to ‘photograph’ her. I wanted to capture and ‘keep’ as much of her with me as I could. When my children were born and when I was pregnant with them, I made sure I had photographs of my pregnant round belly, of their first moments in life, of all of their milestones. When I get together with friends I love capturing them, their families, our experiences and moments together.

my only small regret was not getting a ‘good’ photograph of our ‘grownup’ family family before mum passed away. I want a photo of ‘me and mum’ and I don’t have one.

I love when I get to photograph older families, couples, older siblings. It always makes me smile. Unfortunatly not enough people do it, myself included.

So ask yourself, your parents, their parents…. when did you last have your portraits captured?

The gorgeous women who inspired me to post this:

2 sisters and their mum. I just adore this first image and am sure they will also for many years to come and their children will enjoy it for generations to come too…

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