Day 123

Today I photographed an intimate wedding in a home by the beach. I'm not yet able to share the wedding photos but I can share the view that the parents of the groom retire each day to - taken from their front yard!

The last few weeks in a nutshell!

Which brings me up to date: Day 122!


Although suuuuch a cheat of a pic (taken to list on my local selling items FB page), this pic is also pretty meaningful! Scarlett's cot, Isabella's cot and of course Joshua's cot, 8 years of history, 8 wonderful years, 8 horrible years, 8 crazy and busy years but MY last 8 years and I wouldn't swap them for the world . . . but I'm happy to sell probably one of the most significant pieces of furniture from those 8 years? Happy . . . . no, sad yes, but can I keep it, should I keep it . . probably not. I have no more use for it, I hope some other family can create their own memories with it :(

I don't want any more babies but I am so sad that my babies are growing up and I feel that, rather than enjoying our next chapter in our lives with bigger kids, I'm sad for those years I wasn't properly connected with the family, the years I'll never get back again.

Day 121

A rare Sunday off, so what do you do on a day off, you change rooms around of course! This however was completely selfish, my wonderful Isabella agreed to give up her (ginormous!) bedroom and share with Scarlett for to me to have my own studio!! Love that girl!! In return she got a gorgeous new bed and Scarlett her very first big girls bed!! There is still some furniture to buy but the beds are in and it seems to be a success!

Day 120

You could be excused in thinking it was spring with 3 maternity clients in 24 hours! These lovely ladies are good friends, their current children are weeks apart and their impending arrivals are also weeks apart! Looking forward to meeting their babies as well!!

Day 119

My first client with my new lights. A gorgeous Mum to be and previous client of mine back in with around 7 weeks to go! Looking forward to meeting her tiny baby!!

Day 118

My new lights arrived this day, excitement plus! Of course I had to test them out right away, so here is not not too shabby husband doing his best Calvin Klein impression!

Day 117

I had been talking about taking pics of my niece for ages, those gorgeous sitting ones before they can move . . . well my sister called me the night before and said that if I wanted those pics that I should act quick because Stella was just about on her way! She was just too cute and, even though this is not even the most cute pic of her (only one I had edited however!) I love the way she is smiling sooooo much at Josh that her face is scrunched up!

Day 116

Back to work but not a worry with a gorgeous family! This young man was an absolute pleasure to photograph!

Day 115

ANZAC Day also fell on the Easter break so Brett's family took the opportunity to catch up at a picnic. It was great to see all the Great Grand children on his side of the family get to know each other a little bit more. At one stage, 5 out of six of them were lined up on the swings with Brett and his cousin pushing them all (the 6th is only 2 months old!).

Day 111

Visited Mum and her day care kids on this day. Mum is such a good carer and believes that kids need to get right into it, make a mess, use all senses when it comes to experiencing things. This activity was finger painting and patterns which, at first, Scarlett was not to keen on and used the sponge as a paintbrush for the paper rather than on her hands. She eventually did get the hang of it though!

Day 108

Just a quickie today, busy busy as usual and an iphone pic once again! These were taken while at footy this afternoon. Excuse Scarlett's ginormous head, talk about distortion!

Day 107

It's been a big day and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with the amount of work I have in this week so I'm torn between getting a start on it or just going to bed! Firstly I have to add today's pic. It's not technically great but it's my boy, plain and simply him, this is my serious, quiet and ruffled around the edges boy xoxox

Taken while at my Grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary held at Swan Districts oval where they were married 60 years ago!

Day 106

Uhuh, missed a couple!

Had to post today though, shot a gorgeous wedding, very glamorous! Can't show any pics of the party as yet as couple would like to view them first but here is a quick snap shot of Rev. Barry waiting for the bride's arrival before the ceremony.

Day 103

Rehearsal night!

I am shooting a wedding on Saturday and attended the rehearsal tonight to get the lay of the land & speak with all the parties before the big day. I don't generally edit rehearsal pics but who's to knock back a planned photo when the photo a day challenge is on!

Day 102

The best thing about being a Mum and a photographer is that you get to take the proud Mummy shots under the guise of recording the event for the club! My boy became a cub last night . . there were some sneaky tears!

He is the opposite of outgoing, sure he can be boisterous and likes to muck around with the boys but when the spot light is on him, he slinks as far as he can down hence the curled up, head down look he is sporting in this pic. So proud though, so, so proud as is he, he takes it very seriously!