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!

Day 100

Wow, 100 days, almost a third of the way through the year!

As you can probably guess by the wild bed hair and stripey pajamas, I took this pic early this morning! Scarlett and Isabella were playing playdoh together, Brett asked them to treat it nicely and not combine the colours, ummmm let's just say that it was the wrong 2 kids to tell that to, there is now a big ball of brown playdoh lol!

Day 99

I was back at work today with a gorgeous couple and their little 10 week old son. My first opportunity to work with the new editing learnt from the workshop. Very long process for me at the moment but I am sure I'll get quicker (hopefully!)

Day 98

This was the last day of the workshop and I almost grabbed hold of Ainslie's leg as I was leaving to beg her to stay, I still have sooo much to learn and I am not ready to go on alone!! That would have been embarrassing and thankfully I have a smidge of self control so kept walking!

We didn't photograph anything on this day but talked business the whole time, so, so informative, life changing really. Now just to get up the guts to make the changes.

I wasn't going to photograph anything either however as I tucked Scarlett back in before I went to bed I found her curled up in a pose not unlike the newborns we had photographed earlier in the week! So cute! Yeah a bit of a cop out, you can only photograph your sleeping children so many times in the year but hey, this one was in context!

Day 97

Workshop day 2 and wow! Today, as you will probably guess, was all about lighting and the most handiest photoshop tools I'll ever learn! Loving the course and loving photography and loving boudoir! This is what I was meant to do!

Day 96

What an amazing and inspiring and tiring day! Day one workshop and excuse the clunky way I took this image but I was kinda nervous so didn't really put the time in to think of the angle I was shooting from! I am very frustrated at this point with processing, I just can't do it but for tonight this will have to do, I am seriously exhausted and all I had to do for the most part was watch and learn!

Day 94

Ah we had such high hopes for this day but they were dashed by the dreaded chuck bug. We had planned to go to the Busselton Jetty and underwater centre before coming home and perhaps one last dip in the beach. Instead we up and left as quick as we could as Scarlett was just so sick. Josh started feeling a little ill the night before but we put it down to a big day and not the best diet while away. However when Scarlett started throwing up (or grommets as she calls it!) we knew it was more. Josh wash sick but by the morning he was as bright as a button, Scarlett not so much, she threw up the entire night and all day the next day (including all the way home). This day (yesterday) I took no pics.

Day 93

This was the only full day we had as a family to explore so we made the most of it!

We set out early to see the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse just out of Dunsborough. Really quite fascinating (I love lighthouses!) although the narrow winding staircase freaked me out watching the kids bound up and down it! After we came back down the care taker told us about it's history, where it was made, how many ships were wrecked before it was put into commission etc. The really freaky part though, which I was glad to learn of AFTER coming down, was that it still had it's original staircase, ONE HUNDRED AND FREAK'N EIGHT YEAR OLD TIMBER staircase! OMG! I am so petrified of heights and it was so hard actually making myself go up there in the first place but if I knew that I would not have let us go!

If you're wondering where Scarlett is, Brett is trying to wrestle her away from the stairs!

Straight from here we went to the Ngilgi Cave near Yallingup. This was really quite awesome! We had a tour guide who took us into the cave and to the first landing and then let us go for it! After that we went up and down a million flights of stairs and at one point were 11 stories underground! I loved it down there, it was kind of an adventure for me without the danger and I knew it would be for the kids too! 10 points to Brett who carried Scarlett the whole way as she was afraid of the bears (don't ya know there are bears in Dora's cave?!) lol!

Pretty tired from all of our stair climbing we then headed towards Margaret River for some lunch but only got as far as the chocolate factory! No pics from here onwards as we were all ready for a nap!

Day 92

Wedding Day!

I have barely edited anything from the wedding but there are so many gorgeous shots that I can't wait to dive in!

I have known this family for 14 years and it was so wonderful to be included in the big day. It was such a warm and loving ceremony BUT the reception, wow, the tears flowed, laughter rang out and you just knew that everyone had a brilliant time!

Also, the team the bride put together working at the wedding were great (me included - just kidding!). Seriously though, everyone was there with only one thing in mind, to make sure that the wedding and reception went off without a hitch and not only just happen, but to be done in the very best way. The DJ and Videographer especially were awesome so a little shout out to Blair from http://www.thedj.com.au/ who totally rocked the night and had everyone up and dancing, not to mention being on to EVERYTHING! Seriously, this guy knew the whereabouts of every important person at all times, timed everything to perfection and all with the biggest smile! And John from http://www.launchfilms.com.au/ who knew his stuff backwards, captured every important moment, put in extra time just because and who was a huge help to me on the night!

This was the moment when the flower girls walked down the aisle to Uncle Nik, so so terribly cute!

One of the proudest and happiest Dad's I have seen! He had this huge smile on his face the whole day.

And Nan, although her eyesight is failing she watched with joy as her Grand daughter danced with her new husband.

Day 91

We headed off on a short break, me working the next day and the rest of the time just being on holidays.

The place where we stayed was great, kids had a ball and even though the rooms were a little tired and dated it was quite large (2 bedroom, 1 bath, kitchen, laundry, dining & lounge) and at the right price! The grounds were also lovely with lush green grass and right on the beach.

I love the way her hair is back lit and golden. At the time she was bravely walking across the troll bridge so the golden light seems quite fitting for her fairy tale adventure.