Newborn, Baby and Children's Photography in Melbourne :: Kristen Cook {The Blog}

At least, for me…!!

Meet the newest addition to my lineup:

Just look at all of that glass….. DROOOOOOOL.

I have been lusting after this lens ever since I first became interested in photography; arguably the best portrait lens ever made by Canon and now I own one… I didn’t even want to take it out of the box (and you know right after I took these shots I was so paranoid it went straight back into its box again). Maybe tomorrow I might even work up enough courage to… (gasp)… take a PHOTO with it?!

Have a good day everyone!

Looks like I’ve been tagged by Angela Higgins! For those unfamiliar with the concept, it’s like an internet version of chain letters (only a lot more fun!) – someone ‘tags’ your blog, you tag them back as well as 5 other people while also revealing intimate details about your life (well, not quite, but hopefully they’re interesting enough!)

So, here’s how it goes:

• Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
• Share 5 things other people may not know about you (other version is naming songs you’re embarrassed to admit you like, but there would be far too many of those LOL).
• Tag 5 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
• Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

So… my five things (in no particular order) are:

1. I have an unhealthy obsession with my emails – the more I get, the more I start to panic when it’s been 5 minutes and I haven’t received a new one. Honestly, I receive so many emails in one day my husband finds it hard to believe that when I’m out doing a photo session and come home that I have 20+ emails sitting there waiting for responses. I have forbidden myself to buy a Blackberry as that would only increase my dependency on my email for sure. It’s a sickness, really!
2. I was a lawyer in my former life (pre-Mia days!). As my family love to remind me – I spent six years at uni, graduated with honours, spent three and a half years working in the profession to now sit here and take photos of kids all day. People keep asking me if I miss it and for the moment, not in the slightest. I miss the law, but I certainly don’t miss being a lawyer. I work longer and harder now as a full time mum AND running a full time business as well than I ever did as a lawyer, but you cannot beat the personal rewards and job satisfaction.
3. I’m actually quite shy, which would be a surprise to a lot of people. Yep, I was a lawyer – at school, I was the one in the school plays, I would sing in concerts, I was in the debating team and yet, I’m certainly no extrovert. My idea of a good time is to be lying on the couch, in my trackies, eating cookies and cream icecream straight from the tub, while watching episodes of Friends. Life doesn’t get any better than that!
4. My nose is scary – it has no bones in it. Well, it does, I’m sure somewhere, but I can literally press the bridge of my nose down so it’s almost flat against my face. It’s disgusting really. It was the best party trick at school though and for some reason everyone found it hilarious. Speaking of which, I haven’t actually done it in years now… I wonder if I still can?….. yep…. I can!
5. I’m a major sook. No, really – I am. MAJOR. I cry at the drop of a hat, anything will get the waterworks going (oh, the last time was when I watching that damn Worksafe ad yesterday where the father walks into his little girl’s school play just in time to see her on stage, and he gives her that reassuring look and she smiles back….!! AHHHHHHHHHHH – kills me EVERY time!). I had to watch “The Notebook”  five times because every time I watched it I was crying so hard that I would miss bits of it. I gush over everything – I’ve always been a major gusher. Babies, weddings, puppies… you name it, I gush! I suppose that’s a good thing really given what I do - I completely gush over my kidlets that I meet at every one of my sessions because they are all adorable. Every single one of them! And don’t even get me started on my own little princess… no, no, I can’t, cause the tears are starting already and I need to go to bed!

So, there’s five random things about me! Now, I’m going to go ahead and tag my gorgeous soul-sister Kerianne Brown, the incredibly amazing Raye Law, the lovely Penelope Smith, the wonderful Danielle Stahl and the beautiful Robyn Geering.