Newborn, Baby and Wedding Photography in Melbourne :: Kristen Cook {The Blog}

I was so lucky to be able to photograph little Thomas when he was only 2 weeks old, and this weekend I was lucky enough to see him again!

He was such a clever little chicken sitting up so nicely for me, and I think I detected some early crawling signs (sorry Naomi, he might be an early one there so the child-proofing should perhaps come sooner rather than later!! haha). As is usually the way when kids are this age, it was daddy who managed to get all of the big grins and laughs!

And just when we thought the session might be over, little Thomas decided to proove us wrong getting his second wind and produced some of my favourite shots from our session!

{It was an absolute pleasure catching up with you all again Naomi!! He is just getting more gorgeous as time goes on and I can’t wait to watch him grow!!}

I had a gorgeous weekend just gone with some lovely Melbourne families! On Saturday I got to meet up with little Amelie and her family (she’s a few months older than my little miss Mia) – we spent the morning playing at the park, climbing over play equipment, watering plants, climbing trees, playing with mum and dad – what fun!!

{Martin & Kristy – Amelie was a gorgeous little thing who was such a pleasure to be around!! I hope you all had fun and I will be in touch shortly}

You know when you’ve been waiting something for ages, and it takes forever to come but is over in the blink of an eye? That’s how I feel right about now…

I spent the most amazing weekend in Bungendore with Barb Uil of Jinky Art and 14 other photographers from across Australia. It was just what I needed – I feel so inspired, pumped and ready for the next phase of my business and I can’t wait to get everything moving… 2009 now can’t come fast enough!

I will write a little more about the workshop in coming posts when I can also post some images from the weekend, but for now I wanted to post a sneak peek for my gorgeous patient clients from last week who have yet to see any!

Loved, loved, loved this family

{A quick shout out to Ros – hope you had a gorgeous weekend, and enjoy these sneaky peeks from last week!}

Welcome to Spring Melbourne! Ahhhh – GLORIOUS weather we’re having. I adore it. It’s not too hot but not so cold you can’t spend the day outside. The sunshine has been so lovely and I have been so fortunate that both yesterday and today I was lucky enough to take advantage of the great weather by having two children’s photography sessions!

I’ll post some sneak peeks from today in the next day or so, but first I wanted to share some from yesterday. Ok, I admit – I personally think I photograph every cute kid that lives in Melbourne (though I am sure there are more out there I just haven’t met yet) and little Oliver is right up there with them. He just turned one and had a pirate party on the weekend – hence the hat…. “aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh me hearty” (yes, that’s my best pirate impersonation, and that’s all I’m giving you!) but don’t you just want to dive into those big brown eyes?!

This next shot has to be one of my all-time faves – I love ‘moments’, and this one with his mum makes me smile from ear to ear every time I look at it.

I’ll stop my sneak peek here before I go overboard because I have many from this session, but this will do for now!

{That little pirate of yours stole my heart Melanie, and I’m sure there will be many more broken hearts to come!! Thank you for having me for the afternoon – had an absolute ball!}

I can usually always spot the early talkers when I photograph kidlets… they’re usually the ones who chatter away non-stop, are very assertive and confident, and love to tell me out anything and everything. Neivh was no exception – she kept me entertained for the entire time I was there. We kept watch for goblins in the garden, we played with her pet dinosaur Bronty and we collected ‘food’ (aka leaves, berries, flowers) from the garden for our tea party.

Little sister Shyla was such a trooper… as younger siblings usually are! Neivh adored Shyla, and it was so wonderful to watch them interact even if it meant Shyla getting lovingly pushed around by her well-meaning big sister. Didn’t bother her in the slightest… she obviously loves her big sister too!

{It was a pleasure to spend some time on Father’s Day with your family Angeline. Thank you for having me do this for you!}