Another dark, cold and dreary Melbourne day, but certainly not while this man was around. He made my world fill with sunshine and rainbows.
His eyes were to-die-for gorgeous and when he stared at me with them, you could really feel his beautiful personality. And of couse, what better way to show off those baby blues than to pop some beanies on him – doesn’t he just melt your heart?!
{Thanks for the beautiful morning K with your little family – I will be in touch soon!}
Ok so I’m going to go on one of my newborn-fluffy-I’m-so-in-love-aren’t-they-a-miracle type of tangents today. But seriously, can you blame me when this is the type of thing I do for a living? I remember so vividly taking these first two black and white images below. The first was taken at such a beautiful, tender moment between the parents and even as I captured it I remember holding my breath in hope that I could replicate in print what I felt in person at the time. The second black and white photograph encompasses all of those beautiful newborn qualities I adore – baby fuzz, skin just before it starts to shed, teeny tiny eyelashes, ears, nose lips… it’s when you look at images like this in detail and appreciate them for everything they are that makes your heart sing like mine.
I didn’t actually realise until the session that this adorable, tiny little peanut (born at only 6lb!) is the cousin of baby Xavier, my last newborn! How incredibly special it will be for these two cousins to grow up so close in age together (and live literally around the corner from each other too) - I can see them being the best of friends as they grow up!
{Kelly and Anthony, that little man of yours will grow so quickly and certainly won’t be little for long (well, apart from his toes Anthony…) so cuddle, and kiss and hug him tight and appreciate these beautiful new moments as your son grows into the man he is yet to become}
Meet Caleb – green eyes, green shirt, green wall… does it get any better?!
Yep, that’s baby bro Noah… delish!! He had this adorable comfort habit of putting these two fingers into his mouth (rock on dude!!) and then gaze up at me with the most adorable baby blues complete with long black lashes (both of the boys had lashes most girls would kill for – seriously). Such a happy little thing he was too – such a joy connecting with these beautiful souls!
{What a beautiful morning with your gorgeous boys Paula. Such a treat for me – hugs for Noah and thank Caleb for being such a wonderful helper!}
There is something completely beautiful about my maternity clients. They have this amazing aura around them that always calms me and makes me happy. This beautiful pregnancy photography session is of the gorgeous Chrissy Torney, so you always know the session will be a special one when another photographer chooses you above all others to capture this amazing event in their lives.
I am so in love with sunlight and maternity – its like a beautiful dance of nature where everything becomes so simple, so pure. We were so incredibly blessed with both our timing and location for this session (which is what happens when you have a photographer as a client that allows you to choose the time and location as I please!) and I had a ball.
Chrissy’s daughter Paige is divine – she and Mia have had a playdate or two in the past, and always enjoy each other’s company. I was just as excited to see Paige at this session as to capture the beauty of Chrissy’s second pregnancy – these girls always make me smile.
{Can’t wait to meet the new addition when they arrive in a few weeks Chrissy , Paigey will make such a gorgeous older sister!}
You know, I just realised it’s June today…
June. How did that happen?!
It’s true what they say that as you get older, life seems to get faster. Now I just need to find that dial to tell life to slow down, before I realise it’s the end of the year and wonder where 2009 went!
I had one of those moments on the weekend when photographing this little dude. He is a previous client of mine and I saw him for itty bitty newborn photography back when he was soooo little!!! I swear it felt like yesterday, and yet – here he was, almost 7 months later and sitting, laughing and virtually crawling all by himself. Loved seeing him again so much!
{How lucky do I feel getting to see him again, Rachael! Hope the rest of your weekend was good, and I will be in touch soon}
When Emily first contacted me, she was booked in for both maternity photography and newborn photography with me. Unbeknownst to both of us, little Louis decided to arrive way ahead of schedule meaning we didn’t get the chance to do either!!
Instead, we organised for his session to be done now at around six months of age, and I am so glad that we got to capture him at this age. It’s hands down one of my favourites!
The first thing I noticed about him was how expressive his big blue eyes were. When he arrived to me for the session, he was fast asleep and so got a big rude shock waking to my giant camera in his face. We soon had a little chat and play though, and then the beautiful smiles and connection were there from then on.
Seriously, have I said how much I adore what I do?? No? Ok…. I LOVE MY JOB!
{He is such a special little man, Emily and it was such a pleasure to photograph him at this age. Hope he is feeling better soon!}
If it wasn’t fate enough that this little darling got given my favourite name, but she was gorgeous to boot! It still amazes me how after only 9 months this perfectly formed little person is brought into this world. You go from feeling the tickles and butterfly kisses of their fingers and toes, to the almost alienesque ‘get me out of here’ punches and kicks towards the end, but somehow, it’s all just ‘movement’ until suddenly you have this beautiful baby in your hands.
Meet baby Lucy at only 6 days old… and if she doesn’t make you clucky, then nothing will!
{Carly, you clever thing – look at what an adorable little human being you brought into this world. Promise me you won’t stop at one… those genes need to create more huggable children in the future!}
Today was my gorgeous, beautiful, darling Mia’s second birthday.
She is my joy, my sunshine, my life. She is my reason for living and the reason I do what I do.
She makes me smile every day and she knows how to push my buttons, as well as laugh like there is no tomorrow. She knows me better than I ever thought a 2 year old could, and every day surprises me with her beautiful, soft and gentle nature that is a trademark of hers. She absolutely hates it when I sing to her (pity, since anyone that knows me knows I love to sing), loves reading books, cherishes 3:30pm when Hi-5 comes on for the afternoon, loves cuddling by tucking her arms and legs underneath her like a little ball, loves it when I take photos of her just so that she can come and sit with me to have a look at the LCD on the back of the camera, has taken an immense liking to blowing out candles on her birthday cake, hates it when we ask her to close the fridge when she hasn’t finished inspecting everything in there for the 50th time that day, loves jumping into bed to wake up daddy, is obsessed with her stacking cups from Ikea, changes her mind daily on what food she loves or loathes, loves wearing dresses and hates when I don’t let her play/eat the glue sticks that sit in the top drawer of my office.
My princess is obsessed with slides at the moment. Our daily trip to the park turns into a nightmare when trying to get her home as she refuses to leave without a tantrum. We made the quick decision therefore to get a mini playset complete with a slide (or “siiiiiiiide”, as Mia calls it) for her birthday for home. Of course, now that she knows that the slide can flip over to form stairs on the other side, every time she goes up or down she demands that we change it over from one to the other so she can have the best of both worlds at the same time. I am hoping this is only a passing fad for her and she will forget about it by tomorrow…I know, wishful thinking!
Happy 2nd birthday princess
xx
Lexie is not even six months old and was already sitting like a champion so I was so happy to be able to incorporate that milestone into her images.
What I love most about my photography sessions is finding out how I can connect with the people I photograph – and boy did she make me giggle when we found out what got her smiling. I adore those beautiful connections – the ones where you really feel as though you are capturing the soul and essence of the person gazing into the camera. Darling little Lexie was no exception – adored her and photographing her!
{I’m so proud of her achievements to date Laura, and I could have stayed and ‘chatted’ with her all day long!}
Yep, I’m lucky alright.
This was not the first, or second, but third time I got to see gorgeous Thomas in the space of a year. I was first contacted to capture his newborn photography, then again at around 6 months of age, and I was still even allowed back to photograph him at one year old!
Happy first birthday gorgeous little man!
{Naomi, he honestly keeps getting cuter each time I see him… you’ll be swatting those girls away from your door in no time. I love being able to watch him grow up – always a pleasure!}
