It has been quite a while since I have been to Heathcote in Applecross but it is still just a beautiful as ever. It was the perfect spot for this family, who were married here and are now back with their gorgeous children. A surprise visit from up north was a great opportunity to get the extended family together for some photos. Thanks for being so easy going guys, I hope you enjoyed your trip.

I was honored to have been chosen to take photos for Christine and her lovely family. If you have seen my posts about wildflowers and signs in some of our local regional parks, you may recall that Christine is the one who has hired me to work on the signs. She wanted to bring her family into the park and incorporate the natural environment and flowers into the photos. Despite much rescheduling and ending up shooting after school, through light showers of rain, we finally achieved what we set out to do.

Liam was not meant to be in this shot, but I didn’t have the heart to photoshop him out as he just looks so cheeky!

I love going to Point Peron to shoot, the environment is inspiring and it always helps me appreciate how lucky we are to live where we do. This family session was no exception, we had a lovely time wandering around. I had no intention of climbing the stairs but they wanted some photos up there so up we went. My breath was taken away by both the climb and the view, in different ways of course. When we got to the top, a music video was being filmed on the best wall! I still love the shots we got and am very happy with how this session turned out. Thanks so much Fiona for inviting me to help create these memories and for raising such lovely young men.

Christian and his lovely parents welcomed me into their home to take some family photographs. As is typical of his age, Christian was very busy and interested in everything. I am glad to have captured his beautiful smile

I love it when I have a maternity session with a client before the newborn session as it’s so exciting to meet the baby and I feel a bit more comfortable with the family. Welcome to the world Callum, I can just imagine you in a few years time having a ball with your big brother Jake

I always love coming back to families who I have photographed before and seeing how they’ve grown. Last time I saw Shelley and Pete, they had just had their first baby and now two years later Zennon is such a big boy, with a new baby sister joining the family. Ebony had the enviable experience of being born in water at home, which seems like such a natural start to life. Here are a few previews from our session, I’m really preferring black and white over colour, I wonder if that is because of her name.

I have two photo shoots of Chantilly Rose products lined up these holidays and have just processed a bunch of photos from the first one. You would think that doing child photography, it would be simple to just do a product shoot with children in it but there is so much to try and keep on top of, it’s quite challenging. Trying to juggle the needs of getting the best views of the clothing and accessories with keeping the girls’ moods up and getting them to pose is harder than it looks! Add to that two of my own girls as models and we have a whole new set of challenges.

Amazingly, through all the chaos we got some beautiful shots and I am very happy with how they turned out. Plus proud of my girls, especially Miss Aylish who I was a little hard on and she rose to it perfectly. Thank you Megan for the use of your home and beautiful little Sophie and thank you Maddy for being an amazing model.

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I was having one of those days where everything is a struggle and only just made it to this session by putting one foot in front of the other. I am so glad I did, because it was exactly what I needed. Two perfect little models, one of them a baby boy so laid back that he was happy to just lay back and sleep. I got a chance to try out a couple of the more experimental hats that my mum has made lately, which was fun. Thank you so much Lisa for producing such beautiful children, they made my day

After a successful newborn session in May, I was invited back to photograph this beautiful family with two lovely boys. I feel honoured to have had the opportunity to see how much Kaden has changed in such a short time and to get to know the gorgeous and sometimes cheeky Coby some more. Thank you so much Belinda and Scott for your patience and hospitality.

On the drive home to Perth, we decided to go take the coast road and stopped for a visit at the Pinnacles. We were just going to do a very brief stop and quick drive by but it cost $11 per car to get in so we decided to make the most of it. We visited the discovery centre then took the girls for a walk around the rocks. They loved them and it was a great break and of course a chance to take more photos!