Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Daisy

I was lucky enough to photograph Daisy's older brother and sister - Molly & Louis - a year ago when Molly was a newborn, and this year it was Daisy's turn! I just adore this first shot of her sleeping amongst the sheets, and as you'll see we finished up with a few studio-style shots as they wanted something with this feel for the wall.






And of course I couldn't leave without getting a shot of Molly & Louis ...

Jacqui & Steven

I was back at one of my favourite venues for another wedding last month - Inglewood. Jacqui & Steven were extremely lucky with the weather and had a gorgeous day with family and friends, and their new baby girl Lily.

Jacqui was still getting ready when I arrived so I started off by snapping some detail shots around the house. Jacqui has a thing for frogs and I just thought these were so cute, and so fitting for the occasion, I had to get a picture of them ...










One of the ring bearers having a bit of fun mid-ceremony! We got so many great candids like this on the day!







Monday, August 18, 2008

Family photos!

What I love most about the photos from this shoot is that the parents are in so many of them. I do a lot of portrait sessions where the mums and dads don't want to be in the photos as they don't think they will look good (mums mostly - sorry girls!) . When you feel this way, keep in mind that when your kids grow up, those photos are going to be their memories from their childhood. How sad would it be if they didn't have any photos of you in them! In my parent's house growing up there was always a draw full of old photos from different times, many including our parents, and I treasure those photos so much!!! Not to mention it's always a great laugh looking through them at how much we've all changed - thank goodness!

As someone told me recently (and I can't remember who sorry but it's a great quote so thanks!) if you don't like yourself in photos now, don't worry, in 10 years' time you will think you look great!