When family comes together {Brisbane Family Photographer}

This is the third time I have photographed little Angus and the second time that the session has included his parents Jason and Meighan who are dear friends of mine. When Jason's daughter Brodie was visiting from NZ over Christmas they asked if I could update their family photos. Brodie is one of the sweetest girls I know and stunning to say the least! Little Angus is due to turn 1 (on Friday!) and anyone who has had children would know 12 months is an age where sitting still for photos becomes quite low on the priority list, especially when the family dog keeps running in and out of shot or you are expected to sit at the bottom of a staircase when all you want to do is climb up it! I love watching families grow,  I love seeing a family all together at once and I LOVE capturing it on camera xx

Chempro/Amcal Christmas Party

Christmas Parties are always a lot of fun, even more so when you have 600 guests in attendance! Just a few weeks before Christmas the Chempro/Amcal Christmas Party was held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. With a Spellbing & Mysterious theme it was sure to be a great night for those attending. The surprise entertainer on the night was Cosentino (Australia's Got Talent) with his magic and illusion show. I can't say I've ever seen someone swallow razor blades and survive the night!

A big thank you to Sheryn for assisting on the night - you were invaluable!

Venue: Gold Coast Convention Centre
Client: Chempro/Amcal
Entertainment: Cosentino

Happy New Year everyone!

Phew! How quickly did Christmas fly by this year? I trust you all have a wonderful festive season surrounded by your nearest and dearest! I would like to wish everyone all the very best for 2012, it is looking to be a big year.

I have finally find time to blog my last family portrait session for 2011. This session had me on my toes right from the start! Little Connor was full of beans and once we got past the inital 'shy' stage he was running all over the house and yard showing me every nook and cranny of their garden. Both Connor and his big sister Siobhan have the most stunning blue eyes and sweet personalities to boot. Thank you for opening up your home to me, it was such a pleasure to meet this beautiful family.

When character shines through.

I mentioned in an early post how much fun this particular session was. Theo is around the same age as one of my own boys and so full of life and fun. He was climbing up wall, trees, surfing on logs and you would have seen in the blog post recently how many different faces you can get out of him in a very short space of time! Theo's Mum just glows in front of the camera - I simply couldn't understand why she was as anxious as she was about having photos taken but there was no reason at all to worry. It was lovely to see the special connection between Mother and Son.

Pure joy {Brisbane Family Photographer}

Pure joy is what I see in this Mum's face whenever she looks at her daughter. It's beautiful. I love seeing (and photographing) the joy and adoration between parents and their children - it's always something special.

I first met Kristy and Dan earlier this year when Kristy booked me to photograph her friends 30th. It was such a fun night and I was so pleased when she contacted me about taking some family portraits. Poor little Lara broke out in a nasty rash the day prior to our session however with a little TLC in Photoshop the rash is barely noticeable in the resulting images. Oh and I had to include the last shot, it just cracks me up every time I look at it! Lara had apparently just learnt to frown so I was lucky enough to catch a few adorable frowns on camera ;)

The many faces of Theo...... {Brisbane Family Photographer}

I had so much fun at this recent session. Considering it was booked as a 30min Mini Session you can tell how much fun we were having when I was still clicking away an hour later! More on the actual session with Theo and his beautiful Mum later, for now I just wanted to share a (small) collection of the many faces of Theo that I was treated to during our afternoon together.

Such a character :)

In seven short months..... {Brisbane Family Photographer}

......they can go from this:

 to this (yet still keep that super cute frown!):

I caught up with Miss Mia and her family again recently and this time they were joined by Mia's Grandparents visiting all the way from Wales. As anyone with family overseas knows, it is such a special time to have those who are usually so far away close by and developing a relationship with your child. It was also nice to hear that Mia's Grandparents next visit, early next year, will be a more permanent one. Mia is such a placid happy girl so it came as a surprise to hear that she has already been kicked out of her first school....sleep school! Thankfully and much to her parents delight she is now sleeping much better and we know what a difference that makes to both the child AND the parents of a non-sleeping child! Thank you for a lovely afternoon, I am already looking forward to the next installment...