Often when I travel for the Love Your Camera workshops I take the opportunity to schedule in a photo shoot or two. These gorgeous four were from a recent Sydney session – I wish this location were on my doorstep! x
This little blossom having some mummy time really made me realise it has been far too long since I’ve had photos with each of my kids on their own. No-one would ever regret being able to look back on photos like these – so I’ve booked in one of my favourite photographers to spend some time with me and my littles.
Hello! It has been a while between posts and photographs. Mostly that has been due to a crazy pre-Christmas workload followed by my Mac going to sleep for longer than it should have. The enforced editing break over Christmas and New Year was just what the doctor ordered.
I always love the first few weeks of the year – it’s as though any goals and plans I make now are more powerful than if I made them at any other time. Not true, of course. But it is still my favourite time for goal setting. I have been using Leonie Dawson’s 2013 Create Your Incredible Year Workbook. It is absolutely brilliant — I’ve printed it out, popped it in a binder (separating the Business Edition and Life Edition), and am working through all her prompts and questions. I highly recommend it if you are a goal setter too! *
As for us… over the last month we have…
Built lego.
The kids freely decorated the real green tree and I decorated one of my own.
We made our traditional Chunk Choc-Fruit Xmas Cake that we have been making every year since Jaz was 3. The kids press the hazelnuts into the top and I always photograph them doing it and hope that when they’re adults they will still bake this cake with me.
We went Christmas light hunting.
And set our Christmas table.
And Christmas morning happened.
And now we are well and truly in the thick of the holidays. Jaz has been painting.
All three love a bit of a snuggle with their iPods.
The tide was out and Will found about 20 golf balls.
Will swam and Imogen was cute.
And I followed Jaz around trying to get a photo.
All in all, the year is off to a great start and I hope yours is too! xo
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A while back I travelled to Nagambie (country Victoria) for a family session, and I asked Kath to think about what defined them as a couple, and then all of them as a family unit. What locations could we shoot in that would have meaning and impact for them?
Kath provided a fantastic brief which included — a) they met at the Speedway (a love for all of them), b) Alan has been a volunteer with the CFA since he was a teen, and the boys love being down at the Station, c) their wedding photos were taken at Tahbilk Winery (where Alan also worked for many years), so shooting there would feel like an extension of their wedding day.
The beauty of a small country town is close proximity to everything and no traffic – so we were able to drive around, incorporate everything and have lots of fun in the process :)
Kath and Alan and their two boys are special and adorable. Simply… just beautiful people. x
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