It seems photographing Families this way has always been my heart


Family photos in the backyard. Six years ago I photographed a wedding. A beautiful mum was sitting with her little baby on her lap. Of course I took a photo. When I photographed them recently in their backyard for their 10th wedding vowel renewal, she reminded me. It was that photo of her with her…
As I walked across the road ready for the family photo shoot, I was warmly met in the carport by young Mabel and her Daddy. Mabel immediately made me feel like I was a friend in their family and most welcomed. I then met Teddy the Pomeranian, who has to have the highest jump-to-leg ratio…
A Family Holiday in Queenstown Queenstown is one of my most favorite places to Holiday. Queenstown and Hamilton Island are my top two. Vastly different and they both delight my heart to over brimming. Almost a year ago I planned this trip for a week for our family in Queenstown, New Zealand. I’m a “looker-forward-to-a”…
When Linsey contacted me about her maternity shoot, I realised that she had also contacted me a few years ago in regards to photographing her wedding. At that point, unfortunately, I was not taking on wedding clients. When I said how touched I was that she would contact me again for her maternity photos, she…
It would have been so easy to cancel this family session, but we didn’t… It was the first day of sunshine after the massive floods in Townsville. Even those whose homes were unaffected felt as though they were still affected. Our hearts broke for our town and the thousands who had lost everything. Life felt…
I feel like I need to explain myself. Particularly to anyone who has enquired about me photographing their wedding, and I have advised them that I don’t shoot weddings. I promise you, that is true and it was nothing personal. This wedding, however, is and was very personal. The groom was the first one to…