Back to nature maternity session

I'll write more about this lovely couple when I post the newborn shoot later in the week but for now I'll just leave you with possibly my favorite maternity session so far this year. All fo the photos were taken in Tina's fathers backyard, man would I love to have that many different scenic places in my backyard for doing photography sessions in!

These last three shots were very special as it was Tina's first time visiting the spot where her dog was buried. I had to do the same thing when returning home with my dog and I'm really glad I was able to capture a sad yet beautiful moment for them.

Josh and Nicole's Maternity session

Here's my faves from Josh and Nicole's Maternity session, I'll introduce their little bundle of joy next week! Enjoy!

And here just a could of extras of their gorgeous pets!

New Work Wednesdays

After working for a year and a half at a family portrait studio at home and working at a similar studio since I've been in London it is hard to imagine the amount of living rooms that photos I've taken will be hanging in for years to come. The thing is though, because I have been working for companies they own the copyright to all of the images I've taken so I don't get to show the amazing photos like a little girls first steps, or how amazing it is to take maternity shots of a very pregnant soon to be mother and then the very next week taking photos of the newest member to the family.

I decided recently that I needed to have some of this for my portfolio and so I started doing sessions for free for people who would not otherwise have got photography of their baby bump or bundle of joy. Why free when I know on average even at the studios I've worked for the average family would spend over $300 on photographs I've taken? Because I feel that if I don't have anything in my portfolio to show people they wont be able to visualize what I will be able to take for them, so therefore don't know what it's worth. Also I'd rather do it free than setting a really low price for my building portfolio sessions and limit myself to that for in the future.

When I first spoke to Amanda she was41 weeks pregnant with her second child and so I knew we had no time to loose. My next available day I went around and started my first on Location maternity shoot. She said she felt a lot more at ease doing the photos at her own house compared to at a studio and It was great because if I got an idea for a photo, like with the sonogram photo we could easily access whatever it was that we needed.

Memory Mondays Week 3

Back in early March after Juliet had given birth to 4 kittens, when they were big enough to stand Chanel and I decided it would be hilarious to take photos of the Kittens Anne Geddes style. These are half of the best of the photos that we took. the other half will come on another memory mondays post.

Happy Australia Day!

The Calendar that I made with the photos. If you are interested in getting one of these, let me know, they can start on any month of the year.