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Welcome!

Hello & welcome.....

My photography blog is mostly used to show off my sweet little family...

This year I am taking part in a Photo A Day challenge, which I take a photo every day of my family or something to do with our day.... so far so good... there have been a few times where it was a little hard to get the image done...... but I am determined :)I am not aiming for the perfect photograph... I believe they are perfect just because its my family... I am taking a jounalistic approach which I think takes the pressure off a little :)

I have found I have quite a few people following my photo a day journey... thankyou for your belief in me & for joining me on my journey! I am often running behind in editing but the photos are always taken on the right day and thats the main thing :)

I also from time to time show some of my client photos... a spattering here and there to show what I have been up to most recently :)

I do hope you enjoy my photos as much as I enjoy taking them... I would love to hear from you so please take the time to leave a comment or two!

A Birthday Kiss! {Brisbane Toddler Photographer}

I would like to say a very big Happy 19th Birthday to my son Micheal… the years have flown by and I can’t believe I have an adult to call my son instead of a little boy! He was such a wee little one weighing in at only 5lb 5 oz… he kind of looked a bit like ET but I loved him and in my eyes he was the most beautiful little boy in the world.. now… well he is tall {just over 6 foot I think} handsome & causing as much trouble now as he has his entire life… but I love him just the same…. so here is my little man…who is now a big man! :)

THEN

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Happy Birthday Micheal – I love you with all my heart! xx

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Photo-a-Day – Days 16-30 {Brisbane Childrens Photography}

Day 16 – January 16th -  D-Man was on a strange hunger strike… well not really but he was being very fussy and no matter what I tried to get him to eat he declined… except for yogurt…  so I let him pig out… ate everything that was left in the container… at least he ate something… lol

16th January

Day 17 – January 17th -  OK… so you may notice that D-Man is STILL wearing the same shirt as the day before?? Well…. the reason is simple… being a typical precocious 3 year old… he has his favourite things… he woke up in the morning…. after breaky I told him to go get dressed… he comes out wearing the same dirty stinky shirt as the day before and would NOT get changed under any circumstances… boys!!

17th january

Day 18 – January 18th wow what a day… spent the better part of the day organising Miss K for her first year of high school :) She is very nervous but at least she is decked out correctly…. even if it has cost me a small fortune… **sigh** Anyways… much to her disgust I insisted she try on her new clothes and model for my photo for the day :) I think she look smashing :)

18th January

Day 19 – January 19th – Whilst doing a bit of essential grocery shopping we stopped and played at the holiday activities for kids…. drawing, puzzles etc…. but also some plant potting…. they had a bit of fun planting their own little tomato plants :)

19th January

Day 20 – January 20th – Happy Birthday to me…. … I feel so old… lol

I was very surprised to come home to a beautiful bouquet of flowers sitting on my doorstep {thankfully out of the sun} – a birthday gift from my FIL :) So todays photo is a macro shot of a gerbera…. my very first play with my 105mm lens I got for Christmas.. haven’t had a chance before to play!

20th January

Day 21 – January 21st -  In preparation for the next 2 days which was to be spent at Lifes Colourful Canvas Workshop…. myself & a number of other photographers went to Scarborough for a photoshoot…. not much sun to be seen…. sunset was a fizzer… but we still got some lovely shots…. I didn’t have the chance to take any other shots for the day…. so here is a shot I took of one of the cute little models for the afternoon.

21st january

Day 22 – January 22nd – with a full day at the workshop ahead of me I made sure I got some quick snaps before I left…. so here is the D-Man posing quickly for me before we jumped in the car to take him to kindy :)

22nd January

Day 23 – January 23rd – After another full day at the workshop I returned home just after 6pm to find my 2 boys out the back…. you might be wondering what it is that they are doing… well… they are treating all the green ant nests in our yards with corn meal…. yep thats right…. strange as that may sound its meant to be a very good treatment…and we have alot of green ants and D-man gets bitten all the time…. hoping that in the next week or so that will change :)

23rd January

Day 24 – January 24th – The kids wanted to play with some sparklers… so I thought maybe I could get some writing or something along those lines….. didn’t quite work out the way I planned… Miss K was not the best at legible writing… and Miss B & D-Man kept running around behind her…. so I ended up with a mess like this :) lol

24th January

Day 25 – January 25th – I almost forgot to take my photo for the day…. oops… but remembered just in time to catch the D-Man having some yummy scrummy fruit salad for dessert :)

25th January

Day 26 – January 26th – Happy Australia Day!! What else can you do for Australia Day than to include the good old Aussie flag… and I don’t care what anyone says I think our flag is just find and dandy the way it is :)

26th January

Day 27 – January 27th – First day of school…. MIss B is now in grade 5 &  Miss K is now in Grade 8 – big high school kid :) Here they are just as we walked out the door to take them to school for the first day :)

27th January

Day 28 – January 28th – PCS {Photographers Child Syndrome} is in full force here… with the t-shirt to match too :)

28th January

Day 29 – January 29th – One of my dear friends has come to visit….. so I had to make a special trip to the airport to pick her up {and her beautiful baby girl as well} and seeing as I was going to the airport it was the perfect time to go to the DFO to get Miss B her much wanted converse shoes {she saved her own money up as well}. Miss B bought 2 pairs…. these blue ones and a pair of YELLOW… her favourite colour!! {See coming photos to see those ones I am sure :) }

29th January

Day 30 – January 30th -  The later part of the afternoon was spent photographing a cutie in numerous pettiskirts…. while I was off photographing the cutie… {photos to come}…. daddy & D-Man played in the park and water play center of Rocks River Park… when I was finished I went to find them….. this is what I found…. D-Man sitting {very happily} in a pool of water shivering like crazy but very content staying in the water… lol The ripples you can see around him are from his shivers!!

30th january

While I am here I thought I would add some lovely belly bump photos of myself that was taken by a lovely friend of mine…. these are a couple of my favourite ones :)

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Photo-A-Day – Days 12-15 {Qld Portrait Photographer}

Friday already…. 21 weeks pregnant tomorrow…. wow time sure is flying by…. scary when I think about it…. in just under 3 weeks time I will have a 19 year old…….. so when this bub comes along I will have children aged from newborn to 19!! Oh I feel so old… lol **sigh** Anyways… so a fair bit has been happening here but most of its kind of boring… work, work and more work… lol… but I was lucky enough to slip out this morning and buy some cute itty bitty baby things :) First time, been waiting until I was past 20 weeks and now I can have some fun… YAY!! So… my photo-a-day c hallenge is well and truly under way and here is my next installment…. hope you are enjoying it so far :)

Day 12 – January 12th – Miss K’s birthday was 10 days ago… but she eventually got her cake… she was meant to get it the day before but we forgot about it… doh! So here she is trying to blow out the sparklers because I said she couldn’t have cake unless she blew them out… lol

12th January

Day 13th – January 13th – Firstly a very happy birthday to my cousin Jo… :)

We made a trek to the shops today…. got most of the things done we needed to and also picked up some Krispy Kreme’s… my kids LOVE them… so here is MIss B… being a silly bugger :)

13th January

Day 14  – January 14th – D-man sleeping in the daytime is not a very common event… so when it happens I have to get photographic proof :)

14th January

Day 15 – January 15th – Tagged along with another photographer today… my girls came along and were good at encouraging smiles…. thought I should get a pic while I was there… so here is Miss B with the cow puppet which she was quite fond of… as was our little 1 year old friend :)

15th January

And just because I am can I thought I might add a few little updates of my up and coming bundle of joy :) I really think this bub looks just like D-Man {so since D-Man looks like his daddy I figure this one must look like daddy too } what do you think??

Baby Green 3D feet 20 weeks

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So until next time…. good afternoon, good evening & good night ;)

xx

Photo-A-Day – Days 3-11 {Forest Lake Childrens Photographer}

Time sure does fly… almost halfway through January already… wow…. my birthday is fast approaching, another year older… closer to my goals… maybe but my goals keep growing too… lol

Day 3 – January 3rd – Daddy and I spent most of the day working {trying to get new systems in place before we start back for the new year} so the D-man was playing alone for most of the day…. he had lots of fun putting the pie pieces into the trivial pursuit pies :)

3rd January

Day 4 – January 4th – Firstly… Happy Birthday to my Sweet girl Miss K!! 13 today, however away for another week of the holidays so no birthday photos today… they will have to come next week :) So……  After a very much wanted {by the D-Man not me} day at kindy D-man enjoyed some quiet time drawing the family… he is getting so good at drawing people now…. its amazing to watch them grow!

4th January

Day 5 – January 5th – D-Man got a 2-wheeler bike for Christmas… with all the rain we have had he hasn’t had much of a chance to ride it so we made a special trip to the park. He had a ball of course… it has surprised us how fast he worked it out…. he can’t quite touch the ground yet but he has the hand of it already :)

5th january

Day 6 – January 6th -  when I asked D-man what I should take a photo of… he promptly said “take a photo of me jumping off the lounge” hmmm…. right… of course he would choose something like that!! lol So here he is… you can feel the joy coming from him!

6th January

Day 7 – January 7th – The past week, every spare moment we have Dal and I have been flat out with business paperwork…. trying to sort out mess made by others… but also implementing new systems etc. As a result there has been a lot of paperwork we have been able to dispose of…. so the D-Man has been giving the shredder a good work out… he loves it!! Strange kid.. lol… so here he is after we went through the days mail… shredder whatever we let him!

7th January

Day 8 – January 8th – My tired boy… had a long day at kindy… when he got home he just wanted to sit and cuddle with daddy… by 6.30pm he was well and truly asleep… no dinner either… we left him out on the lounge until about 8pm… there was no way he was waking so we put him to bed…. no bath, no dinner, no nothing… lol

8th January

Day 9 – January 9th -  For those of you who followed my POTD last year you may remember D-Man had a couple of spider bites though out the year… he had another 2 {same occaision} in December…. and well…. yep… here he is again with 2 more bites on his foot… this time we got found it faster so although it was a little swollen and quite red, it hadn’t gotten as bad as the others which were purple with streaky viens :( But either which way… spider bites :( So special cream and a bandage for a few days & he is on the mend!!

9th January

Day 10 – January 10th – The girls are home!! :) Day 4 was Miss K’s 13th birthday but she was away so we had to wait to celebrate…. here she is opening her much anticipated present… you can see by the look on her face she is thrilled with her very own {red} laptop :) Happy 13th Birthday Sweetheart… love you long time! xx

10th January

Day 11 – January 11th – D-mans spider bite… now the swelling has gone down and the colour has changed from very dark angry red to normal skin colour… you can see the bite marks properly….. they are about 5mm apart between the fangs so the spider had to have been a reasonable size… although we have turned the place upside down we never did find the nasty little bugger!!

11th January storyboard

Whew…. I didn’t realise I hadn’t updated for a week… well.. I shall dash, until next time…..

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Photo-a-day Days 1-2 {Brisbane Childrens Photographer}

I’m back….. wow it seems likre forever since I stopped taking my photo a day at the end of October last year…. feeling a little unmotivated but hoping to get going and having a blast again as time goes by… its always hard to get started but once I get going its fine…. and some wonderful moments are going to be captured this year…. the biggest and best will be the birth of our much wanted bubba in May/June!! Its coming up fast… I can now say I am having a baby THIS YEAR!! WOW!!! And of course I will then have many a photo-a-day including our newest little member :) Looking forward to that one!

So without further ado… I shall begin my photo-a-day journey once again…. I welcome back my loyal followers from last year and happily welcome any new followers I may gain throughout the year :) Happy New Year everyone… I hope it is a wonderful year for us all :)

Day 1 – January 1st – OK…. so its not the big fancy start one might be expecting but we really didn’t do anything special for New Years day… we hung out at home… just daddy, D-Man & I… played & talked… oh and chose baby names :) It was quite warm and I just snapped this one of D-Man using his inginuity to reach the fan….. :)

1st January

Day 2 – January 2nd – Annother lazy day {well cleaning day} at home…. I am slowly but surely making my way around the house purging the place of the junk we don’t really need… I am sick of owning so much garbage!! At once stage I went and had a rest on the lounge… D-Man came along and wanted me to play with a balloon and I didn’t want to… so he decided to use his vocal chords very loudly to tell me he wanted me to… I pulled out the camera of course :) Still looks cute :)

2nd January

So… thats 2 down and 363 to go!! :) Hope to hear from you… don’t forget to leave me a comment, I always love to know when people are looking but also what you think :)

Until Next update
Whint
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It’s Our Birthday {Brisbane Portrait Photographer}

Blog Birthday

Thats right… its our birthday & you are the one who gets the gifts!!!!

To celebrate our birthday we have a number of offers available….

** Mini Sessions at half price….. thats 50% off – now only $25.00 **
** 10 % off all prints purchased from your mini session **

conditions apply

** All Portrait Sessions come with complimentary 11×14 Print – valued at $100 **
** 10 % off all prints purchased from  your portrait session*
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ALL print orders from ANY sessions booked receive a SURPRISE gift to celebrate our 2nd Birthday!

These special prices are only available to sessions booked BEFORE January 31st 2010 & all sessions must take place BEFORE April 30th, so get in quite to secure your date!

~ Please note these specials are not available to Birth or Newborn Sessions…. contact me for a special deal for these bookings! ~

Birth Photography {Brisbane Birth Photographer}

In early October I had the absolute pleasure to witness the most beautiful peaceful birth EVER! I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to be a part of such a special time in this couples lives & will remember it with fondness always. Thankyou again K & C!!

There was next to no light for the entire birth…the only light source was a tiny little desk lamp on the other side of the room…so with the room in almost total darkness it was a challenge to say the least…but I was there to capture a moment and capture it I did….wow!!

Photo-A-Day – Days 293-304 {Brisbane Portrait Photographer}

It is with great sadness that I announce I have stopped my Photo of the Day for 2009….. I have just been far too sick and my images have taken so much effort to produce…my heart wasn’t in it when it was a struggle to even remember to take the photo with the way I have been feeling. Pregnancy is not the kindest to me for the earlier months and sometimes you just have to rest…now is one of those times. It was a big decision and I fought it for a while….even 2 days after I stopped I almost started it back up again….but I stopped myself because I know its the best thing for me to do right now!

I will start back up again when I am feeling better….maybe in the new year {fingers crossed I am feeling better by then}. To everyone who has been following my journey I thank you…and I hope you come back and check on me…there will still be other shots I put up from some recent shoots and I have a beautiful birth video I will be putting up shortly….and of course I will start my photo a day again.

So here is the last of my updates…I stopped shooting them at the end of October!

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Day 293 – October 20th – Miss k pretending she is a princess….. we all know differently ;)

20th October

Day 294 – October 21st – D-Man… eating ice-cream on the bench…. he is a funny critter and does love sitting on the bench to eat… very strange!

21st october

Day 295 – October 22nd – Being sick all the time isn’t the most fun in the world…. this is pretty much what I was living on for a while… peanut butter toast… can’t stand it now… funny how things work! lol

22nd October

Day 296 – October 23rd – Me… in all my wisdom… thought maybe some fresh air would help my morning sickness… so I got the girls on their bikes and we walked to pic up the D-Man from daycare…. not such a good idea… I felt so much worse by the time I got home!

23rd October

Day 297 – October 24th – Boys…. daddy was ‘trying’ to talk business on the phone but D-Man decided it was a good time to wrestle… I love this shot! lol

24th October

Day 298 – October 25th – D-Man LOVES money…. he loves counting it, loves putting it in his piggy bank….. loves making big towers with it….  here he is with his daddy making big money towers with his 20 cent coins :)

25th October

Day 299 – October 26th – Pink Ribbon day…. each year I buy something for breast cancer.. this year its these cute little puppies….. too sweet! I hope they find a cure someday soon!!

26th October

Day 300 – October – 27th – My new toy!! I upgraded my flash to the SB900…. now to play with some OCF!!!! One of the upsides of the strong Aussie $$

27th October

Day 301 – October 28th – Dinner time…. feeding time at the zoo!! Miss B having Casserole for dinner!

28th October

Day 302 – October 29th – My last quick ditch effort to do a photo for the canon comp… didn’t work how I planned but too sick to care or try again… still think its cute anyways!

29th October

Day 303 – October 30th – The reason I have been so sick…. isn’t he/she so darn cute!!! Worth every second of being

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30th October

Day 304 – October 31st – OK… with great sadness this is my last POTD photo for now….it was Halloween…. because I was too sick we didn’t really do anything besides feed the neighborhood kids who came in droves to trick or treat…. but D-Man had a bath… look how grubby that face is!! lol

31st October

While I am here I thought I might as well give an update on my little bubba… he/she is growing nicely and I am now 13 weeks… still very sick, that doesn’t seem to be letting up any time soon {although one can hope}. Here is a couple of shots from our ultrasound we had on Wednesday to check on a few problems I had been having {which seem to have cleared up now :) }

Until next timw

Whint
xx

Sneak Peak – Maternity {Brisbane Maternity Photographer}

Time sure does fly by… I talked about this shoot some time ago but hadn’t gotten the chance to blog the photos… so here are a few! What great fun these guys were…and the perfect little dog in ‘gizmo’ who kept jumping into the shots and posing so beautifully! Wherever mum went….. Gizmo followed… ever the faithful friend!

Here are just a few shots taken that day!

The boys LOVED doing these shots… it was hard to get them to stop… lol… mum was very clear it was a one off time for them so they made the most of it! :)

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MY Very Own Wedding

Well I have had many reqests to see photos from my wedding so I have decided to do up  a slideshow with some of my favourite photos from our special day. We were married on September 5th 2009 surrounded by our closest friends and family…. what a beautiful day it was…. it was pouring rain all the night before and cleared at around 9am to a beautiful clear day!

Everything was perfect… especially the love we had for each other….. we had a fun ceremony with lots of laughs… a couple of our guests said they were trying to work out if they were at a wedding or a comedy show :) Just the way we wanted it!!

My day still brings tears of joy to my eyes :)

All images in this slideshow have been taken by Meaghan Cook Photography Boutique in Melbourne. Lovely lady with a beautiful soul!!