About two years ago I photographed some beach family portraits for Rebecca’s sister at Coogee Beach. This post, however, is about Rebecca’s family, down at Wanda Beach near Cronulla. We met late in the day on what was a
A few years back we first met Nita and Damien’s family, and shot some great family portraits at Coogee Beach with their son when he was about a year old. I recently had the chance to catch up with them at
Liz wanted her family portraits to be taken in Centennial Park. I met her for the first time when I turned up to meet her at the start of the shoot, which is what usually happens. We often speak once
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I met with Michelle and her family for some family portraits at Coogee Beach. Her kids were going into Kindergarten and Year 4 at school, and the shoot was great fun. Michelle and
A few months back I met an amazing woman, who wanted me to take some pregnancy portraits of her. She was in her third trimester, but explained that she wanted to have the shoot done around a month earlier than
I first spoke with Sarah over the phone about wanting to do some family portraits with her grown-up kids. It was about two weeks before Xmas and Sarah explained that her daughter was due to fly out to Florida, USA for a
I’m very fortunate that I get to shoot beach family photos for a lot of my clients. I feel most at home, most myself, when I am on the beach – working or not. For my clients, it seems that if
Asako and her family had driven from Avalon, up at the northern end of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, to Bronte – about an hour’s drive away in the Eastern Suburbs – for their family portraits. I was a bit worried
Are you an Existing Client of ours? Have you been thinking about updating your family portraits? Did you know Mother’s Day is only FOUR weeks away? We’re into our 3rd week of our 10th Birthday Celebration, and we’ve got a
For some reason, clouds followed me when I shot these family portraits at Sydney Park with Nicole and Jason. I photographed their wedding back in 2009, they’ve since added two lovely boys to their family. What’s even more unusual is that
This is the first in a series of Family Photographer Interviews. In this series – starting in Week 2 of our 10th Birthday Celebration – I will be interviewing some of our long-term clients about their experiences with us, and
I recently photographed some extended family portraits for Marti and her whole family, at her family home. Marti and I met years ago at a personal development course, and at the time, two of her children were about to
It looked like it was going to rain. I had arrived at Bondi a little early to enjoy some time watching the surf, while I waited for Anita and her family, for their family photo shoot. We had arranged to
Lucinda’s portraits were going to be all about the kids. She was very clear on this point. She didn’t want to be photographed, and wanted me to focus on the children. I made it very clear that I completely accepted
Like many parents, today was the first day back into school routine. Today as we do every year, we photographed Indrani for her first day back at school. We marvelled once again at where time has gone. It only seems
For today’s post, I want to share a story of beach portraits. But more than that, I wanted to tell you a story of finding my voice and identifying my style after almost ten years of being a professional photographer.
About a month ago I met Belinda and Joe and their family for some family beach portraits at Little Bay – a beautiful, secluded beach on the southern fringes of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Belinda initially heard about us through some
You may remember a post from a month or two back titled A Deeper Look at the Value of Family Portraits, where I told the beautiful and heartbreaking story of Eula and Lloyd (pictured above). The quick recap is this:
Family portraits are a beautiful expression of the love, connection and energy a family share. A beautiful family portrait isn’t just a photo – it is a treasured piece of art for a family to hang on their wall, and
Jillian had some family portraits taken by me several years ago, when her daughter was only about a year old. After winning a contest we ran a while back, I finally had a time booked with Jillian and her family,
It’s a glorious sunny day in downtown Coogee (Australia) today. It’s school holidays, and families have flocked to the beach. Everywhere you look there are photographers. Mums, Dads, kids all taking photos on iPhones and the like. Moments in life
It’s a bit of a corny saying but Spring has certainly sprung in Sydney. Our weather over the past week has been nothing short of glorious, sensational, and brilliant. It’s well known that sunshine and the vitamin D you get
On Father’s Day Israel received a text message from one of our wonderful Wedding clients, and now great friends. It was a message that made us both smile and marvel at how important a job it is to be a
Over the last 9 years, we have photographed literally thousands of families and hundreds of weddings, and most of these have been outdoors. Why have we chosen to be specialists in outdoor family portraits? Well for us, it really comes
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