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
Some of you may remember Rilien had an operation on his funky big toes at about 10 months old. The documentary posts are here (part 1) and here (part 2). I just re-visited them myself, and I’m so grateful
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
“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” – Lee Iacocca Most of you already know how I feel about both my own family, and the broader institution of family. It
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
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
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
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.” – Aristotle I never cease being floored by the quality of thinking done by humans of history. We have all struggled. We have all fought – both each other and ourselves.
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.
It’s a great question, and I think there are four main reasons: 1) At a deep, fundamental level, we want to have mattered. We want to know that while we were here – however fleetingly – we left a mark;
Dressing For Success. What does it really mean? And what is a Family Portrait Photography Studio doing writing about this? Read on, all will soon be revealed. Dressing For Success is quite often associated with an effort to look good
A few months back I wrote this post about a dear friend of mine, and her bumpy road to family portraits. My friend MJ, who was the subject of that post, has a cousin whose best friend’s Mum read that
There are many ways to say Dad. Father, Dad, Daddy, Pa, Papa, Baba, Bapa etc. In our house, there’s also Dadio, Oompapa and when the kids are being cheeky, they even say Israel knowing that Israel will of course correct
The first time I spoke to Heather, it was an hour-long chat about life, Star Wars, kids, Lord of the Rings, holidays, yoga, and thrown in ever-so-briefly, a bit about having family portraits done with me. It was clear that
Jenny and her family were lucky enough to receive the gift of family portraiture from a friend. After a conversation on the phone, we agreed that it would be a great idea to photograph Jenny and her family at their
I am eternally grateful to Nicole and her family for letting me showcase her beautiful portraits. I am writing this story as a detailed insight into the truth of what really happens on real portrait shoots with real families. Every
In late December, just before we closed the studio for the year, I photographed Evelyn and her family at Balls Head Reserve on Sydney Harbour. Evelyn and her family were relocating to Melbourne over the Christmas break, and wanted some
Caroline’s portrait shoot was the first time she had ever experienced professional family photography, after that she started using the childrens photography. Caroline explained on the phone that she wanted to preserve this moment in time with her family, and
You see your children or your partner everyday. Obvious statement I know. But do you really see and recognise the extent of changes that occur in one year? From personal experience, I know I certainly don’t. Every year whilst we
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