The Botanic Gardens at Benowa on the Gold Coast are a lovely place to have your family portrait session.  There are so many photogenic little corners to escape to - ponds, trees, bridges and lawns, we were spoiled for choice at Danielle's family session!  

Danielle's focus was for more candid and relaxed images, where it looks as if the family didn't know the photo was being taken.  I love this style myself and it always ends up being so much fun!  We were also able to capture her beautiful girls in some cute poses too.

Here are some of the gorgeous memories from this session:

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“Daughters are like flowers that fill the world with beauty.” – Unknown

I recently had the pleasure of capturing a beautiful mother/daughters session with these 3 gorgeous ladies!  Desiree, Dominique and their beautiful mum Juel joined me for a very special session at Southport.  We found this lovely little spot not far from their home and the girls styled the session with blankets and pillows to help make mum feel as comfortable as possible.    

Little Apollo the dog pretty much stole the show though - I mean, just look at how adorable he is in his little denim outfit and his big brown eyes!   

I just love the way the stunning afternoon light made the perfect backdrop for these family memories.  Lots of laughs, and lots of love - just the way it should be.

Here are just a few of the favourites from their session:
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I had the pleasure of working with the fabulous Hunt family recently during their family session at Tamborine Mountain Botanic Gardens - and it was SO much fun!  Most of my family sessions involve young kids, so having a grown up family was a little different for me.  

But just because the kids are grown, doesn't mean the fun has to stop!  I absolutely LOVE how much fun and laughter we had during this session - everyone was relaxed and happy and ready to enjoy the afternoon.  And the laughter was contagious!

​Here are some of the favourites from this beautiful session...

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Oh these are such crazy days aren't they?  Life certainly has taken a bit of a turn in the last month with Covid-19 taking over all our lives - keeping us home and shutting down so many businesses - mine included.

I've filled the last few weeks editing my last few sessions, finalising client orders and keeping the kids occupied during their school holidays.  Last week saw the start of "Learning at Home" - so far so good!  They have lots of learning apps to keep them going at the moment, but they are eager to go back to school as soon as possible!

I'm keeping my sanity by making sure we have daily walks with the dogs, and continuing my running whenever possible.    Also I'm having one weekly outing for groceries at the moment - its quite exciting to go to the shops and see people again!

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I had the best time capturing cute little Harvey during his newborn session - his dad is a rural firefighter so I was super excited to include these elements in his session - how cute is the big smile on his face when he is sitting in his dad's hands??  What a beautiful family!

Here are some of the favourites from this session:​

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I absolutely LOVE photographing twin babies... its fast paced, there is no time for a break but there is twice the love to capture.  Posing twins together can be a challenge, but its a challenge that has so many amazing rewards.   This beautiful family are so blessed to now have FOUR boys!

Here are some of the favourites from their session...

How did you survive the torrential rain last week?  Thankfully we had no damage - but crazy how we can go from "Please let it rain!" a few weeks ago, to us now saying:

"No more, thanks, we've had enough!"

Our tanks are overflowing, the grass is green again and now the humidity is back with a vengeance.   The grass grew to knee high length in just over a week, and now the flies and mozzies are taking over.  Are you over it now too?  I always forget how inconvenient rain is, it happens so rarely!

Thank goodness we were able to get the roof sheets done on the extension a few weeks ago, to catch all that extra water!

I've been lucky enough to capture this gorgeous family on several occasions - and this session was all about celebrating Hunter's 6 month milestone!   I totally love this age group - so smiley, so joyful and just delighted with everything!   Check out those baby blue eyes and infectious smile - soo cute!

For this session, we captured some fun outdoor family images, and then moved into the studio for some posed images in a new outfit (seriously how gorgeous is he in his bow tie!!)

​Thank you so much Felicity and Josh, I love capturing your little man as he grows!

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Over the Christmas break I bought a couple of packets of Arnotts Monte Carlo biscuits - and the kids discovered that they absolutely love them.  A packet doesn't last too long when they're having a few each day!  (Also when hubby decides he loves them too and cant stop eating them haha).

So the other day the kids were playing a car-racing game on the Nintendo - I heard them giggling to each other while they were searching for a race track to try.

I asked them what was so funny?

Master 8 replied "Oh mummy - there's a race track named after a biscuit!  Its called Monte Carlo!"

Its always fabulous when clients return for another session as their little families grow... so it was amazing to catch up with Steph, Keenan and little Winter again as they awaited the arrival of their newest family member!  I first met this lovely family when they were pregnant with Winter and then for her newborn session - and just look at her now!   We were blessed with some gorgeous morning light on the day of the session, giving that beautiful golden glow on this stunning mum! :)

Not too long after this, little Alfie arrived!  Just 11 days new on the day of his session, he had a lovely snooze while we captured these memories with his family.  Winter was super excited to have her photo taken with her new baby brother - love her expressions in the photos of them together!

​Here are some of the favourites from this session:

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We had a momentous occasion here a few weeks ago - when miss 9 became MISS 10!

Do you remember your 10th birthday?  Being double digits is pretty cool, right?  For me, I'm pretty sure that was the year that I received a camera as a present.  A slim rectangular Hanimex 110, with film, in red!

Anyway, missy decided that what she really wanted for her birthday was a girly shopping day!  So when the big day arrived, off we went, armed with some birthday money and a list a mile long.  She wanted to look at earrings, hats, chokers, clothes, a diary, shoes, swimmers, hair scrunchies, sunglasses... and so we shopped til we dropped!  It was actually a great learning experience about getting value for money too, and not just throwing her cash at the first thing she saw.​  Surprisingly, it was over an hour before she spent her first dollar!

I loved capturing Tahlia & Peter at their maternity and newborn sessions here at Tamborine recently!  Its always an honour to be part of such a special time in your life, to hear of the excitement as the big day approaches when you get to meet your little one for the first time!    What beautiful moments to treasure, before their baby boy arrived!

And then their little man was here!  Gorgeous little Malakye was 13 days new on the day of his session - and just so perfect!   Dad Peter brought along his firefighters helmet and it was lovely to be able to incorporate that part of their lives into the session. 

Here are some of the favourites from the day:

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Happy New Year!   We've had a lovely Christmas break plus SO many birthday celebrations, and lots of down time (although the kids are already bored) but its time to get back into it!

I'm buzzing at the moment with New Years resolutions, new business goals, plans and ideas galore.  I've been straight back into work too with a busy couple of weeks coming up and I'm loving it!   

My husband is madly working on the house extensions - anyone who has been here for a portrait session recently will have seen the extent of the work that is going on - its super exciting - more on that in coming weeks, and I promise to post a few photos of the new build too.

Are you ready for 2020?  

Catching up on some blog posts from last years sessions - todays post is from a beautiful girly session with gorgeous little Georgia!  This little sweetheart is blessed to have so much family love around her - we combined her newborn session with an extended family portrait session too - such a lovely way to celebrate her arrival!  Big brother Cooper got to enjoy a few kisses and cuddles with his new sister too.

Here are some of the favourites from the day:  

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I've always taken water for granted, as most people probably do.  Never paid it much thought actually - you turn on the tap and its just there, an endless supply.  That was of course until we moved to Tamborine and had to rely on tank water - and now I have become positively obsessed about it.  Last week we only had about 30 days of water left before we completely run out.

Showers have become a race - I have a 3 minute timer in there, and the challenge is on to be out before the timer finishes.  Everything is done with sparing water in mind.  Wash the dishes with 1/3 of a sink of water.  Flush only when necessary.  Wash cars and water the garden NEVER!!

I cant tell you how excited we were last Saturday night when we received 4mm of rain... and then the next day, another 10mm!  Hubby had the calculator out, working out the square metre-age on all our roofs and figuring out exactly how much water that gave us in the tanks.  

The topic of conversation at school drop offs has become "How good was that rain on the weekend?"  and "How many mils did you get?"

And after 3 and a half years living here, we've finally had to buy a tanker of water... and fingers crossed that gets us through until we get some decent rain!

I first met Michelle, Jason and little Hudson at their maternity session at Tamborine - we had the most beautiful afternoon light and what a gorgeous family!   Here are some of the favourites from this session:

Not long after this, little Ashton arrived, and on his due date too, which doesn't seem to happen very often!   The session was held when he was 10 days old - such a cute little man!  I love the look on big brother  Hudson's face in these - he loved posing with his new baby brother.

​Thanks guys for asking me to capture these memories for you!  

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