I also really wanted to spend some time practicing some of my night photography skills and what better way than at a Lantern Parade. In order to challenge myself further (and also for the mere fact I didn’t want to carry my entire photography kit) . I picked my camera body (Canon 5D for those who are interested), my flash (my flash Canon 580ex-really should learn how to use that thing better) and then I did something really wild. I shut my eyes, put my hand in my bag a pulled out a random lens. Seriously. I am that wild! I ended up taking the 50mm 1.2. Yay! I love that lens!

To start with, we have the Cast of Characters….and I mean characters!

My little girl, pose much?

My big girl, she’s growing up so fast and she is just such so lovely (I can say that, I’m her mum):

My niece, Mik, she loves hanging out with my girls:

It is impossible to get a ‘normal’ photo of them at this stage in their life, I thought I would try again later:

It didn’t get any better..what’s with the beanie OVER the hood Mik?

The parade:

The dinosaurs from Erth made an appearance. I’ve seen these guys a few times and that are so talented!

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Most of the leaves had lost their gorgeous colour, but we managed to find a few nice golden ones. It was an impromptu shoot so the girls are styled in whatever they found clean this morning!

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One thing I’ve learned is that ALL brides are beautiful on their wedding day. There’s nothing more flattering than the look of true love! No matter how low-maintenance you may be, though,you should still consider hiring a professional makeup artist to help you look your absolute best on the big day. Experienced makeup people know just how to emphasize your very best features so you’re ready for your close up at picture time!

I’m always rapt when my brides tell me they’ve chosen Edessa to do their makeup. I’ve photographed brides wearing make up by Endessa for 3 years now and I know she always does a fantastic job and the makeup photographs flawlessly. Apart from gracing North Coast brides with her fantastic make up, Endessa has worked at Fashion Shows as part of makeup artist Rae Morris‘ team.

Yesterday, I visited Endessas’ Beauty Spot for a quick photo shoot of some work she was doing. It’s fun for me to get out and do something out of the ordinary!

Following are some of the photos from the shoot.

One of the artist!

Until next time,

Vicki

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Today I had a mini session for Harry. That means as many photos as I can take in 20 minutes whilst posing the baby, holding the reflector and touching the shutter. I was ‘babysitting’ you see!! His mum went out to lunch with his dad. They should probably do that more often.

If anyone would like some ‘babysitting’ please contact me.  I love all babies, especially those under 6 weeks. Since there will be no more ‘baby having’ on my side I’m happy to love yours, even if it’s just for 20 minutes!

I have also been prop shopping, please admire the gorgeous soft rug Harry is sleeping on and lovely beanie hand knitted by my mum. There’s also a pink beanie on the way for a little baby who is coming to see me when she is born!!

Until next time,

Vicki

I first introduced you to my nephew Harry when he was just 12 hours old….now he is getting a big boy and is a whole 9 days old. Yep! He is set to be one of the most photographed babies in Yamba as I have sessions booked for him at 4 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year! I probably should tell his mum as Harry and I have worked all this out ourselves!

Harry was a perfect newborn to photograph (much like my girls were-NOT!) and he slept quietly as I gently posed him.

He let me wrap him up,

Roll him around,

Put him onto his tummy…but only for a little time. He didn’t really like being on his tummy.

I really like high key black and white images of newborns, I think it looks classic and timeless:

But, just in case you would like to see him in colour;

Until next time,

Vicki

I was up in Jackadgery (about 40km west of Grafton) to photograph a wedding on Saturday. As I was driving to Grafton I could see a fairly distinct haze ahead of me, which became thicker the closer to Grafton I got. Once I was in Jackadgery the wind was whipping around and the dust storm was well and truly upon us. Fortunately the dust was not as red as the dust on Wednesday. I took this quick photo as I approached the grooms house. To me it looks a lot like an early morning mist, however the photo was taken at 12 noon!!

Until next time,

Vicki

I have just returned home after visiting my brand new nephew Harry, who was born about 8pm last night. He is just 12 hours old. Very new and very precious. He is probably the youngest baby I have ever photographed  since I have been ‘professional’!

I checked with Kerri this morning before publishing this blog post as I would have hated to be the first to show off the photos and steal her well deserved thunder, so to speak. She was more than happy to share these very early photos of Harry with you all.

World, meet Harry Neil!

Harry, meet the world…well, maybe later, there’s plenty of time.

Here is the brand new big sister:

Just so we are all on the same page here, this is Miks baby, she may let you cuddle him in exchange for a bribe of some sorts. But only for 5 minutes. She is just so besotted by him

Hospitals are tricky places to take photos, there are constant interruptions from Doctors, cleaners, nurses, other baby photographers and hovering nannys.  He is booked in for another session when he comes home from the hospital, so there will be heaps and heaps and heaps of photos to come!!!

Until next time,

Vicki

Until next time,

Vicki