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The Batblog is where I show off my favourite Melbourne family photo shoots, share the real stories behind them, and pass on tips for parents who want better photos of their kids (without the awkward forced smiles). New posts whenever inspiration strikes, which is often.

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Jan 14
Family Portraits - All

Hancox Home Photos

The above shot is one of my favourite family photos, Cathy explained to me she wanted the house to feature in the photo, that they loved their dogs and that she was a queen of finding furniture treasure in op shops / markets etc; This shot shows it all! The...
Jan 14
Family Portraits - All

Turner Family Surprise + Piano

It was fun meeting Mark, he is the husband and father of this family. I only met him at the viewing session a few days after his birthday. The whole portrait session was carried out in secret so that Mark would get a fantastic surprise. Both Alan and Danielle play...
Jan 10
Tasmaina

35 degrees

Last Saturday was hot, very very hot and I had the pleasure of spending it with Scott and Paula at their gorgeous wedding down south. IT all started at Sfumato Hair where Paula and the rest of the girls enjoyed cups of tea while the team there expertly made everyone’s...
Jan 04
Tasmaina

A Berry Good Time

Last weekend saw us heading down to Hobart for Megan and John's wedding, we didn't really have to travel very far compared to Megan and John who live in Switzerland. All the girls got ready up in North Hobart with some food and drink helping keep the morning moving along....
Jan 04
The Old Blog 2000-2013

2008

Hi there, Happy New Year! I've jumped right back in the deep end this year after having a few days off, so it is all really busy now and I can't see it slowing down for quite a while. Christmas involved a bit of driving to see my family up...
Jan 04
The Old Blog 2000-2013

Monica’s Dresses

Back in September 07 I did a little fashion shoot for Monica. The shots were for her submission to get into a very hard to get into fashion design course up in Sydney. We spent an hour taking photos of various pieces she had designed and made down at four...
Dec 21
Pets

Having a Ball

Karina was one of the first people to contact me when I did my call out for soon to be mums. You may remember this shot I took at the Show earlier this year. To give you a little update Jeremy is now an Alderman and Karina is just about...
Dec 21
Portrait

Scott and Vicki

  The session with Scott and Vicki was supposed to be a nice couple shoot, but that all changed when Scott popped the question the week before turning into an engagement portrait! We got some fantastic playful shots down behind Richies Mill, i especially love the piggy back shot above....
Dec 21
Family Portraits - All

Star Landing

Remember Georgie from her pregnancy session? Well she has now welcomed little Stella into the world. There was a star theme to some of the shots as the name Stella means star and there wasn't a shortage of star things about to use as props. Stella behaved quite well for...
Dec 19
Family Portraits - All

Strong Family

 This session is a couple of months old now, I put off posting it as it was going to be a christmas present, but i found out the presents have been opened already so it's posting time! This session was threatened by very large storm clouds, and we spent a...
Dec 19
Portrait

Hingston Kids

I havn't run this much since my last high school cross country! The plan was to get a nice photo of Bella and Xavier together... but te plan really didn't come together with Xavier not coming within a couple of meters of Bella the whole session! There was so many...
Dec 19
Family Portraits - All

White Family

This girl is such an explore! I met up with Allison, Ian and their daughter Chloe and new addition to the family Damon. Damon spent a lot of the shoot feeding which gave Chloe time to explore the gorge car park and probably would have gone off climbing down past...
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