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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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Mar 10
Family Portraits - All

How to be awesome | Sunrise bayside beach family portrait

10 March 2023
Sometimes you have to wait for the dates, weather and universe to align for the perfect beach family portrait session to happen. With December being so... let's say, unfriendly" and then January being crazy, we finally got this family in front of the lens in February... and it was totally...
Mar 10
Family Portraits - All

Home and the Cliffs : Summer Family Portrait Bayside

10 March 2023
This family portrait was planned out REALLY well! Whenever I ask about families in planning, it's really great to share as much as you can think of that your family love doing. Of course, we could have headed straight to the beach and got all the great and fun shots......
Jan 14
Family Portraits - All

12 Days in January

14 January 2023
The start of 2023 was a bit of downtime, and time to turn my camera on our life. Not sitting and smiling at the camera, but just capturing what we were doing.From the fun to the mundane.Enjoy.Also, there is a behind the scenes video with the editing and the stories...
Dec 18
Family Portraits - All

Christmas 2022

18 December 2022
Dec 05
Uncategorized

11 Gift Ideas For People Who Want To Be Amazing This Christmas

5 December 2022
There are some really cool things out there for Christmas gifts for the ones you love... and if you are like me you probably had a good idea and then forgot what the gift was! Well to help you out, here are some awesome finds for almost anyone! SUNNY KING...
Nov 14
Wedding

The Last Wedding

14 November 2022
I was given the option last year... be a groomsman or be a photographer.  Instant decision. Photographer. Why? Well, it means I can be helpful and hang out with my friends, boys and girls throughout the day. Plus I knew what they were looking for in terms of photos and...
Nov 01
Wedding

I quit.

1 November 2022
From the first wedding... hot hot was sepia? 20 years ago today I photographed my first wedding. This Saturday I photograph my last*.  And I'm not sure if I'm ok with it... Let's back up 21 years ago, (holy bad word, that's half my life ago)I'd just finished uni, I was...
Aug 16
Awards

My Wild Week In New Zealand | Awards

16 August 2022
The last few days I've had a pretty wild ride over in Nelson New Zealand... and I didn't even leave the country! Last year the Austrlian Institiue of Professional Photography folded leaving a massive hole in the Australian photography industry and meant that the Australian Professional Photography Awards also died.Luckily, the...
Aug 15
Family Portraits - All

Donut Hunting | Melbourne Holiday Family Portrait

15 August 2022
Life gets pretty busy for families. One of the absolute best ways to disconnect from reality and hang out together is to go on an adventure, which is what The Quill's did a couple of weeks back. They left Launceston behind and headed to Melbourne for a bit of random...
Aug 03
Family Portraits - All

Rauch Family | Braeside Park Family Portrait

3 August 2022
When designing the Rauch family portrait location, the one big thing was we had to be in Nature. So off to Braeside we adventured, and this time the locations were a little off the regular tracks... there was a lot of rabbit watching going on, which is appropriate because back...
Jul 12
Family Portraits - All

Why Winter Is Awesome For Portraits

12 July 2022
Yes, it's getting cold but that doesn't mean you need to hold off until it gets warmer for that family portrait. Some of my absolute favorite sessions happen in the cooler months. Yes even here in Melbourne where the weather is totally changeable there is a heap of good things...
Jul 12
Portrait

A Decade of Melbourne Fun

12 July 2022
Whoa! 10 years as a Victorian! It's highly likely that at some stage that I've mentioned I'm from Tasmania. The Photobat name was actually born in Melbourne wayyyy back in 1999 when I had to create an email address for uni. I was studying photography at RMIT and I was...
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