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Birthday girl

By Thursday, March 26, 2015 0 Blog, Personal , , , , Permalink 0

My Birthday girl reminds me that families are forever.

I heard some tragic news late last night after I had finished judging a camera club competition. The baby of a friend and previous wedding client had passed away after a very short life. I send my warmest regards to the grieving mother and she sent back to me a beautiful and insightful message. She encouraged me to ‘hold my babies tight” and showed amazing bravery in talking about the peace she would have with her the rest of her life from the small moments her son had been with her.

A parents special role

It made me ponder the special and beautiful role I have as a parent to 3 amazing children, and the sacred responsibility I have in raising them and seeing them become an asset to their owns families in years to come and the community they live in.

Eager to enter the world.

Today is a very special girls birthday. Yes, today is my only daughters 8th Birthday and it has been a long way coming. I think she has been 8 for about 5 or 6 years now. I vividly remember the day she was born, especially because this young lady was in a hurry from the outset. We raced to the hospital and barely had time to get the camera out let alone park the car. In the panic I drove into the wrong hospital and eventually parked in a doctors reserved car park. 15 minutes later we were blessed with our second beautiful child.

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Her 1st precious moments of life

 

Since then it has been a roller coaster ride and a half, with many wonderful and amazing memories. This young princess of ours is hilarious. She has an amazing personality and is fun and adventurous.

Her own comedy show.

Many times she has brought us to tear from laughing so hard. I love her extroverted approach on life. Times like while travelling in Kununurra and staying at a caravan park and I would take all the kids into the toilets to have showers before our day’s activities. Kembry would run up to one of the used cubicles, look underneath and start a conversation with the very embarrassed person using the toilet.

Protective Mother Hen.

She is also very kind and always thinking of everyone especially her brothers. She is a protective mother hen of her little brother, carrying him like he is her own son. And we love the playful games and activities she plays with her handsome older brother. I just love the way they cackle and laugh together so much. It has been a pleasure to travel with them on family and work trips.

So many beautiful memories and even some challenges ( I’m sure when she is a teenager there will be some more too). But today I just want to take some time out to remember my birthday girl and how wonderful families are.

Birthday girl

Our favourite Birthday Girl

 

 

magic wedding moments

By Friday, March 13, 2015 0 Blog, Magic moments, Weddings , , , , Permalink 0
magic wedding moments

Magic wedding moments from every bride and groom

One of the highlights for me personally during my career as a Wedding Photographer is sharing the wonderful occasions and all the magic wedding moments as a Bride and Groom begin officially their union together with their wedding day celebration.

Storytelling with a lens – Its something that I do not take lightly. I see myself as a storyteller, using images to illustrate and tell your story, like piecing together a puzzle, piece by piece.With each new Wedding brings a unique and amazing new experience. This is the main reason I continue to shoot Weddings each week. Of course the challenge is great, and the workload huge, but the experience we share with so many Brides and Grooms is just so wonderful.

The Standard photographs – Each new Wedding I look for the standard set of images, Mum admiring her Bride daughter, or Dad walking his daughter down the isle proudly just to name a few.

On each and every Wedding day comes a wonderful magic, a joy and peace, love and harmony and sometimes tears. We can never in words explain what happens before the event has taken place, but we guarantee that when the day is done, the words have been spoken, the tears have been wiped away and the smiles have stopped, we will have a memorable set of images that will touch your soul.

The magic wedding moment journey – I want to take you on this journey, so you can feel some of these magic wedding moments.Here is a the start of a series of memorable and amazing magic wedding moments we have seen through our lens at the different Weddings we have photographed. Each has a story behind it, each image captured a piece of something amazing and we are happy to tell that story.

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These ladies are best friends, helping each other through the trials of life for many years. When one sees a need to help the other they drop everything to do so. This photograph was captured as the Bride nervously prepared herself for her big day. There was much to worry about, weather, the kids and of course new beginnings.

Amongst the chaos, her friend saw the need to fix a little spilt in her dress, the bride seeing the selfless act and knowing her friend hadn’t finished her hair began pulling the rollers out of her hair. Their determination, teamwork and laughs showed the true meaning of eternal friends and what one does for those they care about.

The Journey Part 1 – Photographing India

By Tuesday, February 3, 2015 0 Blog, Travel , , , , Permalink 0
Photographing India

photographing India

The Journey Part 1 –  Photographing India

The image I share today is from 2010 while I was photographing India. I was travelling with family back to my mother’s homeland on a family heritage trip. During our stay there we were exposed to the hardships so many from that country experience. I would walk the streets daily absorbing the culture and challenges the local people faced. My heart was full of compassion for the many wonderful people I saw that had far less than I’d ever had to make do with. As I walked, I saw children in age similar to mine walking the streets, begging so that they could survive. I saw industrious hard working people looking for any opportunity to make ends meet. It made me appreciate the wonderful circumstances that I lived in and the great opportunities I could provide for my children. For me personally photographing India was a great joy and a massive challenge. There were many cultural barriers to overcome and the weather was just so hot and muggy too, which is so wonderful for photography.

A Beggar woman in Chennai

This particular image I captured of a local Chennai woman who was waiting outside one of the very few Christian churches, begging. I photographed her as she approached us. I noticed that she sat at the steps of the small cathedral and that many people had passed her by. I noticed her partially deformed and swollen leg, her frail arms outstretched, her body slouched over. Her sad, wrinkled face told me a story of harsh life and sorrow. I could not communicate with her in her language, but I gave her a small offering to help her and in the most beautiful way she smiled and showed her appreciation. My heart beamed in delight, that I could help in a small way another of God’s children. In that instant I forgot the long strenuous drive we were on and the humid sticky weather that I was finding almost unbearable. I began feeling peace and joy for loving someone else. I never saw her again, but this image and my emotions from our encounter remind forever how grateful I need to be for what I have.

My heart became so fond of this experience and the others that I had on this journey photographing India. I have become attracted to this country and its spiritual power, its amazing cultural diversity and the beautiful buildings and monuments along the way. I have teamed up with my good friends and fellow award winning professional landscape photographer Paul Dowe from Paul Dowe Galleries to take others seeking these experiences and adventures, helping other photographers to use the power of their camera to document the journey of life. Our Wild Light Photographic tours are more than just the average photographic tours, they are a journey – an exploration a life experience not to miss. One that we will be advertising and promoting soon will be a wonderful tour photographing India.

 

South African Safari – A true Wild life Adventure

By Saturday, May 10, 2014 0 Travel , , , , Permalink 0

Well you know I love Photography and you know I love travelling, and you know I love combining them both. Well now its your turn!!! Come join me and fellow award winning Photographer Paul Dowe http://www.pauldowe.com.au/ in conjunction with John Mcloughlin from My Camera focus http://www.mycamerafocus.com.au/ as we set sail for South Africa. We will be hosting a very exciting Photographic Safari with workshops in the Dinokeng reserve and have offered it for a very special introductory price.

We are offering an amazing package that includes expert tuition and instruction from a couple of award winning professional Photographers (including myself hahaha). We are also loaning out some professional Canon wildlife gear to share including camera bodies and lens ( you know those really big suckers.) This Safari tour is packed with features…. 2 game drives a day looking for the Wild animals, a couple of aerial experiences, a horse back tour if your game (not animal game – brave game.), and an opportunity to shoot the water-life from  a Barge.The 6 day tour includes all food accommodation, transfers from the Johannesburg  and Return airfares from Perth – Yep it includes Return airfares from Perth (I mentioned it twice in case you read it wrong). Bookings are filling fast and yes we will be doing it again, but it won’t be at this crazy price…. so if you don’t want to miss out you need to book now. I have attached a brochure about this Safari or you can request one to be sent to you, and we will have a full information pack and itinerary for those that are ready to book. If you get the time off, come along, this will be an adventure not to miss. ( Book early to save $500 off this already crazy price.)

If you can’t make it but would like to join us on a different experience please send us an email and maybe an idea of where you would like to go. Plus please share this around to the beautiful people you know who you think would like to join us.

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The Wildlife tour of South Africa