Rhys was three weeks when I met him and his parents.  Such a cute little guy even when he was getting grumpy with tummy time!

I love little fingers!

Rhys really excelled at tummy time.

I love the hands in this shot…

So in my last blog post I may have mentioned I am heading to Greece in June to shoot a wedding.  Well it is Kirsty & George’s wedding so I met them and Kirsty’s two boys at the beach on Sunday morning.  Thinking that the weather has been pretty overcast for the last few weeks, I wasn’t quite prepared for the shock of full sun and warm temperatures but we managed to get some photos on the beach, find some shade and popped to Point Walter for the last part for some family shots under the shady trees.

I realise that Greece is going to be very sunny in June but Kirsty & George have planned their wedding times so well!  The ceremony starts at 5pm at the Church and we can have some shots on the beach are in the square in front of the church till 8pm when the reception starts.  I wasn’t tempted to ask what time the reception is going to end but I am glad I didn’t arrange to go to Santorini till the Tuesday after the wedding because I have seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I know how the Greeks love a party so I may need more than a day to recover!!!!  I have also watched My Life in Ruins too for research purposes and any other suggestions for ‘research’ movies or books (fiction of course) to watch before the big trip would be greatly appreciated!

I blogged Meg & Tim’s maternity session here in January and was overwhelmed with the comments left by all of Meg’s family back in the US all anxious to see photos of pregnant Meg and wishing them both all the best for the safe arrival of their daughter.

And Amelia May did arrive safely a month later.  With a set of lungs I got to experience on the Sunday afternoon that I scheduled to go around and take a few portraits of the new parents with Amelia!   The good thing about photography, unlike video you cannot hear what is going on, so most of the shots she looks very serene.  Meg and Tim assured me that this was a very unusual day and usually Amelia is very peaceful and sleeps most the day and night.  Lucky me, the day I visit, she hadn’t slept all day and was very cranky about it!  But seriously she does look peaceful in the photos so I believe them!

Congratulations Meg and Tim!
More photos can be seen on my facebook page here.

I met Silvia, Chris, Jonathan and their dog Charlie (who is a bundle of energy) at Bicton Baths on a Sunday morning at 8am!  Ahhh the life of a photographer.  Silvia & Chris had their wedding photos taken here so thought it would be nice to have some family portraits here, now they have moved on to a new phase in their married life, I think the phase that means that 8am is an acceptable time to get out of the house.  I am not quite there yet and was very glad to be behind the camera rather than in front of it - a feeling I get quite often to be honest!

Bicton Baths is such a beautiful location and the morning was truly stunning and suited this gorgeous family.  And I think Jonathan is the first child I have completed a family portrait session with that didn’t cry, yell ‘no’ at me, run away from me or generally hate me.  YES!!!  I love taking family portraits but it is hard when the little, cute ones in the family take an instant dislike to you…  But Jonathan had a really curious nature and was looking at the camera and even crawling towards me!

I think this is my favourite shot of the session!  Jonathan looks so peaceful on Chris’s shoulder….

See look!  Jonathan is crawling towards me!

My sister and her family came over from Queensland for Christmas and Christmas day we walked down from the folks house to the Bicton foreshore to get some family shots with the kids.  So they were a little bit over tired from all the excitement from the day and it took a while to tear them away from their tonka toys.  I don’t get to see my two little nephews very often, the last time I saw them was in April and it is amazing how different their personalities are!  Lochie is a serious little man and Bailey is a little gigglepot (although not when Aunty Em gave him a ’scary’ baby dinosaur that roars for Christmas - whoops).

The serious business of sand shifting…

How annoying it must be to have a little brother that tries to copy EVERYTHING that you do!

The way parents get kids to giggle and laugh at a shoot seems to be chucking them into the air…???

Bailey loves the water…

And loved practicing his Iron Man entrance into the water…

Looks like Leigh still has that feisty temper I used to run away and hide from when we were kids…

Or maybe not…

The whole family, with Bailey the show off and Lochie looking a little bit over photos…

In Gramp’s garden seems to be Lochie’s favourite place.  Is it the growing or is it the eating?

A selection of images from my session with Jo, Jamie and Matilda (and not forgetting Dave the dog).

Matilda has amazing big blue eyes!

I had a fabulous shoot with this gorgeous family at the start of the month.  It was a beautiful sunny day at Heathcote Reserve, perfect for spending time on the beach, at the playground and just hanging out on the grass!

Miss Ruby wasn’t too impressed with me or my camera but I think I managed to capture some moments when she was happy playing around and not worried about the camera.

If you would like to see some more images there are a few more uploaded to my Flickr site here.