Family Documentary Photography

Imagine a stress free photography session. No posing, no need for complementary outfits, no forced smiles. Imagine a gallery of images that captured who you are and not just what you look like… learn more.

Sarah – Dance Empire Studios 2016

Penelope has just completed all of the photos for my dance studio with 100+ students and I cannot recommend her enough. She was so professional, passionate and dedicated to her art and she has produced the best photos of our beautiful dancers, that we have ever had. Penelope, it has been an absolute blessing to… Read more “Sarah – Dance Empire Studios 2016”

Sarah – Dance Empire Studios 2017

We used to find the dance photographs a highly stressful process and Penelope has changed our thoughts on this. She took such an interest in capturing creative photos that were not your typical ‘dance’ photos and has managed to bring a new life into dance portraits. The families at my Studio are beyond excited with… Read more “Sarah – Dance Empire Studios 2017”

Jessica

Pen. I’m honestly teary. Thank you for capturing all of this! I was pretty nervous leading up to my session with Pen, I had an idea in my head of what I wanted the images to portray and wasn’t sure how I’d fit in them being a tad awkward. I was beyond nervous when Pen… Read more “Jessica”

Alison – Alison Mitchell Naturopath

Thanks so much! I think they look great. My new website will be up soon and your pictures will be on it. Also, I’m writing an eBook and be using some of the photos you took in that too.

Chris – Josie Coffee

The photos look incredible and I hope we can give you a good plug for some time to come. Thanks so much…

Stephen – Gourmet Macarons

I updated my website, the images look AWESOME! I’ll get a few more out in the coming weeks with the blog. Thanks for coming out.

Steph E

Thank you so much Pen. You have done an amazing job and we really appreciate the hard work you have put in to capturing our little family. Just thought I would let you know that we received the photos today and they are gorgeous. Thank you so much for your hard work.

Steph C

Penelope came to my house and was able to get right to work! She and I hit it off so well, it was as if she’d known us and wanted to get to know us. Having her in my house was causal, relaxed and we felt at home, not forced, fake or staged. She was… Read more “Steph C”

Lisa

There’s a special kind of magic feeling when you look at photos unstaged, unrehearsed and unposed of yourself and your kids doing ‘life’. Penelope does a spectacular job of capturing both the purity and chaos of life. I got the photos. I laughed. I cried. And I get it. One day I’ll miss this crazy.

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About Me

Well hello! I have several 500ml tea cups, sing like no one is listening (and they probably aren’t because I am tone deaf) and had dreadlocks for a few years in my early 20s. My favourite thing to do is to photograph others so they can see their lives through the eyes of an outsider. We can be pretty hard on ourselves in life and I found photography to help me appreciate the here and now and to see the beauty that is all around. I would love to photograph your family!