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May 10

by Penelope Hale in 10 o 10, PK Photography 9 comments tags: 10 on 10, blog circle, Blue Mountaisn Family Photographer, dcoumentary family photographer, Hawkesbury Family Photographer, Newcastle family photographer, pk photography

10 on 10 | May

This year I am participating in a blog circle where an international group of photographers post 10 images from the previous month on the 10th (get it – 10 on 10). To keep the circle going, head to the link at the bottom of the page and check out some serious talent! I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S9 so all the shots in this month’s 10 on 10 are from that phone and then edited with the Snapseed app. We went to the local annual show in our old stomping grounds, the Hawkesbury Show. We were in the area due to my exhibition at a gallery in the Blue Mountains so decided to take the girls. It was quite a different experience to when I went as a kid when we went to see the animals, craft and baking displays while dodging the rides and sideshow alley. The girls were so tired from all their rides and sideshow games that we headed home before getting so much as a whiff of manure. Winners, step right up! Let the rides begin! I know the crazy person who those legs belong to. This rides swung around on a pendulum while […]

Apr 10

by Penelope Hale in 10 o 10, documentary, Family, PK Photography 20 comments tags: blue mountains photographer, documentary, documentary family photographer, family photographer, lake macquarie photographer, newcastle photographer, pk photography

10 on 10 | April

This year I am participating in a blog circle where an international group of photographers post 10 images from the previous month on the 10th (get it – 10 on 10). To keep the circle going, head to the link at the bottom of the page and check out some serious talent! When we lived in the Blue Mountains, we would often visit my sister and her family in Canberra. Between the two of us there are four children who are all close in age and they get along really well and it has been awesome watching them grow up together despite living a few hours away. Since moving to Newcastle though, Canberra is little bit further away which means we can’t head down on a weekend or on a bit of a whim. During the longer Easter break though we bundled up in my parents’ car and all went down to Canberra together. We met up with my cousins for an Easter Saturday lunch at Cotter Dam and since it is quite an extended summer this year, the kids were able to paddle in the river trying to catch fish. The youngest in the fish search party wasn’t as […]

Mar 11

by Penelope Hale in 10 o 10, documentary, Family, Monthly Favourites, Personal, PK Photography 16 comments tags: documentary family photographer, hunter family photographer, hunter photographer, newcastle, Newcastle family photographer

10 on 10 | March

10 on 10 | March Each month, on the tenth day, a group of photographers post ten images from the previous month. Each photographer links to another in their post which in the end comes full circle back to the photographer you started with. This is my contribution for March, using a collection of images from February. Don’t forget to follow through the circle with a clickable link at the end. February was a pretty quiet month for us here yet full on lots of new things, firsts and getting settled in to the new routine. I attempted a Day in the Life of our family on 27 Feb but didn’t make it much past school drop off… Evie is definitely a book worm. Olive is becoming more independent The beach is where Evie belongs. Evie was pleased to learn she hadn’t forgotten how to do up the zip on her dress during school holidays. To keep moving your way around the circle and see what the other 10 on 10 photographers got up to, head over to Jessica Dherari‘s 10 on 10 post.

Feb 26

by Penelope Hale in documentary, Family, Personal, PK Photography 0 comments tags: documentary family photographer, hunter family photographer, lake macquarie family photographer, Newcastle family photographer, newcastle photographer, pk photography

Relocation Part Three | Documenting the move to Newcastle

We have now moved in to a more permanent address (only slightly, as it was sold in the first week we had moved in after unsuccessfully being on the market for many months so we are on the move again mid-July). We have been here a little over a month now and I am still pinching myself that we live a 10 min drive from Redhead Beach! The removalists arrived as I was putting the key in the door . They were a little bit early so we didn’t get a chance to run around the empty house or explore before it was a hive of activity. I did manage to get a ‘calm before the storm’ shot though. I set the girls up with a drink and some morning shows on the balcony. I am not sure what your kids are like but mine seem to have a special skill at getting under your feet – especially if you are in a hurry or carrying something heavy. It won’t be the first time these words have been uttered (or shouted from a corner in desperation), “The boxes are never ending!” and it has sure felt like that! So sometimes, […]

Feb 18

by Penelope Hale in documentary, Personal 0 comments tags: documentary family photography, documentary session

My turn in front of the camera | Documentary Family Photography Session

Recently, a fellow documentary family photographer and I did a session trade. We swapped an eight hour documentary session of each other’s family. The Hales (that’s us) were up first as we were moving away shortly and Sharon (of Sharon Troy-Baldwin Photography) was able to fit us in before the move. It is something I will be forever grateful for because as a super sentimental and emotional person (I cry watching Christmas ads for not-for-profit organisations or reading about people being kind to each other), I really think it helped me process our move to a new area. The lead up to our session I was so excited! I couldn’t wait to see how another photographer photographed my family. Would she see different personality elements in the girls or find pockets of light I had never noticed because I had some ‘go to’ ones at various times of the day? What do I miss noticing because I am in the thick of this thing called parenting? Then it happened… All those little thoughts and fears I tell prospective clients to not worry about started creeping in. Worrying about the clutter/size/cleanliness of my our home, wondering if we are even very […]

Feb 07

by Penelope Hale in 10 o 10, Personal, PK Photography 12 comments tags: 10on10, blog circle, documentary family photography, hunter photographer, maitland photographer, Newcastle family photographer, newcastle photographer

10 on 10 | February

This year I am participating in a blog circle. I was unable to post for January due to my computer being in a box in a shipping container in a warehouse so here I am with my first contribution! I am proudly joining a group of photographers who either shoot ten images on the tenth day of each month or curate ten images from the previous month. Follow the link at the bottom of the post to keep making your way around the circle to the next photographer! My ten images for February are from the tenth of January. I wanted to document how we were spending our days living in the temporary apartment accommodation. While we tried to get out for a small adventure each day, this just happened to be a day we stayed in and looking back it seems that cabin fever was at its peak with emotions being high or low – there was no middle level. Don’t forget that this post is part of a monthly blog circle. To continue the circle, following a group of photographers all sharing ten images from either a theme or a day or simply the previous month, click here […]

Feb 05

by Penelope Hale in documentary, Family, PK Photography 7 comments tags: documentary family photography, documentary photographer, documentary session, family documentary, family photographer, hunter photographer, newcastle, newcastle photographer, pk photography

Relocation Part Two | Documenting the move to Newcastle

This post covers the period of time at our temporary accommodation. At this stage, we hadn’t secured a rental property so the length of stay here was unknown but to save space (and perhaps a touch of optimism) we packed a weeks worth of clothes, a few toys for the girls, a few books for me and Josh’s work clothes as he was due to start in a few days. It was a two bedroom serviced apartment and while the girls were excited to share and LOVE lifts, the lack of a backyard and lack of space meant cabin fever set in after days. So there were many emotional times and to keep it real, I shot through those as well. It mostly felt like a holiday to me initially as we were staying in what was effectively a hotel, going o the beach daily and exploring a new place. In hindsight (2.5 weeks in to unpacking a house), I am grateful for the temporary accommodation so I could enjoy the new area before feeling bogged down in the obligation of unpacking and the weight of all our stuff (seriously – I thought I had done a great job […]

Feb 04

by Penelope Hale in documentary, Family, Personal 0 comments tags: documentary photographer, family documentary, family documentary photographer, family photographer, family photojournalism, hunter family photographer, lake macquarie family photographer, maitland family photographer, moving house, Newcastle family photographer, relocation

Relocation Part One | Documenting the move to Newcastle

Relocation | Part One Moving house. Moving to a new house, new city, new school, new preschool, new everything. I wanted to make images of the move to use it as a way not only to document the process but to sort through the emotions I was anticipating. I am a sentimental and emotional person and thought this move out of our family home, the first place we brought our two babies to when they left the hospital, would really weigh me down. We really love our little spot in the Blue Mountains and while we are excited for things Newcastle has to offer that we don’t have here (beaches being the biggest and most exciting of them all), it will be quite an adjustment. I had planned in my head a whole bunch of photos of things like boxes being taped up and written on by the packing removalists but really didn’t want to get in their way so didn’t end up getting any of those. So here is a small sample of Part One aka Our Life in Boxes. A little bit of our own packing before the professionals came in. Escaping the hail storm outside and […]

Oct 24

by Penelope Hale in documentary, Family, Newborn, PK Photography 0 comments tags: family documentary, family photography, family photojournalism, newborn, newcastle, pk photography

Kenzie | Newborn Documentary Session

Sometimes the smallest things take the most room in your heart. – A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh Kenzie, what a beautiful little girl you are. It is clear that you have taken up residence in a very large portion of Mum and Dad’s hearts. So much of new parenthood involves repetition; activities like pacing up and down the kitchen or hall or main room to lull a baby to sleep, rocking back and forth in a rocking or gliding chair while feeding and chatting. The beauty of a documentary newborn session is that those early days are captured as they were. When you have a newborn, often those days and weeks are lost to the fog of sleeplessness night and gazing in wonder at your creation. As these sessions are in-home, you don’t need to go anywhere or even worry about if/when they will be asleep. You will have a way to remember their nursery, the place you brought them home from the hospital to which may change due to moving or renovations as they grow up and a beautiful record of their very early life with you when you were discovering each other […]

Oct 20

by Penelope Hale in documentary, Family, Maternity, Newborn, PK Photography 0 comments

What is Family Documentary Photography?

It is your family, real and unposed. The love, laughs, tantrums and tears. They are relaxed and fun sessions that reflect your unique family. No need to stress about perfect outfits, perfect smiles and perfectly behaved children. My philosophy is that your family perfect just as you are, no matter what that looks or sounds like. We will spend some time together, 2 hours to a whole day, and I will be there with you making images in a photojournalist way that reflect your family and each personality within it. A family documentary session will produce images for your family that will take you back to that day, that time in your lives. Your littles one’s current milestones, your middle child who refuses to take off that costume, the way your biggest kid looks at you when you act silly; the smaller moments that build a childhood.