CREATING ART FROM YOUR EVERYDAY
The posts in this category are not from clients but my own personal life.
My Great Grandfather's Pudding (aka the year I ate too much pudding!) We spent alternate Christmases with my maternal grandparents which were filled with cousins, running around, fun and love. They were a traditional kind of Christmas that involved going to mass as a family (where Grandma was always a few beats ahead in hymns and prayers), roast meat, …
My Great-Grandfather’s Pudding | Documenting TraditionsRead More
This last month I had a dear friend, Lauren (of Free Range Change) visit when she returned from Central America. The girls and I made some kokedama for the bathroom in the winter school holidays and Lauren mentioned she had always wanted to make some so we went to Bunnings (but I didn't have my camera :( ) and got the necessary material then got …
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 …
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 …
Relocation Part Three | Documenting the move to NewcastleRead More
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 …
My turn in front of the camera | Documentary Family Photography SessionRead More
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 …
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 …
Relocation Part One | Documenting the move to NewcastleRead More
I feel as lost as Olive when she was stuck in the pumpkin plant. One of my biggest fears happened on Friday morning. I still feel pretty numb about it, and deeply sad. You see, with client images I back up in three locations. With my own? No back ups. HUGE MISTAKE! PRINT YOUR PHOTOS! I wish I had. I was working off a laptop until late July this year, when …
My parents are going away for a bit and refused to let me drive them to the airport (which is about a 2.5hr return trip) but let me drop them at the train station five minutes down the road. The girls and I decided to squeeze in some more time with them by staying on the train for a few stops and getting off in time for a morning snack. We haven't had an …
I have always wanted to be a philanthropist. While I definitely do not have the ability to make "a generous donation" the size that a philanthropist can, I am going to start giving more than a $25 donation to sponsor my cousin in his Multiple Sclerosis cycling event. If I sit around waiting to earn the big bucks, my small bucks that can make a difference …
