Welcome to my blog
I am a Melbourne Portrait Photographer specialising in baby, children and family photography.
I adore children and babies, always have and always will. Their straight up innocence and un-spoilt perspective is so precious in this crazy world in which we walk.
I love my photography. I've always been a visual person, artistic. I always search for the beauty in life - photography documents that.
My blog is both a personal documentary for me - illustrated with pictures I've taken along the way. And a chance for me to showcase the wonderful people that I am lucky to photograph :-)
Baby E – Melbourne baby, newborn photographer
September 3, 2010
She’s a little bit of sunshine
She’s a smile to light our days
She will steal our hearts and
Keep them with her warm endearing ways
She’s our precious little daughter
With a sweetness from above
Who will fill our years with laughter
And our lives with lots of love.
~author unknown~
Baby E is a delightful girl, full of personality! And her Mummy makes the most gorgeous hair accessories for girls! Check them out here Ellie’s Folly
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Baby Travis – Melbourne baby photographer
August 30, 2010
No earthly joys could bring more pleasure,
than a little baby boy to love and treasure.
Smiley Travis! So happy, so sweet – gorgeous little man.
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Stunning! I love them! You really captured his happy spirit!
Travis had another giggle when he saw them on the computer screen too! lol
Thanks Again!
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Baby K – Melbourne Newborn Photography
August 29, 2010
Whose eyes sparkle like the stars?
Whose smile outshines the sun?
Whose skin is soft as moon-glow?
Our precious little one!
~Author Unknown~
What a little star baby K was during his session
4 weeks can be a very tricky time photographically, but not with baby K
E&A – enjoy your sneak peek!
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Awwww so sweet! Gorgeous work! I can only imagine how much they will treasure these!
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Oh my goodness the lips in that first one are precious! Love the clarity of the tootsie shot – they grow so fast!
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Veronika – Melbourne baby photographer
August 29, 2010
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She is sooooo cute!!
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Newborn Michael – Melbourne baby photographer
August 25, 2010
Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of love.
~Maureen Hawkins~
Just 8 days new and full of squishy, chubby newborn goodness
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ooooo….love those sweet lips!
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Oh those sweet lips!! Great aptures of such a sweet little baby.
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Oh my goodness, those cheeks….those cheeks! I love these beautiful images!
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Alyssa – Melbourne baby photographer
August 24, 2010
Take a sprinkling of fairy dust,
An angel’s single feather,
Also a dash of love and care,
Then mix them both together.
Add a sentiment or two,
A thoughtful wish or line,
A touch of stardust, a sunshine ray…..
It’s a recipe for a baby girl truly fine.
~author unknown~
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Oh my goodness look at that HAIR!!!! Love it! Beautiful images!
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Ha – Jen P posted the same exact thing I was going to say! LOVE the bokeh on #2 – just gorgeous work!
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Love that hair!!! The swaddled shot at the end is adorable!
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Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!! And that hair!! Love these!
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LOVE the hair! As a mom to “hairy” babies, I love that you captured the baby’s hair just the way it is!
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oh my goodness those kids have awesome hair! super cute shots!
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Precious!I love them all!
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Look at what a sweet baby! These are great, i love the big brother one!
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I was going to say the same thing – look at all that hair!! Love the color in these! Great work!
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Nat’s 70?s Show! Melbourne child, portrait photographer
August 22, 2010
Both Chloe and I take singing lessons. Chloe does it for pure fun, me too but I do sing alot when I teach at GymbaROO and therefore wish to sing the best that ‘I can’! Nope, I’m not a good singer, I sing low – like a man (alto), and all kids songs are too high for me. My pitch is pretty good, the sound of my voice ‘meh’ (I hate my voice).
Chloe is good – and getting better all the time. Her pitch is spot on.
So every year, Natalie (Naturally Music) puts on a show – this year it was a 70′s theme. Her 40 or so student range from 6years-40+years! I’m in the latter lol.
Chloe was in 7 numbers (Livin’ in the 70′s, Time Warp, You can’t stop the Music, The tide is High, Keep On, Shake your Groove Thing, Don’t rain on my Parade) – I just did the one solo (Love is in the Air and came on at the start), then I photographed the rest.
It was such a fun night – and by the end we were all EXHAUSTED.
Thanks again Nat for all your hard work, your vision and nurturing to give us the opportunity to participate in your show. Love ya girl
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What fun! Great job in such a hard lighting situation! You did great with these!
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Minisession Sneaks – Melbourne child, baby photographer
August 12, 2010
Melbourne turned on some beautiful weather for the special minishoots day on Sunday! Thanks Melbourne, you’ve been a bit uncooperative of late!
So here are some sneaks of some of the beautiful children I was lucky to photograph.
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What a gorgeous selection of mini session pics, the families will be so happy! Great work
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Lovely set of images – I especially love the first one!
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You’ve got a lot of great ones in there, I love the first two!
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that first image is absolutely gorgeous. Awesome session.
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What a great set – love the interaction that you captured in these!
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So cute! The light in the little ladybug’s eyes is just to die for. Beautiful job.
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Gorgeous work! I love that black and white one with the two girls…beautiful!
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Beautiful work Amanda, and such adorable children! I love the first portrait especially, it really looks like film!
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these are just beautiful….? love the emotion.
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Lovin the red, those are great!
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OK, these kids are just adorable!!!!!
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you have some great captures here!
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Adorable children!
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Great feelings captured! I love the eyes of “ladybug baby”!
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Gorgeous images, love the first one especially!
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St Kilda Stroll! Melbourne family photographer
August 10, 2010
Yesterday was a wonderful day. The kids had the day off school so that the teachers could train on the new UltraNet. So we drove to my sister’s in St Kilda to spend the day with Gin and my Dad on his last day in Melb till Feb. He has a lovely few months ahead cruising the Tahitian tropical islands…..what a job!
So yesterday was a beautiful day, sun shining, gentle breeze -even a teeny bit of warmth to be felt in the sun. So we headed out for lunch, then for an amble in the park.
Henry kept us entertained with his ‘uh oh’s’ – at the top of his voice (of course). Boys only have one volume setting – LOUD! And Jesse kept Henry entertained, just by being there. Henry really looks up to Jesse, I think it’s the big boy thing. I’m so glad I brought my camera along – I have been leaving it behind, it’s big and cumbersome to take around with me. But I did really want to get some photos with Dad before he heads off again for the next 6 months.
So here are a few snaps from our day yesterday…
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Yep, yesterday was a lovely day. I have just dropped Dad of at the airport, so won’t see him now until Feb / Mar 2011
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Somehow it’s so much harder when he isn’t just a ‘plane trip’ away isn’t it. -
O Amanda I love these, your sister is gorgeous and your kids adorable, as for your dad, the photo with him and his cap, awesome, he looks like he is somewhere sitting at a cafe in France:) So wish we had more city life here:(
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Singing Concert Rehearsal
August 7, 2010
Both Chloe (my 10 year old daughter) and I do singing lessons! I’ve always loved singing and because I sing alot when I teach at GymbaROO, I thought it was prudent to ‘improve my voice’! I’m an alto – in other words my voice is deep and I sing like a man. When I was a teenager I have memories of driving to nightclubs with 2 of my girlfriends, singing”Tell me More” from the Grease soundtrack. They sung the Livvy and girl parts – and yep, I sung John Travolta and the boys! So relate this back to my teaching….teaching babies and tots you sing in a high voice, young children like higher voices! Eeeeekkkkk – not easy for me. And for those of you who have had a session with me, you’ll already know that I sing to the kids almost constantly! Singing is a wonderful tool to get their attention, I can guarantee that if a kid is picking their nose (like so many do), and you exclaim ‘darling stop picking your nose’, they’ll just keep on picking away. But if you sing ‘put your hands on your knees on your knees’, you will get their instant attention through the song, and they will put their hands on their knees, this works almost EVERY time!
So back to the rehearsal bit, Chloe adores her singing, it is her favourite activity, and she is lucky. She has really good pitch and her voice is getting stronger and sounding lovely. Her latest fave is ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ (she’s a big Glee fan).
In a week and a half, Naturally Music is having their annual concert. Chloe is in heaps of it, I’ve been a bit naughty and got out of most of it – because I’m taking photos hehee. Not too worried about singing, but the dance moves yikes…..I’m more like an uncoordinated elephant!
So here are a few photos of Chloe at the rehearsal we had on Thursday nite. And a couple of Natalie’s boy rehearsing too…enjoy Nat.
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haha!
I saw the link on your facebook page and wanted to see what Chole gets up to when shes not in the pool!
very nice, maybe next time instead of trying to steal my whiteboard marker to change the swimming set she could persuade me to change it with her singing (im sure shes waaaaaaaaaay better than me! im pretty much tone deaf…although, maybe i can get her to train harder if i threaten to sing!)From your awesome swimming coach, Katharine
P.S Im also a HUGE glee fan
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haha very funny thanks for giving me a tip. On Sunday i’m going to make you sing in front of the class whether you want to or not
Clo Jo
P.S I can’t wait to hear your AMAZING singing voice because I’m sure there will be a few laughs. -
How wonderful!!!! I adore the performing arts. What a good mom you are to put them in this!!!


































































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Aww, she’s gorgeous! Beautiful photos Amanda, so crisp and clear
Loving those backgrounds too!
Amanda! These photos are so delightful!!! I love that you got her little frown, fantastic
Aww – what a sweet girl! LOVE the profile of her – what perfect lighting!