Category: 3. My Ramblings
“W” Family – Melbourne kids photographer
February 4, 2012
Our family BBQ post no 3 – My stepsister Jacqui and her family – this year they upgraded from a family of 4 1/2 to a family of 5. We found out last Xmas BBQ that baby Luke was on his way 
And now this year here he is in all his gorgeous, smooshy, chubby glory!
So now Hamish is a big brother, and Devon a big brother again
Jacqui, Matt and their gorgeous boys
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Photos of my kids – Melbourne Child Photography
January 30, 2012
I dug out my old film Nikon F90 and some rolls of Portra NC ISO400 out of the fridge.
How sweet to feel that film travel through the camera.
How funny to keep looking at the back of my camera and see nothing but a black camera back lol.
And how utterly wonderful to drop them into the photoshop, and pick up the prints the next day.
I LOVE film – so much. Love the soft feel it has – it isn’t perfect like digital, but it has it’s own romanticism. I am going to have so much fun using up the leftover film in my fridge hehe.
(please excuse the bad scan – I only have my flat bed scanner hooked up – think I’ll have to dig out the old negative scanner too…wonder if it’ll work with my Mac)???
Photos of my own gorgeous kids
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Pretty little Miss I – Melbourne Newborn & Childrens Photographer
January 26, 2012
Every year we get together with our step sisters for our annual Xmas time bbq, with the Mitchell girls and their families. I managed to take some photos of amazing Ez’s little girl Isabel (now 4yo – can’t believe how time flies), who was a little shy at first while she got to know me again. Didn’t last long though before she came out of her shell and gave me these gorgeous animated expressions.
Jacqui – your kids photos are coming next
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How sweet is little Miss I. Love her smile. Lovely work.
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Henry's photos my 2yr old nephew – Melbourne family photographer
January 7, 2012
Not a toddler anymore, he's a kid!
This year we were blessed enough to have the entire family here. My Father here from QLD and his cruises. He works as music manager on Princess Cruise lines…yup, get’s paid to go on cruises all over the world!
My brother James and his family from Brisbane, his wife Kanya and our 2 nieces, Natasha 11yo and Nalyn 6yo.
And our stepsisters Jacqui and Ez with their families too – I’ll be blogging them all over the next weeks.
And this is my sister and her family from Bairnsdale. We see the most of Gin and Ben and my cute nephew Henry as they are only a 4hour drive away.
So this is my sister Gin’s family. My nephew Henry is a bundle of curly blonde haired energy, he ADORES anything that is vehicular……brrrrooooooommmmm! The light was SO perfect this evening – we couldn’t have ordered better weather for their annual summer photos.
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Louise Spiden
Beautiful pictures – look at all that blonde hair!
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Sarah
What stunning photos Amanda!! Henry is absolutely gorgeous!! His hair is so adorable!! Gin is very lucky to have an amazing photographer as her sister!!
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thanks ladies…Sarah – Henry is my nephew that is 2 days older than Lachy
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I thought that he must have been! He looks as cheeky as Lachy! HeHe!
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Gin
I just love these pics so much, I can’t not smile when I look at them. Thanks Mans for a great job xxxxxxxx
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Oh perfect light indeed! These are really beautiful, beautiful family and photography. I just love how your sister is looking so lovingly at her son plus I am envious of that top she is wearing
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Kylie
oooh those blonde curls. Heartbreaker in the making!!
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Beautiful family. Perfect location for a shoot. Third image is one of my favorites.
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These are beautiful. I love the natural moments.
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What an adorable little man! I adore these images – I am sure your sister does too!
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Gorgeous light and great pics!
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Adorable images Amanda!
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I adore these.
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Love his curls. These are darling – they will just love this! What a treasure!
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Hey Billy Baby….Melbourne baby, child photographer
November 27, 2011
Hey there Billy baby….Meeeeeeeow, meeeeeeow….!!!
…meet Billy, the redpoint Ragdoll. We are convinced that he is trying out for Australia’s Whingiest Cat title! Seriously, this big boy cries for food all day long, and I assure you he is a well fed puddy cat! Check out that pee’ed off face lol! Cat with attitude.
Our Billy is very difficult to photograph, the second you point the lens at him he looks away or looks down. As a result we have so few good photos of him, so I’m very happy to have captured this pic of our sweet, pee’ed off boy, the baby of our family.
Pee'ed off Billy the Ragdoll
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Omg, what a beautiful cat you have! I love cats:) I like how mad he looks:) Such a cute fur-face! You really got a great shot of him!
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Hi! I don’t really love cats but this photos are gorgeous!
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Ha! I love it! What a fantastic capture of sweet Billy.
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What a pretty cat!
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Newborn Baby C – Melbourne Baby Photographer
October 3, 2011
Gorgeous baby C made us all melt the other day when she came into the studio. With Mum & Dad looking on, my assistant Angelique took some video footage for us to demonstrate the gentle, relaxed process of our newborn shoots so we can share this with new Mums prior to their session. Baby C was just devine and we got some beautiful photos. Check out our video http://Newborn Session demonstration videoyoutu.be/ftiRCMjGINQ
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What a beautiful baby. You have captured such a nice selection of shots for her parents – all the different looks of a newborn. Love the B&W with her eyes open.
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She’s such a beautiful little girl!!! I think you variety is amazing and I love all the relaxed posing. I think my favorites are the one with her and her mom then the one of her sleeping in the basket…so pretty!! She has the prettiest skin as well and I love those close up shots….I forget how tiny they once were. Beautiful session Amanda!!
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Love baby in basket. They are all so cute but the colors in that one are awesome! Nice!
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Jeni
Great video. Nice way to shed some light on what goes on during a newborn session. I love all of the photos, my favorite is the close up of her with her eyes open.
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oh my, those cheeks are to die for! She is just adorable!
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These are so tender and darling. Amazing work.
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What a sweetheart! Beautiful images!
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What a gorgeous baby! And I love all the details you captured; those are definitely pictures to look back on and be amazed at how tiny she used to be!
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Lovely captures!
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Just gorgeous images of an adorable little one. I bet her parents are thrilled with these.
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These are so so sweet!! I bet the parents are thrilled with these! The eyes open one is fabulous!
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These are gorgeous! I love the little toe shot – so sweet!
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What a beautiful baby! I love the first one! Your B&W is perfect!
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What a beautiful baby girl. Love the black and white! Great conversion and fantastic clarity on these. Gorgeous.
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So sweet, Love those details shots. Beautiful baby and images!
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Glory of a wonderous sunset – Melbourne photographer
July 30, 2011
Melbourne really put on a show tonight, giving us the most beautiful skies. So just a little share of how it looked in my part of the world tonight.
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My kids – playing SIMS!! Melbourne childrens photography
July 18, 2011
Just a quick share…took some photos of my children having fun playing The Sims on the Macbook Pro. Although photography is my passion, my kids don’t usually ‘allow’ their photos to be taken sigh….
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How sweet! They certainly look like they’re having fun together!
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What fun captures!! Having photographs of your children doing what they do is priceless.
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These are the moments we all need to remember to capture..kids doing what they do!
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My favorite images are the ones of our own children. LOVE these! Very beautiful lighting on them too!!
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Love the light in these! You will cherish these! Funny how kid don’t mind these kind of pics. LOL
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I love that you captured your children just doing what they do- it’s those shots that will bring us back to these moments in time years from now!
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I love that you captured these two doing just this. They will remember spending time together like this when they grow up. You have inspired me to take some of MY kids like this.
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Taking the time to get your own family pics is so important. What a great thing to have for them for always!!! Nice
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Our kids spend so little time dressed perfectly and smiling for the camera, it’s good to capture them as they really are, playing computer games and all!
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tabitha
so cute! i love the every day shots
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Love that last picture…so into it!
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A great reminder to capture the everday moments that matter the most!
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Nanny Ei, nearly 93 years old! Melbourne Photography
July 11, 2011
We went to visit my Nan the other day – she is almost 93 yo! She has Alzheimer’s so has her good and bad days…she was on a good day this time. Up to her wicked tricks and trying to fake cry so that we’d take her out for lunch! Unfortunately it was a FREEZING cold day and we aren’t about to risk her catching a chill.
Nan slips between eras….sometimes she is close to present day (although she is convinced she is only 80), other times she asking my Mum who her latest boyfriend is….so back in the 60′s. Yet she still remembers me, even when she is in an era that was before my time, thank you for that Nan. I dread the day you don’t know who I am anymore.
So, we had an amusing visit…Nan loves shock value and can be very inapropriate, much to my kids’ delight! And although she’s had a better than ‘good innings’, everytime I leave her, I give her that kiss and hug and hope that it wont be the last one.
I love you Nanny Ei
Nanny Ei - although these were only taken with a point and shoot camera and are a 'snapshot', I know that I will treasure these so much! Photos simply mean so much.
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So lovely
xx
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Cousins - Melbourne children, kids, family photography
April 26, 2011
Ok – it’s been awhile since I posted or took any personal photos. I’ve been soooo busy with my work that it’s fallen by the wayside.
We’ve spent Easter in Bairnsdale with my sister’s family and inlaws. My sister (Gin), her hubby (Ben) and my adorable 2yo nephew (Henry) moved from St Kilda to Bairnsdale in January. They have staying with Ben’s mum and stepdad Jen and Mike which is where we stayed. Jen cooked feasts for us 3 times a day, gave up her bedroom for us, insisting she loves sleeping in her van (not completely convinced Jen)! Mike taught us all about the local wildlife, birdlife etc etc, a wealth of information.
Here is just one photo for now. It totally melts my heart. My kids adore Henry and you can see he feels the same way too. This was taken on the front porch of Ben and Gin’s new home which they’ll move into this week! Exciting times.
Jen and Mike – we are all so very grateful for your hospitality, more than words can say. We’ll always remember this Easter as a fun filled, gastronomically packed, wonderful time!!!
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Oh I just love this shot Amanda! They all look so happy! Glad you guys had a great Easter!
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This is such a cute picture! I love their expressions and how close they sit to each other, beautiful capture!
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what an adorable shot and love the emotion you have captured in this.
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Aww what a great picture! Your nephew and kids are adorable!
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What a great shot! So adorable.
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Oh, this is just one of those pictures that when you look at it you got to smile. Their smiles are so genuine and cute and I can see how excited they were to spend time with each other. What a great way to remember this Easter.
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great cousins shot .. love the expression on the little boy!
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Cute!!
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What an adorable shot! I really love it!!!
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Oh this is so sweet! They will cherish this in years to come!!!
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I can totally see why you would love using film! These are spectacular and your children are simply adorable!
It must have been so much fun shooting film. And those few images looks fantastic!!!
Very beautiful film work!