I love my job. Ive said it before, and i’ll say it again – I love my job. The absolute best thing in the world is being able to capture precious & beautiful moments for awesome people. Whether it be 2 people inlove – having fun at their engagement-shoot, or straight after the ceremony, where they’re so ecstatic and over the moon that they’ve finally said ‘I-do’, or parents-to-be – watching the miracle of a growing tummy, and then being able to capture the joy of ‘mummy & daddy’ experiencing parenthood together! Or just capturing every day families being ‘a family’ together – playing with the dog, throwing leaves at each other, reading a story…. just being able to capture the bond a family has, makes me smile.
But, to be honest, after a shoot, when Im downloading the memory cards onto the computer, my smile sometimes turns upside down, as I don’t have these photos of my family. Sure, we’ve got the wedding photos, the holiday snaps, the ‘special event photos’, and then when Tom came along there are a stack of him, but there aren’t too many of us, as a family, as we are right now.
So… when my good friend (& awesome photographer) Cathy phoned to say she was coming down from Port Stephens for the weekend, and suggested catching up for dinner, I had a better idea. Its actually my birthday TODAY, and I thought the perfect pressie from Stu to me would be some family photos. Luckily Cathy agreed – and last weekend we had an awesome photo shoot.
(Oh, and I had all the dramas that my past, and probably future clients have – does my bum look big in that, you’ve got toothpaste on your top, I don’t want to see Toms nappy, there is duck poo on the ground, what if the colours don’t look good in the photos, what if its raining, and can you photoshop out the blind pimple……. but hey, at the end of the day, Ive got photos of my family, and they’ll be cherished forever.)
Thank you Cathy from Catherine De La Hunty Photography for taking all of the below photos, looking forward to shooting with you again soon! Oh, and if you’re wanting a shoot in the Port Stephens / Nelson Park area – give Cath a buzz – tell her I sent you.
Without further adeu, here is my beautiful family, as it is right now:
This next one is getting printed out large for the grandparents, and great-grand mother!
This photo isn’t that Fab, but check out my hair!!! LOVE IT! Ive never had thick, long hair before – im loving it! It helped that it was trimmed & coloured the day before the shoot, thanks Louise!
My 2 boys.
Me & my boy.
Me & my other boy.
Yup, its my birthday. And im gunna pose if I want to 
Thanks again to Cathy for taking these great photos for us, a lovely birthday pressie from Hubby, and a great memory to have!
On a business note – the Winter 2010 Tiger Lily Photography newsletter can be seen by clicking here, and please check out the Tiger Lily Photography page on Facebook – if you like what you see, please ‘LIKE’ the page!
Thanks, have a great day!!
