Angela Higgins – Lifestyle Photographer » Lifestyle Photographer of kids, babies, families and weddings

Oh, Kieran and Allan – where do I start? This adorable couple were referred to me by a childhood friend who found me on Facebook. When it came time for him to find an engagement gift for them, he contacted me to give them a portrait session which I thought was a brilliant idea.

We ended up having their shoot in the city and up until this past weekend, I haven’t shot much in the city or in an urban landscape. I do think that this is because I have a such a connection with the earth and most of my couples have similar connections and choose a location such as the beach, a park or a field. I can see it in most of my images that there is usually an element of earth, wind, sun or water. However, as Kieran and I began to discuss their session, I was thrilled when they chose a location and environment that I haven’t shot at before and that they have a connection with. I was ready for a challenge and came away from the session feeling refreshed and alive.

Kieran and Allan, thank you so much for trusting me implicitly and I wish you all the best for your upcoming wedding and your future together. I know it holds wonderful things for you. You are beautiful

As if Von and Conrad hadn’t bought enough to the table for their wedding, but a couple of days after their nuptials we met at Kings Park for a Day After Session.

I highly recommend a Day After Session for those couples that might be time crunched on their wedding day for their on location portraits. This is especially a great idea when you are creating an album as I find most of my couples chose the images from their on location portraits for the majority of their album pages. So if on your particular day you have a short amount of time or perhaps can only squeeze in one location, a day after session might be just for you. You can change it up and perhaps have a more modern bouquet or add in props to the session. In Von’s case she wore a beautiful fascinator that she wore to their reception on their wedding day.

Von and Conrad took the opportunity of their day after session to add more images to their album and just spend some more time together – just the two of them – while I documented it all. I would photograph them every day of the week and twice on Sunday if I could.

The location. The light. Their clothes. Their love. It was bliss.

Shaline and Mohan flew in for our session from Malaysia back in November. We hit the town for some casual post-wedding portraits finishing it off spending some time in a field of kangaroos. These are some of my favourites

When Annika and I were finalising the details of her portrait session, I had to admit I was getting a little excited. She mentioned ballons, a picnic and an old wicker couch artfully swiped and adopted from a lonely curbside one night. I love it when my clients take control of their session and really invest some thought into incorporating props and really enjoying the process. It makes it so much more personable and will make their images mean even more to them.

I encourage all my wedding clients to have a portrait session before their wedding to allow us to get to know each other a little better, for them to get familiar with the camera and for them to have a collection of images just a little more relaxed and intimate than what will eventuate from their wedding collection. I love the serene and relaxed feel of Annika and Tom’s collection and the fact that they trusted me implicitly to do what I do without question. I am so looking forward to their wedding later this month.

Oh, and props to Annika for still doing their session even though she had a broken foot. You would never know.

I am busy getting ready to head to Geraldton for a wedding I am photographing this weekend, but I thought I would share one more image from Cara and Chey’s uber-quick photo shoot in Dunsborough before I go.

Have a wonderful (long) weekend. Whatever you are doing be sure to give your loved ones a big snuggle and let them know how much they mean to you

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to spend 3 days with 4 other photographers in Dunsborough. We had all taken part in Jesh de Rox’s workshop last November and decided to have a getaway to just shoot from the heart and spend some time together. I appreciated this so much because I have found that when you find you can turn your passion into your career you still need to take the time to still ignite that passion for no other reason than your own desires. We experimented with a few techniques and equipment and I managed to shoot some film which I am excited to develop in the near future.

We had a very courageous couple join us for an engagement session in Dunsborough and Busselton for us to experiment with. Despite the wild weather and 5 crazy photographers vying for prime position, Cara and Chey were absolute stars and kept their composure remarkably well. I was fortunate to have a moment to test out a tilt shift lens and had a lot of fun with it. Considering the workshop was named Tilt Shift and Tiaras, it only seemed fitting.

A big thank you to Arlene Bax, Samm Blake, Kirsty Aksentiew and Lauren Waye for their never ending generosity and openness. I appreciate it more than I can say.

Without fail at nearly every session I will take an image of feet. Bare feet. Dirty feet. Tiny little toes. Feet in designer shoes. There is something so intimate about them that I love. It could be a child’s feet and legs covered in sprinkles of sand or in this case, the miracle how each time without fail we are born with 10 tiny toes and 10 tiny fingers. I do promise though that this particular fetish only exists when I have the camera in my hands

These two are magical together. You can see it in the way they look at each other, anticipate each others responses and in the way they laugh wholeheartedly together. Chantelle and Simon and I enjoyed a wintery afternoon in South Perth and although I thought we were going to be rained off a couple of times, the weather gods smiled upon us and perhaps laughed along for the few hours we spent together. You can’t help it around these two – its infectious.