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.

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.

Yes, the bar is very high

For this particular session, we decided to hang out on Cable Beach an hour or two before sunset while making sandcastles, searching for shells and jumping in the warm waves before running away from the “crocodiles”.

It doesn’t get much better than this

I would love to update you on their adventures and say that they have been having an excellent and exciting winter but then I would be lying. In fact, they have been hibernating like bears and sleeping in unison for what seems like months. I know Lily is dreaming of sunshine, large fields of grass and chasing balls and Lulu is in desperate need of a haircut and much needed exercise (much like her mother). Bring on Spring.

It had been far too long since I had seen that vibrant red dirt and its contrasting blue skies. I have spent more than half of my life in the north-west of Western Australia and even thought this was my first time to Broome, it kind of felt like coming home when I saw that familiar sparse landscape and felt the heat when getting off the plane onto the tarmac. I couldn’t help but smile to myself as we landed.

One morning, I packed up my gear and hit the road to explore a little and scout some potential shoot locations. This is what I saw.

We managed to meet up again a couple of weeks later and when the weather was a little nicer to venture outside for some very different images bursting with colour and gummy smiles, which you’ll get to see later, but in the meantime here are a few of my favourites from our first session.