Sneak Peek - Baby R

Well, todays divine little client, baby R, has the honour of being the best behaved baby I have ever photographed (that being a fairly small number at this stage, while I am building this part of my portfolio). Thankyou, also, baby R, for being the first model for one of my new baby cocoons, compliments of www.babywraps.blogspot.com. Apparently they are very comfortable, just take a look at this little relaxasaurus...
Thankyou so much mum, dad, big brother, aunty and cousin, I hope you enjoy your preview. I have lots of favourites already from this shoot, this is just the ones which were easiest (quickest) to process!

Catching flies

Archie and his enormous smile again, which we haven't seen since I took this photo several days ago, due to a virus, teething, and some plumbing problems which may or may not have been caused by his mother feeding him too much rice cereal (in a vain effort to get him to sleep longer than 4 hours overnight).

Head above water

A is nearly 6 months old and all of a sudden, as total exhaustion gives way to a bit more routine and rest, I can feel creativity flooding back. I have just bought some really fun lightroom presets from Dale Taylor, and they seem to have given me just the kickoff I needed. Here is my favourite image from two days play....

Beach Boxes at Blairgowrie

Sitting here doing my usual two hours of editing (sometimes real, sometimes practice) before Archie's rollover feed. This is the only time of the day I am likely to be undisturbed, so tonight I have made the most of this precious time by re-editing some family shots I took in june. These were some of the first images I shot in RAW, and initially I decided they were crap, for various reasons, but as my lightroom skills are improving (slowly LOL) I thought I'd have a go at improving them. They're still not great, but a nice palette for colour play. Of course, as always, there is 'real work' I could be doing, but this is so satisfying and doesn't require as much concentration - Arch has had a temp of 39 degrees since Thursday night, and so every 15 mins I have to get up and wedge a dummy into his hot and clammy little face.
This was my first ever visit to beach boxes for a photo shoot, which is ridiculous, I know. My kids were SO not in the mood this day, and so flatly refused to move around to accommodate light conditions and background colour, but anyway, I have a head full of ideas for future shoots, and am very keen to have another go soon.

And a couple more of Baby H

I am trying to increase my maternity and newborn portfolio at the moment, and so have been working particularly hard on this and other recent sessions. I've also been focussing on my colour work, which continues to be a work in progress for me :-)
Here are a couple more images of baby Harrison.

The Divine Miss A AGAIN

At the risk of seeming obsessed with my niece Arabella...... (the reason for so many shots of her lately is something to do with a surprise birthday present for her upcoming second birthday...although I'm guessing she'd be just as happy with another lifesize Dorothy Dinosaur, so maybe this present is really for her parents :-) )

Sneak Peak - Master H

Thanks to Bec, Simon, Charlie, and new little brother Harrison, who is just beautiful, and a what a wonderful head of hair!!. Thanks for letting me come and play. Here are a couple of images from today's shoot...

My firstborn, who keeps herself to herself.