Sneak Peak - Family M

What a shame to have to show this gorgeous sneak peek on the old blog....sigh....well the new blog is now, for technical reasons which are all a bit beyond me quite frankly (as are many things to do with modern day life), awaiting the release of the new website. Which is being designed by, wait for it, myself. Soooo, while the first two pages are done, I am as usual moving with the speed of several startled turtles. Clear as mud? Good, suffice to say, it's all still probably a week away, during which time I am actually going to have a day off (GASP) and re-introduce myself to my family. And then....segue back to the M family, I will re-post these guys on the new blog, because these mean little pictures just does not do this family justice. Little Master A really warmed up towards the end of the shoot, and pulled some really spectacular faces, and Big Brother L kept me and his parents busy running around for a really fun hour at the park. I love the photo of the boys together here, makes me think 'group hug' and SQUEEZE. Ah, siblings. And, how gorgeous are their mum and dad...hello? I couldn't resist a couple of shots on them on their own (why is it that mums and dads often don't want themselves photographed - are they so worn out by the wedding day photography that they are turned off the experience for life?), and I think they look like a couple still truly in love.
Thanks guys, and hope you enjoy the sneak preview....

Plan B Section 2

Well, I have narrowed this shoot down to a tidy 96 images. Hmmmm. This beautiful family, who are also good friends; are not only photogenic, warm and happy, they are also lots of fun. We spent a wonderful morning together at Montsalvat, in Eltham. The star of this show is Miss L (sorry guys, but am sure this will not be news to you); I am sure you can see why...
P.S. Some of this images are not final edits, might be some fine tuning in the detail :-)

Plan B.....

....however, is to change my mind (it is a woman's prerogative, after all) and post two more sneak previews here. Due to technical 'issues', in my best Kath voice. First is a set of newborn twins Miss S and Mstr S, totally divine, I can still smell them (cluck cluck). Enjoy; and thanks so much Ames for letting me practice on them, especially when you were tired (as would any one be with a set of twins and two other kids under 4!!!!!) AND the bubs weren't well. I hope it was worth it :-)

Moving on from blogspot to.....

Sometime in the next week (all things going well) I will be launching a new nicer blog, with lovely big photographs that you don't need a magnifying glass to see, at www.sarahblackphotography.com.au/blog
I am now going to hold over all current sneak peeks until this is ready(including a maternity, a beautiful family shoot at Montsalvat, an extremely hip and cool park shoot with a small cowboy and his even smaller indian friend, and the newborn twins I am off to photography today (my first twins...yay!). And if I am doing really well I will also manage the Black Family Christmas Card shoot sometime this weekend and post that too. Just to give everyone a nice hearty laugh. So please come check me out over at the new address soon!

I am officially a twit...

I am always whingeing about people not commenting on my blog. Well, turns out I wasn't letting anyone but registered google users do this. Thanks to Susan Darcy, a totally inspirational black and white specialist photographer from Melbourne, whose work I have been avidly following for at least a year now, for pointing this out!!! And now anyone can comment, call yourself ANON if you like. Now all your lurkers, comment away! Or I will whack you over the head with a glass of champers if you come up to me at a social function and tell me how you love my blog {actually, anyone who knows me knows this is not true, I would never waste bubbles like that}.

Round and Round the Garden....

And what a lovely garden it was. When clients say they have nice big garden for me to work in, sometimes what they mean is that they have three square feet of grass and couple of pansy seedlings along the paling fence....which really keeps me on my toes creatively (hey, I love a challenge!). BUT, this adorable family really did have a lovely 16ooo square metres for me to chase them around. Not to mention an enormous decorative verandah, and all three beautiful children with eyes like saucers...how lucky am I? Thanks for a fun morning with three truly delighful children, I hope you enjoy your preview....(and mum, in case you're wondering about the colour images here; most of your images are indeed black and white, I just couldn't help myself with a few of them :-))

Collingwood Children's Farm

Today's visit to Collingwood children's farm...

In this next one, was fully intending to also capture the shot of her hand carefully cradling the goose eggs (of which there were two) which would have been terribly nice in the upper right hand corner, however one of the mummy geese was not so interested in my photographic story and scared Holly Hobbie right on out of the pen. And again, if you want to see the details, click on the image below....