Photographing Miss V!

 

I had the honour of photographing Miss V, a little darling second child from Mother's Group - K's oldest and Madeline are the same age.

 

 

Isn't she absolutely gorgeous! The curls are stunning!

 

 

She didn't quite get the smash concept but atleast we tried and her Mum K is happy with the results. I love gifting photography because it is just getting more and more expensive for families to get photos.

 

 

I have downloaded trial versions of Photoshop and Lightroom to try editing - I have a few library books on hold to try and figure it all out! Good fun!

Some more photos...

 

Took some photos for a beautiful little family last weekend. I know the Mama through work.

 

 

Snapped these on my iPhone, a beautiful afternoon at New Farm Park with our Nanny Gold Coast.

 

I'm hoping to do a cake smash with Will over this long weekend.

A beautiful party for our babes!

So the party has been and gone and we all had a wonderful time! It was perfect weather and despite my concerns about the kids being entertained, they played happily on Adam's playground and kept themselves busy! There was more than enough food and the cake that Jean made was nothing short of AMAZING! 

Maddy and Will had a great time, young Will was so overtired but refused to nap for a serious case of FOMO (fear of missing out)!

After all the guests left our neighbours came over and we reclined in the backyard while Maddy jumped away. Took this on my iPhone and it really was the perfect ending to a perfect day. I'm proud of myself for not getting too stressed and enjoying the day.

Dabbling in photography!

 

I love taking photos. Love it. Being a Mum myself I know how hard (and EXPENSIVE) it is to get some photos with me in them - so I gifted some time to some close friends of ours to capture some photos of them and their little man. It helps that they are incredibly photogenic - I am happy with how they turned out.

 

It's a lovely hobby to have and I hope our friends love them.

Project 365 Update!

I have been keeping up with this project for over 6 weeks! Embracing my perfectionism, not all photos are perfect but I'm not letting that stop me from doing the project!

It's been great fun!

Photos, photos!

Following on from the fridge situation post, Adam has hung the magnetic boards for me. I think they look fabulous and I already love them. They are already covered! 

I'm so pleased to have somewhere to put random photos.

The Fridge Situation...

Is out of control. I have thousands of pictures on disk but I just love having prints to look at. Most aren't frame worthy but I still love them. Am I alone in this?! Ha!

So I've been eyeing off a blank wall in our kitchen... I originally wanted a cabinet for here but practically, it would obstruct the doorway.

I thought maybe I could get some magnetic boards from Ikea (SPONTAN) and arrange them on the wall in this style as below...

(IKEA SPONTAN)

I had thought about a display board like this, but I would probably have to make it and it might have ended up on the pile of unfinished projects.

So on Friday night, Mum and I took Will to Ikea and bought some supplies. It's so nice to have a bare fridge! Adam is yet to hang them so watch this space... It looks great!

I did it! One week!

I drafted this last night, I made it a week! Let's see if I can do two! Haha!

(Using Project 365 App)

Photo a day!

I don't think I'm alone in taking thousands of pictures of my kids, they are just too cute. I use both my iPhone and DSLR and manipulate them using Instagram or sometimes others.

I have a free app on my iPhone, Project 365, that allows you to take photos every day, put in a description and save it as you go. I often start these projects with the best intentions - however the perfectionism sets in and I usually give up before I give it a go!

So I'm starting small. Goal is 1 week. Not just the kids, anything I'm grateful for.

Firstly, to kick start the project, our gorgeous man, Will. 

Let's see if I can do a week! I'll report back!

Living Areas - A little photo wall is up!

 

There was plenty of nagging the weekend just gone, I finally got Adam to give me a hand hanging the pictures... Let's say he still wasn't 'in his patient frame of mind' and after a frustrated couple of nails took Madeline for a trip to Bunning's for some double sided tape. No, not kidding! He did help me take all the frame stands off the back so they all sat flat, and I hung the pictures in a about 5 minutes. I had to work around the ducted controls but am quite happy how it turned out.

 

It's a little slice of NY, can't wait to take the kids one day and add to the wall.