i heart facebook

i do, i really do.  simply because i get to stay in touch, reconnect and meet new people through the realm of the www!!! 
recently i got to meet up with an old friend from school and photograph her and her gorgeous family.  we had lost touch over the years, but thanks to the www, we had caught up again.  earlier this year she had asked me to let her know if i was ever in auckland so that she could book me in for a family session.
guaranteed, the two year old played up, oh how i love the "terrible two's" (but hate that they are called that).
miss two was super gorgeous and super cheeky and made for some great pics.  mr three months was super cruisy!
i really love witnessing the growth of my friend's from schoolgirls/ boys to mothers/ fathers. 

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squeeze

i did a shoot back in september that i squeezed in for a family visiting from australia.  it was during a week that i already had shoots (sometimes more than one) on every day...i was frantic. 
it was a very random meeting of an acquaintance of mine that they came to me and  i had organised someone to do the shoot for them, but bless them, they wanted me to do it.
it was a stunning, but very chilly morning (esp as they hail from the sunshine coast).  i was freezing and i was dressed much more appropriately(not having to be in front of the camera) than they were.  but they were troopers, even when i was fussing trying to find the right light, they just hung on in there.
gorgeous story, this couple were over with their daughter celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary.  they had eloped all those years ago and were married in hagley park under a stunning old oak tree. 
they were also the first wedding for wesley of "punting on the avon".... oh how i love me a good story.
thanks for sharing your story with me anita, craig and layla. 
 

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taylor twins a year on

i've been doing a few 'a year on's' lately.  the joys of being surrounded by friends with children i guess.
back in february when i was in auckland i visited with my good friend sarah, and hung out for the afternoon snapping her children.  little miss was not playing ball this day, but i still managed to get a few of her.  little mister was in good spirits...bless them both.

 

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morwilkie swamp

when i was in auckland recently i had the pleasure of photographing the morris/wilkinson clan.  a friend had brought them a voucher for christmas to have family portraits taken out at their way cool new house in murawai (west of auckland).  i was so excited because along with getting to shoot the family, i could make a quick side jaunt to my favourite beach, maori bay.  alas the weather wasn't so great for seeing the beach, but perfectly diffused light for portraits.  the kids were super awesome, and the younger one was even telling me he loved me within half an hour of me being there(apparently it's quite common for him to do this - bless).

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