Simone asked if I could do a portrait session that would truly represent the natural personalities of her two beautiful girls. We had so much during the 2 hours and I was so impressed the girls were still happy to smile for me after that amount of time. It was great that Simone brought along props including the very effective cupcake The photos were a surprise for Sophia and Leila’s dad, Simone’s husband and I have been told that when she hung the canvases “Best present ever! [He] even had tears in his eyes and he never tears up! Thanks Gem xx”

I met Charlie and Jenni when they attended Sabrina and Phil’s Wedding in Sydney in November last year and I was so excited to hear they live in Finland. They recommended me for Nina and Timo’s wedding (blog post coming soon) in Hämeenlinna, Finland that I just photographed on July 10. We met up the day before the wedding to have a mini-tour of their city, Tampere and also to get some pics of their new family – 5 month old Eliel! What a cute family! As you can see, Charlie and Eliel are big Everton supporters. Thanks for everything, you are such a lovely little family and I wish you the best with your new home and I look forward to seeing Eliel grow up on Facebook and hopefully in person

Elyse and Shrek are getting married in August but they have already expanded their family with little Eden (aka lil Cheeky Chops) 9 weeks ago so the engagement session became some fun and relaxed family photos in the back room where the winter sun warmed us. FYI Shrek is his nickname

What a lovely morning spent on the beach. This was my first engagement session with a doggie – I was so excited when Sandrine and Ly told me about Odyssey! She is an important part of their family so they couldn’t imagine doing the photos without her! We almost had the beach to ourselves so Odyssey was able to run around and play in the sand while her mum and dad were getting their smoochy pics done.