After months of trying to get the right weather we were blessed with an absolutely magical autumn afternoon at the Norman Lindsay Gallery Gardens. For 90 minutes we all played in the gardens with bubbles, a tea set and the fallen leaves. Oh and we read a great book too! Thank you to the Reeves family for sharing such a great afternoon with me – LOVED being a part of your family!

Belinda and Ryan are such a sweet couple and when I suggested they personalise their session by bringing props Belinda starting thinking about their travels, having a picnic and Sydney University. It was great to shoot a session where Belinda had studied and also the most beautiful university grounds in Sydney (this is coming from someone who attended UTS a.k.a the big ugly tower building uni hehe). I absolutely loved Belinda’s coat – very classy and sexy!

They also brought along little cupcakes and tried to feed them to each other which ended in a tame food ‘smushing’ match. The picnic photos were taken in the neighbouring Victoria Park. To end the session they put on the jerseys of their favourite rugby league teams and posed for the camera! True Love can conquer all Belinda’s hair and makeup was done by Victoria from Beautify Me (one of my highly recommended wedding vendors!)

This is Belinda and Ryan’s favourite photo from the session so I thought you should be able to see it here

Having fun ‘smushing cakes’ in each other’s mouths – so cute!  this is my favourite photo from the session

Lauren and Mark work very hard in their professions and they haven’t had much quality time together lately so it was great to capture these moments where they could relax and just enjoy each other’s company (and mine haha). They asked me to suggest a location so I picked a spot where we could do some lovely romantic photos by the wharf and amongst the trees and then some fun photos on the play equipment. I was impressed by how much Lauren and Mark embraced the play equipment and abadoned traditional poses to play up for the camera! Yay! See you at the wedding and I promise I will try to be a guest for at least 5 minutes on the wedding day

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