Annie Reserve in Happy Valley Family Shoot

July 22, 2021/in Family, PhotoShoot, Photoshoot

Annie Reserve, Happy Valley Family Shoot

It’s so much fun to shoot the same family as I have done in the past to see how the little members of the family are growing up. In this case I head out for a Happy Valley Family Shoot with Miranda and Jake to celebrate little Hadley’s second birthday, just as I had done a year prior for Hadley’s first birthday!

Miranda told me that having family portraits done at about the same time each year was a bit of a family tradtion in her household, and she wanted to continue it which I think is fantastic! Especially consdiering the benefit for children seeing their family portraits hanging on the walls around their house.

Taking photos during the winter months makes things easy in a lot of ways as a photographer – as the sun is usually not casting overly glaring shadows on faces, and the colours of the surrounding nature really comes alive. In the case of Annie Reserve for this Happy Valley family Shoot, we were also treated to a well stocked creek with running water that little Hadley thought was amazing!

We began the shoot rather early in the morning which further enhanced the fact that there were no harsh shadows anywhere, and also allowed for that magical feeling you can get walking through a park like Annie Reserve on a cold winter’s morning.

We made good use of the running creek, the beautiful trees and even the rocky outcrops dotting the shoreline throughout the park for some lovely photos I hope the family cherish forsever!

Little girl on picnic

Girl Playing with balloon

Mum and toddler playing

Family Photo in Annie Reserve

Sitting winter family photo

Laughing family photo

Mum holding belly

Little family walking together

Annie Reserve Family Photo

Annie Reserve Family Photography

Happy Valley Family Photography

Little girl holding balloon string

Dad and his little girl

Family looking at the creek

Mum and her little girl

Mother to be standing in forrest

Happy Valley Maternity Photo

Maternity Photography

Mum and Dad standing together

Little Family photo

Swinging little girl

Family photo under a tree

Mum and Dad swinging little girl

Family photo on picnic

Little girl in grassy area

Little girl running on grass

Veale & Himeji Gardens Family Shoot

November 23, 2020/in Family, Photoshoot

Veale & Himeji Gardens Family Shoot

On a beautiful, sunny day, just prior to the recent CIVID-19 related full lockdown we’ve endured in South Australia, I was asked by Nadia to head out with her family for a bit of a family shoot!

Nadia and her husband were in Adelaide, from Perth and decided to make the most of their time with their family while here, considering the recent troubles in the world, times like this are precious and what better idea is there than to refresh their family portraits?

Himeji Gardens Family Shoot

We began our little family shoot by heading to the lovely, manicured surrounds you can find within the Adelaide Himeji Gardens. Gifted to Adelaide by our Japanese sister city, Himeji the gardens provide a stunning backdrop to photography all year round.

And the best thing is that the gardens are free to roam about in, and they cannot be booked as a wedding venue, or for other such private events, meaning they are always available during opening hours.

The lovely light shining through the leaves of the beautiful weeping willows at this time of day are always the biggest drawcard of the Himeji Gardens – they make for the best background for any Himeji gardens family shoot.

Himeji Gardens Family Shoot 2

Couple in Himeji Gardens

Couple under weeping willow tree

Family finding fish

Touching fingers under a tree

Couple portrait in Himeji Gardens

Couple portrait in Adelaide Himeji Garden

Family portrait

Sitting on the bench together in Himeji Gardens

Family portrait under tree

Veale Gardens Family Shoot

Whenever I head to south Terrace for a photoshoot, I tend to use both Himeji gardens and Veale Gardens to provide a bit of variety in the colours of the images I provide. Himeji Gardens – at this time of year – is lush and green, and well manicured, while Veale gardens just up the road also provides this, but also a bit of an Australian twist with a small Gum tree forest behind.

This allowsfor a bit more yellow and warmth in photos, while also having different trees in the background.

While walking about we made sure to take photos of both the full family together, and also couples shots, and individual portraits alklowing me to provide a huge amount of photos for Nadia’s family to use in many different ways – hopefully to fill their walls with beautiful physical prints!

family shot under veale Gardens Gum Trees

Family portrait under gum trees

Couple photo on log

Veale Gardens photo

Adelaide Veale Gardens Photography

I’d like to thank nadia for having me photograph her beautiful family, and I’m super glad she and her husband were able to get back into Perth before the big Adelaide shutdown!

Stunning Santorini Couple PhotoShoot – Greece

August 7, 2019/in Photoshoot, PhotoShoot

Geri & Ashwin
Santorini Couple Shoot – Greece

I was super excited to cover Geri and Ashwin’s Santorini Couple PhotoShoot as I happened to be on the Greek island of Santorini for Kerri and Tony’s wedding for which they were guests to! Geri’s choice of dress was amazing as the red of her dress really stood out amongst the typical blue and white for which the island of Santorini is famous for. Both Geri and Ashwin were quite natural in front of a camera also, making for some wonderful scenes without much effort, and while surrounded by the sun parched surrounds of Thera on Santorini, it made for some lovely scenes.

I said it before and I’ll say it again, shooting in Santorini and expecting to be surrounded by pristine stairways and white buildings is fine, but you also need to be prepared for throngs of tourists also getting in the way! Leading up to Kerri and Tony’s wedding photo shoot I had scouted out certain spots around the city that seemed to have fewer tourists than others, while still looking awesome.

So I took Geri and Ashwin to all the same spots as I took Kerri and Tony, with a few other spots thrown in. As the time of the day was very different between Kerri and Tony’s shoot and Geri and Ashwins, it was quite interesting to visit the same areas and work with the different light.

Santorini Couple PhotoShoot

On a bench together

Sitting on a wall

Smiles all round

Geri

Santorini Couple Shoot

Sitting on a wall

Holding one another

Walking about together

Kisses

From above

Amongst the white buildings of Santorini

Holding one another

Above a blue domed church

Walking about Santorini

Fountain Valley Reserve Family Shoot – Shaw Family

November 1, 2022/in Family, Photoshoot, PhotoShoot

Fountain Valley Reserve Family Shoot

It was that time of year again where I get to head out for a bit of a Family Photoshoot with the Shaw Family! This time we head out to the lovely little Fountain Valley Reserve, just off South Road in Happy Valley.

It’s fun that Miranda and Jake shooce to head to different spots each year to get a bit of variety in their yearly family photos! Last year we were in a pine forest, and the time prior, another small park in Happy Valley.

This time their choice was the Fountain Valley reserve which at this time of year boasts a bubbling brook streaming through some delightful weeping willows and lots of long, lush grass. I had a lot of fun at their Fountain valley Reserve Family Shoot! The light in the morning was beautiful combined with the natural beauty of the place made my job pretty simple!

Two sisters playing in grass

Sisters portrait

Fountain Valley Reserve family shoot

Mum and Bub

Dad throwing little one in sky

Smiling Dad and Daughter

Family photo through the weeping willows

Fountain Valley Reserve Family Photo

Kids on a tree stump

Mum and Dad standing in the green trees

Family fun in the weeping willows

Family Photography under weeping willows

Family photo under the leaves

um and little one

Mum and little one on slide

Baby in swing

Pt Willunga Proposal – Melissa & Malith

August 24, 2022/in Engagement, PhotoShoot, Photoshoot

Melissa & Malith
Pt Willunga Proposal

Malith certainly timed his proposal to Melissa perfectly with an incredible sunset on the famed Pt Willunga beach.

His secretive Pt Willunga Proposal was maticulously planned by Malith leading up to the big moment, and oh my goodness, some of the scenes were just incredible!

Pt Willunga Proposal

The biggest concern for any of us leading up to the big moment was the weather – as both leading up to and beyond the day Malith planned his big Pt Willunga Proposal, the weather was pretty bad, and the tides during the winter is often so high that there isn’t much beach to stand on at Pt Willunga. But all that worrying was for nothing as the evening could not have gone any better.

Despite a bit of a hiccup having Melissa and Malith arrive a bit later than expected due to being served a rather late lunch in nearby Mclaren Vale, Malith proposed in front of a delightful little arbour set up put together by a small company sepcialising in this sort of thing – Fox Meets Charlie.

The fun part of the whole set up was trying to keep Melissa in the dark as they walked towards the arbour set up, with the group of us standing nearby ready to pounce and start taking photos/video as the big moment happened. Surpisingly Melissa had no idea until Malith presented the ring and everyone was all smiles :).

After the big moment, then we went off for a lbit of a walk along the beach to take some pretty photos in front of the amazing sunset and what many consider to be the most photographed beach in South Australia!

Congratulations go out to Melissa and Malith!