{Plunkett Family} - Natural light portrait session

I have a feeling a certain Mum is going to be very happy come Christmas time ......

 Meet Jess, Ben & Jake, who organised for this photo session this evening as a Christmas gift for their Mum who has been wanting, for some time, photos of these gorgeous siblings together. Reluctantly the boys agreed and an excited Jess got them all out this evening for some photo fun.

 



Brigadoon {Theatre images}

A few months ago I was invited to take some photos of the Queanbeyan Players' production of Iolanthe .... and I was welcomed into a fun new world of local theatre. The cast and crew are fabulous, full of enthusiasm and energy whenever they are up on stage, and they certainly made photographing them such a pleasure.

 

This month, the Queanbeyan Players' have been performing their latest production, 'Brigadoon', a Lerner & Loewe musical set in the land of the Bonny Scots, and I would like to share a few of these images.

 

The Adams Family - Sneak Peek

There is a lot to be said for a family that readily shows their emotions to each other. There were lots of special things about this family portrait session with the Adams, but one that stood out for me was that everytime I asked them to move in close to each, they all would put their arms around each other, hold hands, touch a hand on a shoulder or give a hug. I loved seeing the love that these guys obviously share together.

And I can't tell you just how much fun I had doing this session .... I would often have to stop myself from giggling just so I could hold my camera still and actually take a photo. They had me laughing. They had each other laughing.

The last time the Adams family had a family portrait taken, their daughter Phoebe was just a newborn. Knowing how nervous both Tim & Tammy were of having their photos taken and to be the one trusted to take some special family photos for them meant the world to me.

Thanks Tim, Tammy, Liam and Phoebe for allowing me take some special photos of you all and keeping my utterly and thoroughly entertained in the process xxx

 

I love that Liam chose his own hat & tie to wear! This boys got some style :)

 

How cute are these two .... all the way down to the tips of the funky pink toenails!

 

And as the sun set on this fun session, shoes were slipped off, as the family hung out together on the jetty and shared a few more giggles ....

Family birthday gift photo session {Rebecca Doyle Photography}

What a treat it was to work with this family!  Their absolute love and enjoyment of all just being together shone through during this session and it was plainly obvious that they have a lot of fun together.

As a birthday gift for their Mum, sisters Claire and Kate organised a family photo session, and I would like to share a special sneak peek with you.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life ~ Richard Bach.

 

Floriade Fun

The 'Floriade' festival is in town ... a month's worth of garden bed after garden bed, filled with the most magnificent blooms.

Canberra really does know how to put on festivals like this - and with free entry for the entire month, I just knew my camera & I would be having an excursion or two!

 

Today, with the gorgeous Spring sunshine giving us our first really warm day my daughter & I headed out for a wander around.

 

I think her favourite part about the whole day was the flower pin-wheel 'she' won & the icy-pole given in lieu of standing for 1/2 an hour to go into the free petting zoo .....

 

 

Challenge winners & faves

Imagination play

The world and workings of a three year old's mind are simply amazing. I can't get enough of hiding out of sight and just listening to my little girl take herself and her toys on fun-seeking adventures.

Do you do that too?

Tara isn't one for often playing on her own, preferring to have me by her side as we dress up like fairy princesses and trot about the house on our pretend horses on the way to our pretend homes/castles/shops/the beach, or to just read books with her (which I love, by the way). But sometimes she will lose herself in the world of her toys, and I tip toe away to allow her this time to create her own play and guide her own stories.

Usually I think "Phew... I've been allowed a reprieve from being the Fairy Godmother to her Cinderella, I should use this rare 10 minutes to quickly make the bed/put a load of washing on/clean up the now caked up breakfast cereal from her table and chairs"..... but more often than not I find myself just listening at the door and she chatters away to her toys.

Most of her toys take on the names of her closest friends, so Jamesie, Ethan, Amy, Annica and Gracie animal/person/knight/fairy, and Tara animal/person/knight/fairy are kept busy with their adventures, generally along with Teddy (who plays the role of Teddy so very well).

 

We will also 'tell stories', which is a fun & incredibly entertaining way to pass some time (great for car trips).

 

Tara will say "Tell me a story about Me, Teddy and Mummy" ....... and so I start.....

 

"Once upon a time there was a little girl called Tara, her Teddy and her Mummy, and one day they decided to go to .........(and she will fill in the blank). And before they went, they had to pack their .......... And they got on their ...... and rode all the way to the .......... On the way they saw......."

 

I tell you, some of the funny places we've been on the wild rides of a 3 year old's imagination make me giggle.

 

This post was inspired by The Paper Mama's TOY CHALLENGE

 

 

And edited to add ..."Whoo..... 4th place in The Paper Mama's photo comp!!" :D

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