TTD – Trash The Dress Bundaberg
I love shooting these Trash The Dress shoots. They rock. It is a way for my brides to get amazing magazine styled shots with my fabulous makeup artist and stylist and the rest of my team. My beautiful bride got dirty and wet and looked fabulous while doing it.
Hollywood glamour all the way!
Kirsten: you rock!
I love my job
Having passion in what you do is so important to getting what you want out of life. Lately I have been blessed with the best clients. Clients that let me shoot and have fun. Clients that get my vision for their shots. clients that want art. Clients that trust me. I have shoot boudoir this week – too hot to blog. I have shot pre-formals. I did a gig for the local paper. I had a very sad morning shooting another little angel. That was hard, and she was so perfect. My sincerest condolences to her family.
So it has been joy and it has been sorrow and every thing in between. I even had two of my clients jump in a river in dresses. And soon I will be shooting a secret – sorry can’t tell you all yet. It is still secret santa shhshh.
I have also joined BNI and Barter Card. New clients from these were the lovely team at Villa Mirasol and their cute little grand-daughter Milly.
So here are a mix of shots from the recent shoots.
marvellous makeup…
ok so we did this shoot and it was amazing and awesome and then at the end of the day I said to the girls and to Marvellous Megan the makeup magic maker that i would like to do some shots in a pool that is owned by a client. The pool has fabulous black/grey tiles and is long and skinny and his house is on the market so it is empty of deck chairs etc. Perfect location. So we did a quick changeroo of the makeup for a water nymph feel on Em and left Jane as a water bird and like models they went in to a very cold pool for some very hot shots. These ones are just of the makeup, as I haven’t finished the work on the OMG girls in pool shots, but it is amazing how fan the makeup looked even after Jane had swum in hers for me to get under water shots. I loved working with the girls and with Megan. She understands my visions without me having to explain them too much. We have loads of other projects that we are going to work on in between weddings and formals and life. Cant wait!!!!
Bundaberg Has Supermodels
and what a joy to not only shoot them, but discover them. Last year it was Lydia, who I think is now modeling in Melbourne, and this year it is Emmalise and Jane! You ladies ROCK big time. And worked again with the ever most fabulous and gorgeous makeup artist Megan Topham. I tell you folks, working with her is magic and her work is Un-flipping-believeable. Love her!
Kara and Vern
Sunny day, beach wedding, groom handsome in boardies, bride stunning in a short sassy wedding dress, and a photography student, Natalie, came and enjoyed working a wedding with me. What a lovely day!
A Fairy at the Bottom of my Garden
I am working on a project with some fantastic moms and babies and I am so thankful to all my moms for taking part. There will be a book out by CHristmas…keep your eyes peeled. Watch this space.
Need Your Baby!
I need 20 babies for a photo-shoot on a Sunday in August. I am putting together a beautiful baby book. There will be no charge to any of the babies who participate, and you will receive a 5×7 print of the image just for being a part of this event.
The shop where the shoot will happen will be warm and cozy, and the babies will be captured for art pieces.
Places are filling up fast and this is a limited places only event.
Call or email me for details or the PDF invite.
Pockets of Sand.
Music makes the world go round, not money. Music. A simple song can organize your life into little boxes of memory. Pockets of sand from a beach somewhere. 1974 – first love - the theme song for that was Neil Diamond. Sitting on my bed in my room, windows open, little record player blasting out “soo..soo..lamon..sooooolamon….” loud enough to annoy the neighbors. When I was mad at my parents, I would close my door, and turn on the record player, loud. Really loud! Slade. BTO. Rolling Stones. Gary Glitter. ELO. Never Neil. Then there was the getting in touch with the poet in my heart and I would rock back and forth to Cat Stevens.
Skip 20+ years. Loads of music in between. My music was replaced by the music my teenage son would play when he was angry at me. Angry songs about hating your parents or suicide. He would slam the door and turn it way up. Louder than I ever did. He then discovered Cat Stevens. Maybe he sat on his bed and rocked back and forth. Maybe, but I think he only did that when he was stoned. He got through it all, just like me. Rode the wave and arrived at the beach safe and sound. Was there sand in his pockets? 
1940
There is so much glamour in the whole 1940-1950 era. Here are some shots that I did with one of my beautiful clients and my fab makeup artist/stylist. Setting: 1940 Australia: the war years. This was a time when women were feminine and elegant yet at the same time, they were hard working and creative. They had rationing and had to create meals out of leftovers. This was not a submissive time period, but rather one that let them take the roles of breadwinner and fire burner. I love this time period and loved this shoot. Let me know what you think?
