this little dude

Last year I wrote about making a quilt for a little dude who was on his way (my friend's baby, not mine!). Here he is with his squished up little sleeping face when he was just a few days old - so, so cute. And now, below, here he is at 6 months old, totally handsome and delicious. And hilarious. His mum says when he wakes up he lies there and chats to the cowboys on the quilt I made. I am very glad he liked it!

Catch up 2013: Kerrie & Rob

Earlier this year I went to the wonderful wedding of these lovely people! The venue was a local scout hall, spruced up by the bride and groom and some helpful friends. It all looked effortlessly co-ordinated, although I know there was a lot of hard work, and a little bit of luck going it to it. A beautiful day. Picture perfect! Well done guys!
xxoo
H.

Catch up 2013: Cosmos magazine portrait assignment

Aaron Robotham for Cosmos Magazine. Aaron is an intergalactic astronomer. His job is to look for new galaxies (using maths and computers, not telescopes like in the photo).

stacey & james: the wedding!

Here they are, the happy couple, married - yay!

What a fun day. I took quite a lot of photos - I was not "working" (i.e. was not their photographer) but since I take photos everywhere, I figured this should be no exception, and the location they chose was so pretty. Perfect weather and light. Stacey looked awesome in her dress, so beautiful (James, you looked nice too) and it was a very nice, relaxing afternoon and evening. Lots of fun.

I do get asked to do weddings, but I don't say yes. Maybe one day I will. I used to them when I was younger and found them to be very long, stressful, exhausting, anxious days. Attending weddings when you are not working and have no responsibility is totally different - that I find to be a lot of fun!

You should enjoy your work, right? Even if you could make a lot of money doing something, what is the point if you really dislike it and it causes you grief? Some people do enjoy photographing weddings, so I am more than happy to leave it to them. I have so much respect for them, for the days and days of work that go into it, before and after the wedding, and the day itself. But it's not for me. Not at the moment.

Anyway, more importantly: huge congratulations to the delightful couple and well done for organising such a great day!

xxoo

custom wrapping

For Stacey and James' wedding present I custom made them a card using the photos we took when they got engaged. I printed out my design, cut it with pinking shears and glued it on some card. Nothin' fancy, but definitely one of a kind!

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And this one was voted most cutest on facebook. Its my favourite too.

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