Archive for the ‘Baby Bellies’ Category

Sonette and Dylan came down from Cooktown to have their baby belly photo shoot a couple of weeks ago. Sonette had about 5 weeks to go. The next day they returned to Cooktown and their little boy decided it was time to make an appearance and he arrived that night!

Thank you for asking me to capture this special moment in your lives Sonette and Dylan. Best wishes to you both and baby Yiri.

I just love these two photos of Sonette. Thanks for letting me sharing them here Sonette.

Last Friday I had the pleasure of photographing Hayley and Marcus and their baby belly! We had booked the shoot in for the week before but with weather and other things we moved it to Friday. I’m so glad we did as the weather was perfect! Hayley was 39 weeks, looking gorgeous and glowing! Here are a couple of photos from the shoot. Thank you for asking me to capture this special moment in your lives Hayley and Marcus and thank you for letting me share these imges. Good luck with the arrival of your little one.

Last Saturday I met Marita and Ryan at a local forest for their belly shoot. The weather had been pretty ordinary leading up to Saturday and it was touch and go if we would be able to do it or not. As it turned out we had overcast sky and just a sprinkle of rain, so quite good lighting conditions for an outdoor photo shoot. (except for the rain bit,which didn’t last long!)

With 3 weeks to go before her due date, Marita was gorgeous, glowing and radiant and her belly was looking lovely and round! Kristy from Blush Hair and Make-up did a great job on Marita’s hair and make-up early that morning.

We started out with a few shots of Marita and Ryan together first. The location was fabulous with lots of rocks and water. Marita was very brave and quite game! She was happy to lay her belly down on the rocks and slide into the cold flowing water, for the sake of art! Personally, I think it was so worth it! I am really happy with the reflections photos we got! Ryan was an excellent assistant, holding stuff and helping Marita into position for some of the shots. Thanks Ryan!

Below are some of my favorite images from their belly shoot, thank you Marita and Ryan for allowing me to shoot and share these very personal images, I feel quite privileged. I wish you all the best with the birth of your new little bub and I can’t wait to meet him or her!

Today I found out that I received an “Accolade of Excellence” in the WPPI 2010 2nd Half International Photography Competition for my image  “Mother Nature”. Thanks again to my wonderful and obliging subject Lidia!

I first met Lidia when she booked me to photograph her and Doug’s wedding at Palm Cove in 2007.

In 2008 Lidia and Doug became my first Trash the Dress couple, and I won a prize for one of their photos!

On Friday Lidia was my first “belly photoshoot”! We had to come up with the perfect location for this intimate photo shoot. It took a few recces back and forth to find it, but the location we finally decided on was perfect, a lovely little rainforest grotto, with a crystal clear flowing creek. Thank goodness the baby didn’t decide to come while were trying to sort out a location!

Lidia had 5 weeks to go on the day of the shoot. We met up and drove together in my little four wheel drive to get to the spot. All the best spots are always hard to get to! But well worth the effort!

Every photoshoot with Lidia has been fun! Even with her big belly she was adventurous! We had lots of laughs and giggles along the way and we are both happy with the results we came up with! Lidia is positively glowing and as gorgeous as ever!

Thank you Lidia for letting me share these intimate photos on my BLOG and thank you for asking me to photograph you and your belly! I feel very privileged to share some of this special moment in your life and I can’t wait till bub arrives, ready for a photoshoot!