Every now and then an opportunity comes up which is irristible and when I was asked to shoot this wedding I knew it would be gorgeous and jumped at the chance...Renee and Dan flew out from England a few months ago and Dan popped the question soon after...they wanted to keep it simple and elegant so Mt Lofty house was chosen as the location. Renee was surrounded by all her family and Dan's family flew out from England as well. It was a beautiful day on Sunday and the bride and the groom were so in love and looked simply stunning it was hard to see as I was getting a bit misty eyed at times!...here is a sneak peak...<3 

Wondering what "She" is all about and didn't make it to Wednesdays Champagne Launch?...well "She" is everything about You...your beauty and femininity and a celebration of who you are. Over the years I have enjoyed doing makeover type shoots and have also had a couple done myself and this year I heard some things that struck a chord with me and made me decide to embrace and offer this product...because as wives/partners, mothers, young women or grandmothers its really important to have something beautiful to remind us of who we really are...something that is specially for us and that makes us feel good to help us get through our busy lives...something that will last a lifetime and something so precious that if it gets found in an attic in 100 years time it will be viewed with wonder and admiration.

Most of you have already taken the time and commissioned Family Portraits which have documented your family and created the most precious memories...My mother has a beautiful classic portrait of herself in her 20's as have most of her friends...their generation understood the value of good photography and we need to make sure we don't lose the art along with disposable digital technology of today...As women life races past at enormous speed...sometimes its important to step off the rollercoaster and feed our souls...there are lots of ways of doing that and some of them we take time to do....we go to the gym, yoga, go to the beauty therapist and hairdresser...but I passionately believe we really need to have something to be able to appreciate the end result of all that work...and this is what "She" is about...its a reward for all the things we do for our loved ones...its is a gift to yourself...and one day it will be as meaningful to your daughters as it is to you.

The "She" shoots take place in studio with our Makeup artist helping you look your best...you need 3 changes of clothes and a relaxed attitude and the rest is up to us...posing, lighting and capturing your beauty are our jobs and not for you to be worried about...the shoots are relaxed and fun and nowhere near as glamourous as the results will be...we want you to leave feeling like youve had a morning with friends enjoying yourself...

It is never too early or too late to treat yourself or a friend or loved one to a "She" Beauty Shoot...Gift Vouchers are available and you have the choice of "A La Carte" prints or one of our Exquisite Packages once you see your images...we also welcome you to come in for a pre-shoot consult to be able to fashion the shoot to your requirements...if you would like to know more please give me a call on 0404208102...I am presently taking bookings for 2012  x L

I would especially like to thank Sue Bryce , Steve Saporito , William Long , Tom Putt and Simone Hanckel x for collectively switching the Lights on during the Nikon Event and before!

This year because we had a 18th, 21st and a 50th birthday during the busiest time of the year (June July Aug) we decided to take the opportunity to travel back to Europe and Britain where we used to live for a long overdue holiday in Sept/Oct....we all had our wish list of places to explore and we have taken the opportunity to visit these places....2 weeks of relaxing in Italy (my wish list!), 2 weeks in France and then England (where my eldest son was born 21 years ago) and Amsterdam where I used to live. All these places have had a huge impact on our lives and have influenced what we do and who we are today and being able to share those experiences with our children has been fantastic. At present I am updating the blog from London and am just getting into gear for a portfolio shoot at Londons Tower bridge tommorrow....not that I haven't been shooting for the whole trip (actually an average of 80 images per day).....but that is because I know Im making memories that my kids will be able to enjoy for their whole lifetime even if they don't appreciate them now !! and that will later define their memories of this trip....so Im going to sign off now and go and explore some more of this amazing world we live in....Ciao !!

Well am currently doing a quick update from our London hotel room on the bank of the Thames and need to compress a lot of really Momentus events that happened in the leadup to this European trip....had a lot of things to organise pre-trip hence the lack of posts.

Firstly the end of July was a hugely exciting time with the last AAPP Australian Professional Photography Awards prior to South Australia merging with the AIPP in Fremantle in Perth. I was extremely fortunate to win SA Portrait, SA Open and overall SA Portrait Photographer of the year 2011 and then take out Australian Portrait, Australian Open and overall AAPP Australian Professional Photographer of the year 2011 for the second year running. To top it all off Simone Hanckel, Meg Hanson and I all achieved our AAPP Master of Photography which took almost 3 years of constant work to get which was just fabulous and we go into the AIPP with renewed energy to keep working on lifting the profile of Professional Photography with an even larger team of dedicated Professionals. It was also an honour to have Yervant and Tony Hewitt judging and to be awarded 10 Golds not to mention the 2 day Seminar by Yervant and Anie that preceeded the Awards. Other than that a far too good time was had by all!!!

This was all followed by the annual SALA festival the opening being the day after returning from Perth....This year the studio presented "Wild Earth" with artist Sally Hayne and guest artists, including Adele du Barry in conjunction with "This Fine Day" the Art Cafe next door....We had a fabulous opening and was great to be able to present a lot of the images that were awarded GOLD's in Perth...the inspiation for my part of the exhibition was the disastrous events of 2011 and the effect they are having on our youth! 

September started with a sadder time when one of my good friends and client lost her Dad (who incidently was one of my Gold award models) ....we knew it was coming but it was very sad all the same. Love to Wendy and her family. 

The day before we also lost our Landlady Mary Carrallis.....Mary had been battling cancer for over 10 years and she was the guiding force to me opening the studio in Mitcham...her resolve to live each day to the fullest and her drive to keep being a business womam right to the end was inspirational to say the least....I think having a Photographic Studio and a beautiful Art Cafe and bring our little corner back to life helped her keep going as well....we will miss her and hopefully I will be able to keep my studio where it is but that will depend on whoever buys the building now!

Both of their funerals were on the same day and it was a Peaceful day spent in Churches....first a magnicent Greek Orthdox and then a Country Church with everyone from the rural communuty for miles around attending.

A flurry of Shoots filled up the next 2 weeks in preparation for being away for the second half of Sept and Oct and had some Fabulous shoots with totally gorgeous clients....I will post pics from these when I get home and also the annual week of shooting at Jesse Brown Kindy....particularly lovely is seeing the funds raised by the Kindy shoot being put to good use...Last year Jacki bought a minature leather lounge suite for the Kindy called the Crackerjack Corner and this years started up a Eco Vegetable Garden which was finished before I left for Europe

Well its been a HUGE few months and I will be trying to update the events over the next few days before heading off on a new adventure ....so watch this space!!

Had a wonderful Ballet Collections Shoot this week with these two beautiful little ballerinas...a got hugged and squeezed and had a ball capturing these two full of energy little bundles...managed to do a few costume changes and in the end I think I wore them out!!!...so it was off to "This Fine Day" for a coffee and hopefully a quiet night for Mum!

Had a fabulous day at the Saxons on Sat shooting the family plus their new additions for the fourth ot fifth time....the first time they had a sitting I think they were a family of 4 and now they are 6 plus a couple of very boisterous puppies....with a bit of persistance we got the shot!