I have several places on my website where I talk about what to wear during your photography session, and when you book a session with me you also get emailed information to help you with this. But I thought I might go into a little more detail here on texture and why I love it.
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Feeling camera shy?
The most common statement I hear at the beginning of my booking process is “We don’t know what we are doing, we are going to be so awkward in front of the camera”. I had some headshots taken a few weeks back and it was a great refresher into exactly what that statement means and
Continue reading »Winter Competition with Hepburn Bathhouse & Spa
Let me lighten the load of these winter months. It’s competition time! This prize includes a lifestyle family portrait session with Muka Portraits including a complete set of high-resolution digital images. You will also receive an overnight experience at Hepburn Bathhouse & Spa for two. Along with a credit towards a treatment of your choosing, and
Continue reading »Preparing for an in-home session
There is something special about having photographs taken in your home. It is the only place I have my family photographed. It is where those fleeting golden moments happen, you know the ones. The ones where your heart starts to glow, the moments we dreamed of before we became parents. They don’t happen often (in
Continue reading »The end of Lockdown Life
Anyone else in two minds about this lockdown ending? Professionally, I feel so excited about getting back out with my camera and clients! This downtime has allowed me to really settle into where I want to be going next creatively and with the business. I’m ready to get started. Personally, I am relieved that Hen
Continue reading »Mother and son session at Ricketts Point
Ricketts Point is home for me now. I cannot imagine ever moving away from it. It is the location I use the most for my family sessions and it is one of my all time favourites. ❤ Every time I visit there with a family, I find a new little pocket to explore, it is
Continue reading »Outdoor family photo session at Ricketts Point
I watched a brilliant masterclass by Annie Leibovitz years ago and something she said really struck me. Annie shared how she approaches working with a subject for a photo session, including refuting the popular notion that it is a photographer’s responsibility to put a subject at ease. I have had an internal battle with
Continue reading »2021 Mother’s Day Photography Sessions
Late last year a series of events led me to photograph two motherhood sessions. They were intimate and gentle, and they blew me away. . So, for the first year ever, I am introducing motherhood mini sessions to celebrate Mother’s Day. Just mums and their babies (of any age!). The times and locations of these
Continue reading »Moondah Beach family photography session
I picked her up in my GP’s reception. There were too many things that aligned in our journey to not ask. “Can I have your number, we should catch up”. I am so grateful for the people this mothering journey has brought into my life. Along with the confidence to ask for a someones phone
Continue reading »Win this competition, it’s a goodie!
You have earned an escape! I’ve got you! Win this competition and you get the lot! This prize includes a lifestyle family portrait session with Muka Portraits including a complete set of high resolution digital images. You will also receive an overnight glamping experience at the Peninsula Hot Springs. Your stay includes access to all
Continue reading »COVID Collaboration
I have had conversations lately with so many of you that have touched me. I don’t want to share anyone’s personal story, but I want you to know, you are not alone. Every single person I have talked to has shocked me with a story of what they are dealing with. Our chats have been
Continue reading »Cosy winter sessions
Introducing the gentle grace of Orla. A small, warm soul who is so beautifully enveloped with love that she glows with golden light. This session made my heart dance, such pure connections to photograph between these three. Another reason I support the winter month sessions. The snuggles, the textures, the warmth.
Continue reading »Family photography session and Beaumaris shark eggs
Did you know there are some sharks that hatch from eggs? We found one of these eggs on this family photography session whilst hunting around the rocks along Beaumaris beach heading towards Black Rock. The perfect beach discovery. Lately my family photography sessions have been much more about the journey and the exploration than the
Continue reading »February 2019 Competition
Let’s start this year off right, go in the draw to win a $1600 prize. This prize includes a $1200 family portrait photography package with Muka Portraits where you will receive a 2 hour photography session in a Bayside location of your choosing. From this session you will receive a full set of retouched high
Continue reading »This gorgeous face
Much like my Henry, she told (demanded) me where to sit, what to do, and very clearly explained when I got the game wrong. She laughed and played, filled the room with her giggles, screamed with frustration when the piece of the puzzle didn’t fit and hid in the cupboard when we wanted her in
Continue reading »Brighton Beach Family Lifestyle Session
This is going to be a two part blog and a perfect example of how you can introduce multiple photo locations and clothing changes during your family lifestyle photography session and really tell a story with your imagery. The first part of this family session shows the comforts of home and that perfect way we
Continue reading »Where family photography started for me
I have just had this ‘now I’m a mum clean out’. Has anyone else done one of these? It’s where I realised that it was time to get rid of the notes I used to pass in class, time to throw away the 10,000 photographs of my slightly out of focus wilder years, and put
Continue reading »Extended family photo sessions
I’m not going to lie to you. Extended family photo sessions used to freak me out. I was scarred from my wedding photography days when you would get the list of family photographs wanted after the ceremony. An important documentation of family history, yes! I agree! But to a photographer who has been given a
Continue reading »This winter light
It’s the quietest time of year for family portrait sessions, winter. A number of my clients want their portraits to be taken on one of those classic Australian hot, balmy long evenings. The reality is though that if there are young ones involved in your photo session then a later start can often be really
Continue reading »Family and friends
We journeyed home. Said a proper goodbye to Gran, saw the family, met some new babies, introduced Hen and hugged some dear friends for a little too long. Bliss. It’s certainly a different sort of holiday with a small one but I’m feeling surprisingly refreshed and happy to be home. I preach about existing in
Continue reading »Hampton Beach – You beauty
It comes down to what you want to remember. Which memories are your most precious, what defines you as a family? When your children sit down with their children to show them what life was like, what do your memories look like? This glorious Family Lifestyle session is probably one of my favourites for 2017.
Continue reading »Family photojournalism – a trip to the markets
It’s insane to me how much life changes once you have a child. How as a person your foundations shift. How your relationship with your partner flips over. It is glorious, don’t get me wrong. But life is never the same again. That fact has taken me a year to process. I waited so long
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