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Notes on candid photography, and the moments worth slowing down for.

Expectant mother in a flowing gown in a golden paddock at sunset

Maternity

What to Wear for a Maternity Photoshoot

The dress that photographs best is the one you forget you're wearing. Comfort shows up in a photograph, and you can see it in the shoulders, in the hands, in how willing someone is to move.

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Maternity

Nude Maternity Photography in Sydney: Celebrating the Beauty of the Pregnant Body

It isn't really about being nude. It's about form, vulnerability, femininity and becoming.

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Family

What to Wear for Family Photos

I start with a palette of 3 tones and let every outfit come out of it. Coordinating means related rather than identical, and the difference shows up immediately in a photo.

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Proposal at sunset with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge behind

Proposals

The Best Places to Propose in Sydney

Most of the proposals I photograph happen in the last hour of light, when the harbour turns soft and gold and everybody nearby is looking at the view rather than at you.

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Couple embracing with the Sydney Harbour Bridge lit at dusk

Locations

The Best Photoshoot Locations in Sydney

The question I'm asked most often, usually a few weeks out from a session, is where to do it. Below is how I think about each one, grouped by what it suits rather than by postcode, with the light and the walking for each.

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Family at sunset on a Blue Mountains lookout

Locations

Photographing in the Blue Mountains

Cloud comes up over the lip of the escarpment and fills the frame in 2 minutes, then thins again just as quickly. I keep shooting through it.

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Newborn

Lifestyle Newborn Photography, and Why I Shoot It That Way

I come to your house in those first weeks, work with the light you already have, and photograph your family in the rooms where the whole thing is actually happening.

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Parents holding a blanket above their children in a paddock at golden hour

Family

Family Photoshoot Ideas

Most of my favourite family photoshoot ideas are things to do, rather than ways to stand. Give a family something to be getting on with and their hands relax, their shoulders drop, and the frame starts to look like them.

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Couples

Couple Photoshoot Ideas

The couple photoshoot ideas I come back to are prompts rather than poses. Something to do with your hands, your feet and your voice, so your body gets on with it while your brain is busy elsewhere.

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Family

Outdoor Family Photoshoots

An outdoor family photoshoot gives everyone room to move, and movement is where the real expressions live. Children lead, the adults follow, and I work around whatever happens next.

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Family

Family Photos on a Sydney Beach

The wind drops, the light turns gold and low, and the sand still holds the warmth of the whole day. That's the hour I book a beach family photoshoot into, and everything else gets planned around it.

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Newborn

Newborn Photos With Older Brothers and Sisters

Your toddler will want to hold the baby, then want nothing to do with the baby, then want to hold the baby again. All 3 of those are usable.

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Expectant couple embracing in a paddock at dusk

Maternity

Maternity Photos With Your Partner

Most of the couple maternity photoshoot ideas I use are built for the person who'd rather be holding the camera than standing in front of one.

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Expectant mother in a gown with her hand resting on the bump at golden hour

Maternity

Outdoor Maternity Photoshoots in Sydney

I photograph almost every maternity session outside, in the last stretch of light before the sun goes down. There's a softness to that hour I've never managed to make indoors.

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Newborn

Newborn Photoshoot Ideas

The ones that hold up over the years tend to be the plainest. A hand, a window, the bed everyone ends up in anyway.

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Black and white frame of the ring being placed on her finger

Proposals

What a Proposal Photography Package Covers

Most enquiries about proposal packages in Sydney arrive late at night, from someone who's been turning the same idea over for weeks. Most of those messages end with the same question, which is what the day actually looks like with me in it.

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Couples

Engagement Photoshoot Ideas

The best engagement sessions I've photographed have happened in ordinary places with a private history. A park you walk through on Sunday mornings, or the stretch of coast where you had your first proper conversation.

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Parents seated in long grass with their young son during a Sydney family photoshoot

Packages

What a Photoshoot Costs in Sydney

How much does a photoshoot cost? It's usually the first real question in an enquiry, and it's often asked half apologetically. I'd rather you asked.

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Close frame of a pregnant belly with hands resting either side

Maternity

The Best Weeks to Book Maternity Photos

If you're wondering when to do maternity photos, the short answer is 30 to 36 weeks. Most of my sessions happen at 32 to 34.

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Family

Why Photographing Dads Matters More Than You Think

His wife wrote to say: these are the first real photos we have of my husband just being a dad. That moment stayed with me.

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Newborn

When to Book Newborn Photos

The first 2 weeks hold that soft, folded, still-curled newborn, and that's the baby most people are picturing. Book a window around your due date, and we choose the day once she's here.

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Couple embracing at sunset on a Sydney headland

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