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Being a professional baby and family photographer, its not unusual if my clients shed a few tears whilst viewing all of their beautiful portraits. In fact it happens a lot more than you may think.
Yesterday I had a beautiful family of 4 come into my little home photography studio for an updated family photography shoot. They were two little boys - 7months and 3 years along with their mum and dad. They hadn't had any professional portraits taken as a family since their second bubs was born, and usually mum would just request for photos of the children only. But this time was different. They wanted to EXIST in their family portraits and they wanted their children to be able to look back at these precious photos and not only see what mum and dad looked like back then but to show the special bond and connection they shared. When it came to their same day viewing of their final portraits in my photography studio mum was blown away. The tears were flowing uncontrollably and she was overcome with emotion at seeing just how wonderful the photos had turned out. All I kept hearing her say was " wow " "I love it, I love that one, love that one". The tear started to flow uncontrollably and the tissues were in hand. Once the presentation of all the portraits had finished mum was speechless. She just couldn't believe how amazing all the photos turned out. What made the day for me was when this beautiful mama gave me a huge hug as she was leaving and said "thank you so much for these stunning photos, they mean the absolute world to me" This right there, is the exact reason why I am SO passionate about what I do and why I absolutely LOVE my job with my whole heart. Because I genuinely believe that high quality family portraiture changes people's lives. It not only gives perspective to people in times when life can seem so busy and chaotic, but it literally freezes moments in time so you can look back years later and relive that moment again and again. I cannot urge parents enough to be involved in their next professional baby or family session. Better yet, instead of being in the shadows and an afterthought, be at the forefront of these photos! Be the one who's smiling adoringly at your baby so that when he is older he will have actual printed proof of just how much you loved him and how present you were in his life; even if you felt tired, frumpy and overwhelmed. Because at the end of the day all he will see is YOUR admiration and love. And when you think about it these photos aren't really just for you. They are for your children to pass down for generations to come. So they can say this is what family is all about! Stace x
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When I look back at photographs I took years ago sometimes I cringe. This is because I can now see the little details I never use to- such as the lighting may have been slightly off or a person unwanted was evident in the background. Keeping in mind that the clients who received the photographs were thrilled with their portraits as was I when I produced the final images. But this just shows me how much i have grown over the years and how much better I am becoming. You see, as a photographer I truly believe that you never stop learning and growing. I am confident that there will never be a day that I say "I don't need to be better, I am the best I will ever be". This year I have already spent thousands of dollars on workshops and education informing me more on marketing, sales, posing, finance and so much more. In September I am flying to Brisbane to attend the annual baby summit, a 3 day conference on newborn, baby and family photography hosted and presented by world renowned professional photographers. No doubt I will walk away from this experience with more knowledge and ideas than ever before. I continuously hear from my mentors to work smarter not harder. Because as a business owner, everything that I do, I do with 100% conviction and am fully invested in. This sometimes means I work far more than 40 hrs a week. I do "free" shoots for family and close friends and I edit for hours on end on one project I actually end up making a loss at the end of the day. Now I have recently married the thought of a starting a family in the future is something that is constantly on my mind. I know that something will have to change in order to be a successful business owner, wife and mother. As we all know time is precious and perhaps instead of spending hours on marketing and editing myself, I should invest in hiring someone who has been working in that particular field for years and specialises in these areas, so I then have more time to shoot and do the things I love within my business, and to be honest I will probably get better results in the end. Food for thought I guess. If all this education has taught me one thing it is self worth and confidence. I know that I have grown into a successful professional photographer who deserves to make a healthy income, travel when I want to and spend time with my family when I need to. You also deserve all these things. No matter what you do for a living you deserve to live life on your terms and to enjoy it to its fullest! Much love, Stace x This time of year is always the busiest time for me, coming into beautiful spring and everyone wanting to take advantage of nature at its finest. I was lucky enough to be able to have one week of the school holidays off from shooting so I had a small getaway with my mum down at Point Lonsdale in my uncles beach house. Meanwhile I have been taking some extra time to get up to scratch technically with my shooting and workflow. I feel it is extremely important to continuously upgrade not only your equipment as a photographer but your skills, in order to keep improving your work. I had joined an online photographer resource website that has some of the best worldwide photographers as mentors. On there they were giving tips and tricks to help pose, edit and everything photography for us to see, observe and learn from them whilst shooting in a session in order to practice and implement that into our own work. It has been inspirational hearing there stories how they first started out and are now highly successful photographers who travel the world and mentor fellow professional photographers. This workshop has giving me more excitement to get back out there and photograph as many families, babies, children etc as I possibly can! The above photo is a self portrait taken at the Queenscliffe dog beach and I am holding my two adorable dogs, Honey and Mylo. I haven't spoken of them yet, but I most likely will in many more blogs. Honey is the white dog on the left and believe it or not she is a mini groodle (golden retriever x poodle) and due to her coat normally being thick and woolly, I had to get her clipped and now she looks like a completely different dog! My other gorgeous fur baby is Mylo, he was the first dog Jarryd (my husband) and I got together and he is a mini labradoodle (lab x poodle) He is only 4 years old but I swear when I look into his beautiful eyes I see an old man's soul. These two dogs are so important to me a, that I just had to have them included in this photograph. So there you have it! A little more insight into me and my family and what I have been up to during the last week :) xoxo
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