A Brand New Year.... {Wagga Wagga Fine Art Photographer}

Well, here we are in 2010... I can hardly believe how quickly this year passed me by!

I look forward to sharing my year with you, bringing you images that I hope will inspire you in your every day life!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support and inspiration you have given me these past few months!

What better way to mark a new year than with something a little exciting...

Today I was invited to be the featured artist in the Paragon Gallery on flickr!

It is a HUGE achievement and I can not tell you all what it means to me... To have people recognise the love that I put into my work is an amazing thing... to have others love my images is a gift in itself!

I wish I were able to share the feature with you all, however the gallery is open to invited artists only, I feel so very honoured!

I hope to get a chance to post a new slideshow in the next couple of days!

Happy New Year 2010!

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For Helen... {Wagga Wagga Fine Art Photographer}

... My kindred spirit...

My strength...

My hope...

Dare to dream, sweet girl...

Nothing is out of reach...

...Dare to WISH...

There Was a Little Girl ... {Wagga Wagga Child Portrait Photographer}

... Who Had a Little Curl...
Right in The Middle of Her Forehead... 

As if her name were not destined to be up in  lights already... Miss Lilly Pearl's adorable, classic look just took me back to the old Shirley Temple movies that my Nan used to play for us when we visited!  One look at Lilly and you are transported back in time... she could be straight off the cover of a 1940's Paton's knitting pattern booklet or a Pear's Soap Ad poster with her gorgeous golden ringlets, large blue eyes and the cutest little freckles placed ever so perfectly across her button nose and sweet cheeks!

Determined and head strong... and typically "two"... Lilly has personality to boot!  She spent the first little part of our session carrying around a red Christmas gift bag that she was absolutely not content with putting down even for a minute... filled with all sorts of fun things like lolly necklaces, which she nibbled on in between shots {Well... it was a little more like shots in between munching!}... and by the end of our shoot... it also contained a few roses she picked along the way!

Lilly was an absolute DELIGHT to work with and she gave us all quite a few laughs!

Here is a little teaser slide show...

Plenty more of the GORGEOUS little Lilly Pearl to come!

To Photography...
                           

He Who Stands Alone {Wagga Wagga Fine Art Photographer}

    So... I am a little LOT over the moon after my image was Explore'd or Flickr today!!

It's my first time so I am totally excited...

I can not explain the feeling of chasing a link to find a title "The World's Best Photos" and to see my photo there... absolutely INCREDIBLE!!!!!

Honestly... Blessed!!

Here it is...

"He Who Stands Alone"

“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone” ~ Henrik Ibsen

AWOL again!!!! Sorry!! {Wagga Wagga Fine Art & Portrait Photographer}

With the mayhem of the holidays and the already too hot weather upon us... my days have not been filled with portrait sessions and beautiful families {other than my own!}... and so, I have not blogged in some time.

I feel terrible as I see my blog stats, which reveal loyal readers/visitors and newcomers alike have not dwindled like my posts... But rest assured... while everything else has been in limbo, my camera has not... I have used this time to shoot, shoot and shoot some more... I have set myself challenges and stepped far out of my comfort zone... capturing beauty in the not so obvious...

I have added so many images to my portfolio, some of which I will share with you now!
I have also taken some time out to source some fabulous slide show software, which in the end I found completely FREE, would you believe?!  I have thrown together a little slideshow with a mix of new and old images to share...

Enjoy!!!

May the Raindrops fall lightly on your brow {Wagga Wagga Fine Art Photographer}

May the soft winds freshen your spirit...

May the sunshine brighten your heart...

May the burdens of the day rest lightly upon you,

and may God enfold you in the mantle of His love.

The Luckiest Girl in the World... {Wagga Wagga Portrait Photographer}

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a set of Florabella Actions from the Florabella Collection by Shana Rae!!  Shana's work is incredibly alluring... with soft pastels and vibrant spring pizzazz... with all of the charm of old world, gently mixed with all of the hues of today!!  I had purchased the Florabella Collection Texture set a couple of days prior to the release of the actions and I was having so much fun experimenting with them that I honestly thought I would be happy to just pop the action set on my Christmas wish list and leave it to fate {or well meaning Christmas wish list reading family members!}, but it just got the better of me!  I joined the Florabella Facebook Fan Page and quickly saw that there was an opportunity to WIN a set of the actions on a most F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. blog, called Citrus Hearts!  Of course I entered!  And then I sat and drooled over the blog for a while... and I think I have visited most days since!

Well... it wasn't long until I could fight it no more... and I just HAD to purchase the action set... I was watching image after beautiful image being added to the Fan page and I just HAD to have mine!  So, I purchased the set!

The next morning... there it is... in my inbox... an email... well, two emails... telling me that I HAD WON!!!

Oh. My.  How my impatience constantly gets me in a pickle... but who ever REALLY thinks that they will win something??  But I did!  And so, Shana very kindly refunded the payment for the set I had purchased and all was right with the world {and me!!!}

Well, image upon Florabella inspired image later... it occurred to me...

that the real reason I was attracted to Florabella goes far beyond Shana's obvious Fabulous~ness...

to ME... To who I am... to the way the muted tones and marshmallow pinks and smooth, luscious haze make me feel... to the way this set fits me like a glove...
and so... Today... I finally documented Moi...

in all my Florabella inspired glory!