This cheeky girl with the blonde piggy tails and  infectious smile is my niece Ruby Rayne, and last week she turned two! I had  to mark this occassion with some portraits of her, and it was so good to be back behind the camera. 

Although a few days late, as promised, here is announcement number two! And as it would turn out, I'm pretty predictable and there's no keeping secrets from you guys! After last weeks announcement I had numerous people message me saying they were sure they knew  what it would be...

As it seems to be the case these days, another year has flown by and we're now officially in 2019. I announced a few weeks ago that there would be TWO big things I needed to tell you this year and here is the first one...

It's been a whole year since I saw the A family for Isabelle's newborn photos, and I was so excited to see them again on the weekend.

Sweet darling Zoey and her family came and saw me today, and it was so lovely to see them!

On the weekend I met up with the B family for some fun family portraits.

The most darling baby girl and her parents visited me today, sweet little Akuach.

Everyone says it will happen. But when you're in the midst of round the clock feeding, sleepless nights, trying to work out how on earth to keep this tiny being safe, happy and healthy for the rest of it's life (and silently panicking that you can't!) you just don't believe them. 

I had the two most precious twin sisters in front of my camera recently for some special photos, now that they are two years old!

I was so excited when I received an email from this beautiful family to tell me they had welcomed a new addition, their baby girl Rose. 

It was so lovely to catch up with the beautiful B family on the weekend and see how much they have grown.

For months, years even, my beautiful friend has been wanting us to do a family photography session on the beach. Whenever we attempted to plan it something always came up. So while we were on holidays recently at Rainbow Beach, we decided that we would make it happen! 

It was a case of some very familiar faces in front of my camera on the weekend (although the little two have changed and grown since I last saw them), as this is now the 7th time I have photographed the H family :D 

I was so excited to see the incredibly adorable O twins again, after photographing them as newborns 12 months ago. 

For many, 2017 wasn't a great year. It was unkind to a lot of people and handed out it's fair share of challenges. But, it's how you choose to face and overcome those challenges that defines your experience and ultimately your life.