All I can say is, thank goodness these summer school holidays were smoke free and somewhat more carefree than last summer. Yep, the threat of covid still hung over our heads, with snap lock downs in parts of the country, Christmas for some people was not what they had planned, and state borders suddenly shut overnight. But through the eyes of my kids, at least we could get outside and explore the great outdoors without getting lung fulls of smoke.

A few months ago I entered a photography competition run by Click Magazine called Voice.

This year there were 40,000 entries from women across the world entered. I was left speechless to find out that 2 of my entries made the finalist selection!

For someone who deals with people and humanity as a day to day part of my job, you’d think I’d be awesome at facial recognition and remembering names…

I’ll let you in on a secret. I’m crap at it. Always have been, and I guess I probably always will be.

One of the most unexpected, but simply wonderful benefits of doing this (bloody fantastic) job of mine is all the amazing photographers I’ve met, not only from Australia but from around the world

What is lifestyle photography, and what makes it different to your more traditional type of family photography?

So here’s the thing. In case no one has told you - perfect is a a big, fat, stinking lie. It doesn’t exist It’s not real and it’s definitely not who I am.

I read a blog post once - I think it was written by photographer Dana Pugh, about working from home with young kids and all that it entails. It talked about working in ‘snippets of time’. The more I do this job, the more I realise that is exactly what it is.

This is Jodie. She’s tough, determined and about to tackle a mammoth effort on her own.

I reckon it was late 2015 I was browsing Instagram one day and I'm not sure even how this photo came up on my feed, but I remember it stopping me in my tracks.

I started this little business of mine about 18 months ago, on a whim. I was at home with 2 kids, bored and wondering what I was going to do next.

I've known this family since our oldest 2 kids were brand newbies and Tegan and I were in mother's group together.

These guys were so much fun to photograph. There is something quite different in photographing another photog and their families.